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Strikes against pension reforms to disrupt French rail and air traffic on Tuesday
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A traveler checks his smartphone in a regional train at the Montparnasse train station in Paris. /CFP
A traveler checks his smartphone in a regional train at the Montparnasse train station in Paris. /CFP

A traveler checks his smartphone in a regional train at the Montparnasse train station in Paris. /CFP

French train and air services are expected to be heavily disrupted on Tuesday by a nationwide strike against pension reforms, the national railway and civil aviation authorities said on Sunday.

Rail operator SNCF said that only around half of the usual number of high-speed rail services on domestic lines would be running, while one out of four on the Eurostar line to London would not operate.

Separately the civil aviation authority said delays and disruptions could be expected at airports even though it would activate minimum service guarantees. It said it had asked airlines to reduce flights by 20 percent out of Paris's Orly airport.

More than 1.2 million people took part in the protests during the last strike day on January 31, up slightly from during the first nationwide demonstration on January 19.

Source(s): Reuters

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