Strikes in France could cause travel disruptions on 23 November

If you are planning on travelling to France tomorrow, your journey could be disrupted by strikes in France. There could be travel disruptions on flights, trains and ferries.

Strikes in France took place earlier in the year, and tomorrow, more strikes will be held in response to the government's decision to raise the pension age. Local public transport branches will be able to choose whether or not to take part in the strikes in France.

If you are concerned that the strikes in France could disrupt your journey tomorrow, contact your airline, rail or ferry operator to find out if there will be and travel disruptions or cancelled services.

If you are already in France and you will be returning home tomorrow, you may want to allow extra time to travel to the airport, train station or ferry terminal as public transport may be affected by the strikes in France. So even if your flight goes ahead as planned, your train journey to the airport could be met with travel disruptions.

The Foreign Office is advising travellers that the strikes in France could cause travel disruptions. They have provided information on their website to help you find out how the strikes could affect your journey. The Foreign Office also provides general travel advice for holidaymakers that are visiting France.

To find out more information about how the strikes in France could affect you, visit the Euro Control Twitter page for updates. For intercity and international rail travel information, check out the Infolignes, SNCF or Rail Europe websites.

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