Paris rail terminus temporarily shut down by unplanned strike
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Services were slowly restored after an unscheduled strike by SNCF drivers closed one of Paris's six main railway stations.
Gare Saint-Lazare was closed from 10 am local time on Tuesday morning. Members of the Sud Rail labour union later voted to return to work, and the station re-opened at 7 pm the same day.
Gare Saint-Lazare is Europe's third busiest station, and its lines serve Paris suburbs, as well as inter-city routes to Normandy in northern France.
[edit] Sources
- Associated Press. "Paris' Saint-Lazare station closed due to strike" — International Herald Tribune, January 13, 2009
- "SNCF : Reprise progressive du trafic gare Saint-Lazare" — LeMonde.fr, (French)
- Agence-France Presse. "Paris-Saint-Lazare: les AG votent la reprise du travail immédiate" — Yahoo! News, January 13, 2008 (French)
- Associated Press. "Lente reprise du trafic à Saint-Lazare" — Yahoo! News, January 13, 2008 (French)
