About 10,000 controllers are called to the strike, which will last in principle until Sunday, and will affect high-speed (TGV) and intercity trains, 60 percent of which were canceled.

According to the company, there will be a “gradual resumption” on Monday, with three out of four trains on all TGV routes.

The Atlantic axis will be the most affected, with only 25 percent of connections. As a result, between 80 and 90 percent of the railway controllers in the area decided to support the strike.

Union sources denounced the work conditions that oblige them to “work three weekends a month and not to sleep at home more than ten nights a month,” in addition to adjusting several bonuses to base salary, to be taken into account when determining retirement.

The railroad union filed a strike notice for Christmas and New Year’s weekends to put pressure on the SNCF after having failed to achieve any concrete progress in the two meetings held with the management.

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