(Article updated on Tuesday 6 May, 17:45.)

Another difficult week on the rail appears to be in the offing for French cross-border commuters, whether they take a long weekend or not. A rail strike will begin Tuesday 6 May, impacting TER, TGV and Ouigo trains alike. But in the Grand-Est region, the impact is expected to be less severe than expected, according to a union representative, who said only 10% of inspectors and 6% of drivers would be on strike. In the region, the FGAAC-CFDT union has not filed a strike notice. Only the CGT and Sud-Rail unions plan to strike.

Speaking to French radio station France-Inter, SNCF boss Jean-Pierre Farandou said that “90% of trains will run this weekend.” But before the weekend, we still have to get through the rest of the week. This Tuesday at 5pm, the Grand-Est Region and SNCF Voyageurs will publish timetables detailing the trains that will be running and those that will be cancelled this Wednesday. The updated timetables will be published the day before at 5pm.

As far as the strike is concerned, the strikers are demanding--amongst other things--higher pay, better anticipation of timetables and, more generally, complaining about the deterioration in their working conditions. The CGT-Fédération des cheminots is also denouncing the “introduction of new software to increase productivity.” Sud-Rail is also pleading for ASCTs, the other name given to train controllers, and is calling for financial support for those who would like to change jobs after ten years in the job and the introduction of reinforcements.

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