Paris rail terminus temporarily shut down by unplanned strike

January 14, 2009

Services were slowly restored after an unscheduled strike by SNCF drivers closed one of Paris's six main railway stations.

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.