Commuters travelling between Metz and Luxembourg will face major disruption on Friday, as a strike action by SNCF ticket inspectors will lead to the cancellation of several cross-border trains.
According to French rail operator SNCF’s timetable, three trains from Metz to Luxembourg, at 13:03, 16:46 and 21:31, will be cancelled.
Nine services from Luxembourg are also scrapped, including departures to Metz (11:28, 13:39, 17:44, 19:15, 21:15 and 22:39), Thionville (17:57) and Nancy (18:39).
The work stoppage was called by the SUD-Rail Metz-Nancy union, which says staffing levels have not kept pace with rising passenger numbers.
The union says the strike follows SNCF’s decision to increase train capacity during peak hours by adding 340 seats, bringing total capacity on the Metz–Luxembourg line to around 1,200 passengers per train.
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However, the union argues that staffing levels remain unchanged. “A single agent on board to oversee 1,200 passengers does not meet safety and security requirements,” SUD-Rail Metz-Nancy said in a statement.
(This article was originally published by Virgule. Translated using AI and edited by Kabir Agarwal.)
