On the website cancelled trains will have the word “train supprimé” next to the them. But on the app the train services that have been cancelled just won't appear.
For regional TER trains you can check the local SNCF website for the region: Haut-de-France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bretagne Centre-Val de Loire Grand Est Normandie Occitanie Nouvelle Aquitaine Provence-Alpes-Côte d'azur Pays de la loire
For Ouigo tickets, visit the Ouigo site to know if your train is running.
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What can I do if I am due to travel on a strike day?
If you want to avoid travelling by train on strike days you can cancel your ticket and be eligible for a full refund, even if the ticket your bought was non-refundable.
You can do that by clicking here or by visiting an SNCF ticket counter in rail stations.
What if my train is cancelled?
1. Take another train for free
On the day of the strike, you're entitled to take any other train heading to your destination. You don't have to reserve your new train, just make sure you have the ticket for your cancelled train. However, you aren't guaranteed a seat.
2. Get a refund
You can get a refund if your train is cancelled due to a strike, even if you bought a non-reimbursable ticket. The quickest ways are to fill out a form online or head to an SNCF counter in a train station.
3. Travel later
On the strike days so far SNCF has been advising passengers to change their travel plans if possible and avoid going to the train stations. So if your plans are flexible and you can change your ticket for another date then that's also an option.
If your train is cancelled because of a strike, you can decide to travel later. Head to a train station or an SNCF ‘boutique' with your ticket within two months of your cancellation date.
Ouigo tickets have sightly different rules and customers can exchange their tickets free of charge but will have to pay the difference and if they want a refund they will either be given a voucher or can demand a refund here.
Each strike day costs the SNCF roughly 20 million euros. In total, the disruptions could end up costing the network between 350 and 400 million euros – that's two thirds of the company's annual results, according to its CEO Guillaume Pepy.
Not really. More than half of French people don't support the strikes with 58% saying they are against it, according to a recent IFOP poll. It found that 65% want the government to go all the way with reforms.
The national rail network is heavily in debt (46.6 billion euros) which is why the French government wants to reform it.
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