The company is running just 50 percent of its normal TGV services, although the budget Ouigo services will largely be running as normal. The weekend had been predicted to be a busy one on the roads even before the strikes started, with French traffic organisation Bison futé warning motorists to expect heavy traffic. Bison futé has published a traffic warning for heavy traffic on Friday night in the greater Paris area only. Traffic is predicted to be heaviest in the morning as people set off to visit family and friends over the holiday period. "We've seen twice as many requests in some regions," mainly Paris and southwest France, said Robert Ostermann, France director for Europcar.

Source: The Local December 20, 2019 14:03 UTC