France Suffers Travel Woes As General Strike Enters Second Day
The strike took a quieter turn Friday, as protests ebbed but workers still stayed home in anger at a pension reform proposal. Stations and schools across the country remained shuttered.
On a typical Friday, the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris would be positively seething with travelers hustling to catch their trains or greet arrivals. After all, it saw some 110 million passengers walk through its doors last year alone.
This, however, was not exactly a typical Friday in Paris.
Gare de Lyon, much like other stations across the city, including subway platforms,, the general strike against a proposed pension overhaul has taken a quieter, but no less disruptive turn.
