Traffic jams are forecast on key French routes this weekend, as well as busy railway stations and issues at the airports as the after-effects of the this week’s two-day strike are still being felt.
France’s rail services are more popular than ever, with new data showing that the number of passengers using the network just keeps on growing. And no, the threat of strikes does not seem to put travellers off.
The recently-inaugurated night trains between the European capitals of Paris, Berlin and Vienna will be suspended for two months for important works, officials have said.
With approaching 3,000 kilometres of high-speed line, France has the second-longest high-speed rail network in Europe - here's where you can go by high-speed TGV trains.
French train operator SNCF is offering sleeper train services between Paris and eight cities across the country this summer, part of a growing network of European night trains.
A co-operative rail business has unveiled plans to relaunch a cross-country French rail service that SNCF abandoned in 2014 - if it can raise €4.1 million
The European Commission confirmed on Wednesday it had derailed a proposed merger of the Siemens-Alstom rail
businesses, in defiance of France and Germany.
Rail travellers in France could soon receive greater compensation for train delays after the European Parliament decided on Thursday to boost rail passenger rights. But it could be a costly measure for the SNCF.
Power was finally restored to a key Paris rail station three days after a crippling fire disrupted the holiday plans of thousands of people on a crucial mid-summer weekend.
In launching his plan to overhaul France's heavily-indebted state rail operator SNCF earlier this year, President Emmanuel Macron knew he was taking aim at a bastion of labour unions which have long defied a range of government reform efforts.
French public sector staff will join rail workers in striking Tuesday to protest reforms proposed by President Emmanuel Macron, with the country braced for possible major disruption.
French rail unions have claimed that a recently leaked document provides proof that the government ultimately plans to privatize the country's railways. But is this really what the government has in store for the SNCF?
Unions at French rail operator SNCF will hold a companywide vote next week on the government's contested overhaul for the heavily indebted group, aimed at proving that support for a long-running strike remains strong despite signs it is tapering off.
Commuters in France faced more travel headaches on Thursday as the French rail strikes continued. Nevertheless the industrial action caused far less disruption than when the strikes began in April.
Rail passengers in France faced more disrupted services on the tenth day of train strikes against the French government's proposed rail reforms on Tuesday. But the number of strikers has taken a dip.
French rail unions have threatened to prolong their strike action into July and August, meaning those planning to travel around France during the summer holiday period could be set for travel misery.
French rail workers spoke of their anger over the government's proposed reforms to France's national rail service as they took part in a day of mass protests on Thursday.
The French government promised to keep the national railways public on Wednesday as it unveiled its reform plans for the debt-laden network, but trade unions warned of rolling strikes and disruptions nation-wide.
French rail unions say they are ready to lead a month-long strike in protest against plans by the French government to reform the country's ageing and indebted rail system.
France's small, regional train lines will remain in operation, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Monday before unveiling what the government does have in mind for reforming France's national rails.
The maker of France's TGV trains announced Tuesday a "merger of equals" with German industrial leader Siemens in a giant and politically tricky deal to create a new European rail champion.
