Strikes hit trains to France's national stadium (Yahoo Sports)

[ASFN Admin]

Strikes have thrown train services to France's national stadium into disarray before the European Championship opening game it hosts on Friday night. Two overland trains, the RERs B and D, link the Stade de France in Paris' northern suburbs to the city center. The national SNCF rail company said strikes wiped out two-thirds of RER B trains on Thursday and that six out of 10 trains weren't running on the RER D. It is working on a fallback plan to try to ensure that fans can still use trains to reach the 80,000-seat stadium for France vs. Romania at 9.p.m on Friday.

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