Dear Commons Community,
Elaine and I cancelled our trip to Bruges due to a railway strike in Belgium. We actually were about a third of the way there but could not get a train across the border. Below are details about the strike.
We returned to Amsterdam and had a wonderful dinner at an Italian restaurant (Lucca).
The best laid plans…..
Tony
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Another railway strike on Tuesday: Train traffic in Belgium disrupted
Train traffic in Belgium will again be disrupted on Tuesday 15 April due to another railway strike. The strike is organised by the five trade union organisations against certain measures in the Federal Government coalition agreement.
Despite several reconciliation meetings, the five union organisations (ACOD Spoor/CGSP Cheminots, ACV/CSC-Transcom, VSOA-Spoor/SLFP-Cheminots, OVS/SIC and ASTB/SACT) have decided to maintain the strike on Tuesday 15 April.
With the actions, railway staff are protesting against a series of reforms the Federal Government wants to implement. These include an increase in the retirement age and savings in the entire sector.
As a result, fewer trains will run from 22:00 on Monday until 22:00 on Tuesday.
Specifically, three in ten IC trains (between major cities) will not be running on Tuesday, and neither will four in ten local L and suburban S trains. Almost no peak-hour P trains will be operating during the morning and evening rush hours.
International trains
International railway traffic will be disrupted as well. …
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