Rail returns to normal

Rail traffic in France largely returned to normal yesterday after days of disruption caused by a strike over pension rights. Metro services in Paris, which had been badly hit by the strike, were back to normal. Bus, tram and suburban rail services were also running full services, Paris transport authority RATP said.

Rail operator SNCF said intercity services were running normally but there were still isolated disruptions in regions around Paris and in southern France.

(China Daily 10/22/2007 page9)