Around the World: Belgium
China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-21 07:11
Railway workers walk out
A strike by Belgian railway workers closed the entire network yesterday and halted all international services to neighboring countries, although the roads were less congested than expected.
The 24-hour strike over pay and conditions, which lasts until 10 pm (4 am today Beijing time), meant there were no high-speed trains such as the Eurostar to Britain and the Thalys to France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Some 400,000 to 500,000 people travel on the Belgian rail network on a typical weekday and major congestion was expected on the highways.
(China Daily 05/21/2008 page24)
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