Sharjah 24 – KUNA: Railway transports in France were disrupted on Friday due to cancelling up to 60 percent of scheduled trips; caused by a strike by the service conductors, the French news network BFM reported.

The national railway company, SNCF, will decrease number of operating trains today until Sunday due to the strike, it said, indicating that they resorted to the protests due to unsatisfactory payments.

Up to 10,000 conductors secure regular movement of the trains and their strike could paralyse the vital transport service throughout the nation that transport passengers to other European countries.

France, like other regional countries, has been hard hit with soaring inflation and cost of living rendering payments short of enabling many workers to cover expenses.