An employee of French state-owned railway company SNCF holds a safety flare during a gathering on a platform at the Gare Lille Flandres railway station as part of a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers. Pascal Rossignol/ Reuters
An employee of French state-owned railway company SNCF holds a safety flare during a gathering on a platform at the Gare Lille Flandres railway station as part of a nationwide strike by French SNCF raShow more

French railway strikes cause misery for passengers