A new railway strike is going to disrupt train traffic between Lorraine and Luxembourg as of Sunday, 11 December.

A strike is starting this Sunday and will affect circulation of regional express trains (TER) in Lorraine, has announced the SNCF, France's national railway company, in a press release. Disruptions are expected to begin on Sunday and continue over the coming days.

According to the traffic plans published by the SNCF, passengers of the Nancy-Metz-Luxembourg TER line will only be able to count on five trains on Monday morning. Usually, they can rely on no fewer than 18 trains to go from Metz to Luxembourg between 4.45am and 10.30am.

The trains that should still be operating will leave Metz station at 6.04am, 6.29am, 7.13am, 8.47am, and 10.29am, though it should be noted that none of these trains have Nancy as their station of origin. A train from Thionville to Luxembourg will also run at 8.03am.

Passengers will not have much choice when it comes to the return direction. The SNCF has announced that trains will leave Luxembourg at 5.16pm, 5.39pm, and 6.58pm to go to Metz and Thionville. This means that the carriages will likely be packed.

The railway company further recommends that passengers should "postpone their journey if possible". The strike, which starts on Sunday, will most probably extend beyond 12 December.

During the strike period, the SNCF publishes the timetables for the following day at around 5pm on this website.