LONDON — Cross-Channel passenger train operator Eurostar said on
Tuesday its Britain to France service faced two strikes in the run-up to Christmas, with UK train managers and French drivers set to walk out, a wire service reports.
A Eurostar spokesman said nearly half of its 124 train managers, who are responsible for safety and customer care, would go on strike for one day on Friday over pay.
The company, which runs the passenger service through the Channel tunnel between Britain and France, also said French train drivers had threatened to strike from Thursday to Sunday.
However, a Eurostar spokesman said it expected disruption to be limited and said passengers should turn up for check-in times as scheduled.
Eurostar is run by the state railways of France and Belgium and Eurostar UK, a consortium including British Airways Plc and National Express Group Plc.