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Changing destination of Eurostar reservation due to French railway worker strikes

  • May 13, 2025
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We are travelling from the UK to Mulhouse in France via Eurostar to Paris, TGV to Strasbourg and then TER to Mulhouse on 11 June. This is one of the days identified by SNCF for strikes by rail workers in France.

We are en route to the Alps the next day, so could have travelled via Belgium and Germany instead, but needed to book Eurostar before the allocation of Interall passholder fares ran out, (booked via Rail Europe) and before the June strike dates were announced, and so went for the route through Paris instead.

Is there any way of changing the Eurostar booking to a destination of Brussels instead of Paris, other than buying a whole new reservation at 40 Euro per person? As far as i can see you can only change time and date, not destination, on Eurostar bookings.

Based on past strikes, SNCF seem to advise only a few days in advance of strike action if a specific train will be running, but that is not much use if there is no way of changing a Eurostar booking a few days before travel in the event of no suitable onward travel options from Paris.  

Best answer by rvdborgt

You can't change the route, indeed only time and date.

You could call Eurostar and see if they are willing to let you change the route because of the strike.

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  • May 14, 2025

You can't change the route, indeed only time and date.

You could call Eurostar and see if they are willing to let you change the route because of the strike.


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  • May 14, 2025

Even if yours end up cancelled, there will definitely be TGVs running between Paris and Strasbourg, it is a major connection. Same for Paris - Mulhouse direct (from Gare de Lyon).

You've got 2 frequent (for French standards!) high-speed routes to choose from. Reservations can be made online until departure and cancelled up to 30 min after departure -> easier than to deal with staff in Paris.

My opinion is that I'd rather travel through Paris, perhaps having a longer break than planned there than be stuck on delayed German trains for hours (assuming you're not relying on the last connection of the day).