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Closing of public libraries in November
Saturday, 24 October 2009 08:44
The media libraries Marguerite Yourcenar, 75015 and the library of Cinema François Truffaut, 75001 will be closed on Sunday, November 1st (All saints day/ Toussaint). All public libraries in Paris will be closed Wednesday, November 11 (Anniversary of WWI-1918).
Change to winter time on October 24th
Saturday, 24 October 2009 08:16
It is that time of the year again when the clocks and watches are set behind in Paris by one hour to adjust for winter time. This also means one more hour for partying, sleeping or relaxing for most of us.
On the night between Saturday, October 24th and Sunday, October 25th, the time will be changed at 03:00 AM (summer time). It will be 02:00 AM winter time. Some bars in the areas of Saint-Michel, Bastille, Buttes aux cailles etc. will be open up to 03:00 AM (summer time).
In France, the change of time was instituted in 1975 in order to save electricity. Since 1998, the summer time change is done on the last Sunday of March at 02:00 AM (night between Saturday and Sunday) and winter time change is done on the last Sunday of October at 03:00 AM (night between Saturday and Sunday)
Mixed Marriage- rights as per law
Friday, 23 October 2009 18:28
Rights of a couple in a mixed marriage
For 'Franco-etranger' couples (where one partner is a French national and the other is a foreigner), what exactly does the law say for the rights of an individual vis-a-vis the French state? As per the law, the French national has a fundamental right to be with his/ her partner of choice with or without the resident card.
Strike to affect train network
Monday, 19 October 2009 08:51
Starting 08:00 PM on Monday, October 19th, train transport in the SNCF network will be affected for 20 hours as per SNCF website.
In Ile de France, RER traffic will be perturbed on different lines. RER A and E will function normally whereas on RER B (1 train out of 2), RER C (2 trains out of 3) and RER D (3 trains out of 4) will run. Trains between La Verrière and La Défense will also be normal.
Monday, October 19th
No trains for destinations of Irun, Vintimille and Luxembourg
Train Artésia (France-Italy) and night train Allemand (France-Germany) will have normal service. Train Elipsos (France-Spain) will also run normally except Elipsos 274 and 372
Nationally, there won't be any traffic on Corail Lunéa.
Tuesday, October 20th
International network of Eurostar, Thalys, TGV Lyria (Paris-Zurich, Paris-Geneva, Paris-Lausanne and Paris-Bern) will be normal. TGV Alléo (France-Germany) and TGV Artésia (France-Italy) will also run normally. There would not be any circulation for the day time Talgo train (France-Spain).
National network of TGV to or from Paris will be disturbed. TGV Nord (2 TGV out of 3), TGV Sud-Est (1 out of 2), TGV Atlantique (1 out of 2) and TGV province to province (1 out of 2) will be running. TGV Est will be normal.
There will be 1 out of 2 Téoz Trains and 1 out of Intercités Trains.
For more info
By Telephone
for TGV and TER : Toll free number 0805 90 36 35*.
For Transilien network: 0805 700 805*
(free from most land lines in France except special charges according to respective operators)
By SMS: 4 10 20 (SMS charges as per operator + 0.05€ TTC). Send the station name by sms to receive real time information.
By Internet
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