21.   In Belgium, train traffic also was crippled, transforming the morning rush hour into a slow crawl.

22.   In the southern port city of Marseille, demonstrators delayed train traffic in the morning, the SNCF national train operator said.

23.   Many passengers climbed onto the roofs of the carriages which jackknifed across the tracks, blocking all train traffic to northern and eastern Finland as well as Russia.

24.   Many passengers climbed onto the roofs of the carriages which jacknifed across the tracks, blocking all train traffic to northern and eastern Finland as well as Russia.

25.   Most rail workers stayed off their jobs early Wednesday in a strike that has paralyzed train traffic in the Czech Republic for two days.

26.   Negotiations between the French state railroad and unions Sunday failed to end a strike, now in its third day, that all but choked off weekend train traffic.

27.   Near several major cities during the past week, militants have brought train traffic to a temporary standstill by throwing grappling hooks onto overhead rail power cables.

28.   No one was injured, but the train traffic had to be switched to parallel tracks for seven hours.

29.   On the eve of a Europe-wide rail strike, travelers in France braced for disruptions that were to slow train traffic across the country beginning Sunday evening.

30.   Police from a nearby town then ringed the area, stopping all train traffic.