Bus and carpooling platforms saw their reservations explode during this weekend of strike by railway company controllers. SNCF controllers’ strike leaves “ 150,000 French people ” in the lurch.

For journeys between Paris and Lyon, some travelers have turned to the Italian company Trenitalia. There was a 39% increase in searches for the plane on the Liligo comparator, its spokesperson Guillaume Rostand said on BFMTV on Friday. The cheapest journeys remaining for Paris-Lyon this weekend are offered at 60 euros.