Gare du Nord virtually deserted on day of nationwide strike over Macron's pension reforms The Gare du Nord in Paris, one of the busiest in Europe and the French terminal for the cross-channel Eurostar service, is virtually deserted due to a nationwide strike over pension reforms that has wiped out 90% of high-speed trains (TGV), 80 % of inter-regional trains (TER) and 10 of Paris's mero lines. The strike, in protest at pension reforms proposed by French president Emmanuel Macron, could be extended by rail and bus employees at the RATP and SNCF. IMAGES