Paris metro drivers are refusing to stop at some stations in the capital amid fears over crack-fuelled violence, it has emerged.
A number of train operators have opted not to stop at stations in the city’s north east in order to ‘protect passengers’, according to union bosses.
Some stops are increasingly being used as places of business by crack dealers with Marx Dormoy on line 12 and Marcadet-Poissonniers on lines 12 and 4 said to be among the worst hit.
According to The Local, the Unsa union representing drivers said the ‘number of attacks on travelers and RATP staff is becoming increasingly dramatic’.
The union’s Jean-Marc Judith said: ‘Between the brawls that occur on the platforms, which sometimes end up happening on the train or across the tracks, you could hit someone, or crush them.’
Talks over security in the area are set to take place on January 19.