STRIKE RATP. Tomorrow, Parisian bus and tram traffic will be severely disrupted, with a third of bus lines interrupted and trams in circulation only at peak times. The metro will provide almost normal traffic and there will be no disruption on the RERs. Here are the forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 24 mars 2022 à 22h06] This Friday, March 25, RATP buses and trams are on strike to protest against the opening up of the Parisian bus network to competition by 2025. As a result, 30% of Parisian buses will be at a standstill and lines of trams will be severely disrupted, running only during peak hours at a frequency of one tram in two or three, with the exception of line 8 of the tram completely interrupted. Lines T4 and T11 managed by SNCF are not affected.
[Mouvement Social] Friday 25/03, the #RATP provides for normal traffic on the RER network and almost normal on the Metro network. Traffic will be severely disrupted on the surface network (Bus and Tramway). We apologize for the expected conditions of carriage. pic.twitter.com/ZUh95fV5qi
— RATP Group (@RATPgroup) March 24, 2022
At the call of almost all of the unions (CGT RATP, FO-RATP, Solidaires RATP, UNSA RATP, CFE-CGC Groupe RATP, La Base groupe RATP), the agents of the Paris metro are also on strike, to demand a revaluation of wages, stressing that negotiations are still at a standstill with management, brandishing the threat of an indefinite strike. But users will have less to worry about with only 5 slightly disrupted lines: line 2, line 7, line 8, line 9 and line 13. No RER is however impacted by this strike of March 25. Discover the traffic forecast in detail, line by line, below.
This Friday, March 25, 2022, buses and trams are extremely disrupted, while the metros are slightly affected by this strike, with only 5 lines disrupted. On the RER side, nothing to worry about, all trains will run normally. Here are the March 25 disruptions in detail:
- Metro disruptions : this Friday March 25, 2022, lines 2, 7, 8, 9 and 13 will be slightly disrupted. On the other hand, traffic will be normal on all other lines. Here is the detail of the disturbances line by line:
- Line 1 : normal traffic
- Line 2 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 3 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 3bis : normal traffic
- Line 4 : normal traffic
- Line 5 : normal traffic
- Line 6 : normal traffic
- Line 7 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 7bis : normal traffic
- Line 8 : 8 metros out of 10
- Line 9 : normal traffic
- Line 10 : normal traffic
- Line 11 : normal traffic
- Line 12 : normal traffic
- Line 13 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 14 : normal traffic
- RER disruptions : Friday March 25, 2022, the RER A and B managed by the RATP will not encounter any disruption. RER C, D and E, managed by SNCF, are not affected by this strike.
- Bus disruptions : bus traffic is extremely disrupted this Friday, March 25, 2022, with 30% of lines interrupted. For open lines, an average of 1 bus out of 2 runs, with variations depending on the sector. The traffic of Noctiliens is almost normal. Discover the traffic of your bus line.
- Tram disruptions : Tram traffic is very disrupted, except for T4 and T11 managed by the SNCF. Here is the detail line by line:
- T1 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 10 minutes, only from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and only between Gare de Noisy-le-Sec and Gare de Saint-Denis.
- T2 : plan 1 out of 3 trams with a frequency of 10 minutes at peak times and 20 minutes at off-peak hours, only from 6am to 10pm and only between Porte de Versailles and Puteaux.
- T3a : plan 2 trams out of 3 with a frequency of 5 to 6 minutes at peak times and 8 minutes at off-peak times, only from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
- T3b : provide 2 out of 3 trams with a frequency of 6 minutes at peak times, only from 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and only between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Pantin.
- T4 : normal traffic because not concerned by the strike of March 25, being managed by the SNCF.
- T5 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 10 minutes, only from 5:30 am to 10 am.
- T6 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 10 minutes at peak times and 25 minutes at off-peak hours, only from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- T7 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 14 minutes, only from 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- T8 : line completely closed, traffic interrupted all day.
- T11 : normal traffic, not concerned by the strike of March 25 because managed by the SNCF.
The traffic disruptions relating to the RATP strike begin this Friday, March 25, 2022 from the start of service, at 5:30 a.m. For buses and trams, the disruptions end until the end of service. Although the unions have announced their intention to go on an indefinite strike, for the moment there is no official information indicating that the movement will continue the next day.
After the black day of February 18, the RATP unions continue the mobilization this Friday, March 25, 2022 in the metros to obtain a general increase in wages. “Today, RATP’s economic and financial indicators are green. Agents do not accept that their budget is in the red, adding to the anxiety-provoking climate of the opening up to competition and the profound transformations of the company” explains the delegate of the CGT RATP Bertrand Hammache, in a letter to the president Catherine Guillouard relayed by The Parisian.
The agents of the buses and trams, “the surface networks”, will be massively mobilized, protesting against the consequences of the opening to competition of the RATP bus network from January 1, 2025. The UNSA, the CGT, FO, SAT and CFDT denounce in a joint press release these “company agreements” and “the contemptuous attitude of management in the face” of “claims for wage increases”.
This strike of March 25 could be unlimited, specifies the FO-Groupe RATP union, majority among metro drivers, in a communicated : “Without major inflection of the company, March 25 will mark the beginning of a long and hard action for the public service”. “The form that the movement should take and the question of an indefinite strike will be discussed in the coming weeks with the employees and not decreed by the trade unions beforehand”, had warned however the general secretary of the CGT-RATP.
RATP strike: where to consult real-time traffic forecasts?
Several tools are available on the Web to find out about upcoming traffic disruptions. To know the state of RATP traffic (metro, RER, bus, tram in real time), consult this page. For the RER, you can also follow the Twitter accounts @RERA, @RERB, @RERC, @RERD Where @RERE. To monitor train traffic in real time, visit the Transilien.