RATP strike: live disruptions, towards an indefinite strike?

1:30 p.m. – What are the disruptions on RER A?

This Thursday, due to a strike movement, RER A traffic is on average 1 train out of 3 throughout the day with 1 train out of 2 at peak times and 1 train out of 4 at off-peak hours . A final visit to Châtelet-Les Halles will take place at 9 p.m. The interconnection is maintained at Nanterre Prefecture. For the Cergy-le-Haut / Poissy branches, plan on average 1 train out of 2 throughout the day, with a few trains at off-peak hours departing from and arriving at Nanterre-Préfecture or La Défense.

13:00 – What alternatives if you absolutely have to travel?

If the direction of Parisian transport strongly recommends postponing your trips, there are however some alternatives to the metro, bus or RER:

• The Transilien and RER of the SNCF are not disturbed. As a reminder, line N serves Gare Montparnasse, lines H and K Gare du Nord, line P Gare de l’Est, lines L and J Gare Saint-Lazare and line R Gare de Lyon, RER C serves the left bank, RER D and E serve the north of Paris.
• RATP trams run normally with the exception of the T5.
• Carpooling offered by Île-de-France Mobilités
• Taxis or VTC but beware of the waiting time and the rates applied
• Self-service cars and scooters
• Electric bike or scooter

12:30 – What free carpooling solutions?

Due to disruptions related to the RATP strike, Ile-de-France Mobilities offers carpooling to all Ile-de-France residents in partnership with three platforms: Karos, Klaxit and Blablacar Daily.

12:09 – RATP headquarters invaded by strikers

This Thursday, the headquarters of the RATP located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris was invaded by nearly 250 strikers, unions and employees, who had been demonstrating in front of the house for 10 hours, waiting, without much hope, for the arrival of Jean Castex, future CEO of RATP. The strikers are demanding wage increases and improved working conditions.

11:11 – Which metro line is running normally this Thursday, November 10?

Only two fully automated metro lines, 1 and 14, are in circulation this Thursday until 1:30 a.m. But the RATP warns of a risk of saturation. Also be careful, the Reuilly-Diderot, Bastille, Hôtel de Ville, Concorde and Champs-Elysées Clémenceau stations are closed on line 1!

10:55 – Why is the RATP on strike this Thursday, November 10?

This Thursday, the RATP unions called to join the fourth day of general and interprofessional strike initiated by the CGT. The main demand is still the general increase in wages, but also to protest against the lack of staff and the working conditions which are deteriorating. “Whatever the management says, its share of responsibility is undeniable in the situation of our working conditions in perpetual deterioration due to lack of anticipation”, relates the inter-union in its press release. And to add: “The posture of immobility of the directions of the metro and the RER fertilizes a fertile ground for a conflict that our trade unions will carry and lead with determination, in connection with the driving agents.”

10:23 – Until when will this strike at the RATP last?

The strike notice at the RATP for this Thursday, November 10 has been filed from Wednesday November 9, 2022 at 10 p.m. to Friday November 11 at 7 a.m..

10:10 – Demonstrations all over France are also causing disruptions in urban transport

This Thursday, November 10, 2022, demonstrations at the initiative of the CGT are planned all over France, causing disruption of buses or trams: Place de la République in Châteauroux and on the forecourt of the stations of Angoulême and Toulon in 10:30 a.m., in front of the MEDEF in Caen at 11 a.m., in front of Montpellier station at noon, in front of the Maison de la Culture in Amiens, in front of the war memorial in Toulouse, place Dombasle in Nancy, Porte de Paris in Poitiers and Place de la République in Paris at 2 p.m.Place de la Maison Carrée in Nîmes and Porte de Paris in Lille at 2:30 p.m., Place de la Bourse in Mulhouse at 4 p.m., etc.

09:50 – The RATP is mobilizing to support users

The RATP reminds on its Twitter account that it listens to users. She tries to answer all questions via the @cliebtsRATP account. Do not hesitate to contact them on the social network to report any problem encountered.

09:30 – How do I know when the next subway is?

If you are lucky enough to take a metro line that is running, you may find it difficult to know the timetable. To do this, a device set up online by the RATP could help you to monitor traffic in real time, with stations that may be closed: RATP traffic information.

09:20 – What disturbances at the RATP this Thursday, November 10?

Due to a social movement, the management of the RATP has announced that 5 of the 14 lines of the Paris metro are at a standstill all day, that around thirty metro stations are closed and that major disruptions are to be expected. on RER A and B only:

09:10 – 2 out of 3 buses are in circulation this Thursday, November 10

Traffic is disrupted on the entire bus network this Thursday, November 10 with only “2 out of 3 buses” on average, and a twenty lines closed. Traffic remains normal on the Noctilien network.