STRIKE RATP. This Thursday, February 16, 2023, the management of the RATP is not announcing any disruptions in the metros, buses or trams. If the RER A provides normal traffic, 2 trains out of 3 are to be expected on the RER B. Consult the traffic forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 16 février 2023 à 13h11] This Thursday, February 16, which marks the 5th strike against the pension reform, has no impact on the Paris transport network of the RATP. Management announces via a statement “almost normal to normal traffic” in the Paris metro, and “normal” for buses and trams. RER A also provides normal traffic, while RER B is disrupted with 2 trains out of 3 on the southern axis, operated by RATP.
It should be noted, however, that on the other RER and Transilien lines managed by SNCF agents, who are also mobilized, the disruptions will be more substantial. But it is not tomorrow that we need to worry about, but rather Tuesday, March 7, the day chosen by the RATP unions to renew the social movement. We provide you below with a summary of the traffic disruptions, as well as what we know about this renewable strike.
This Thursday, February 16, 2023, the situation is normal on the metro, bus and tram network. On the other hand, some disruptions are to be expected on the RER B. Here are the disruptions of the RATP strike of February 16 in detail:
- Metro disruptions : Thursday February 16, 2023, traffic is “normal” on all metro lines.
- RER disruptions : Thursday February 16, 2023, the RER A encounters normal traffic, while the RER B is disrupted at the rate of 2 trains out of 3. The RER C, D and E, managed by the SNCF, however encounter strong disturbances (see below).
- Bus disruptions : bus traffic is normal this Thursday, February 16, 2023. Discover the traffic of your bus line.
- Tram disruptions : tram traffic is normal this Thursday, February 16, 2023, as are the T4 and T11 managed by SNCF.
In a communicated published on Facebook on February 11, the RATP intersyndicale calls “to participate massively” in the day of interprofessional demonstration against the pension reform of February 16, 2023. RATP agents are indeed on the front line: the special regime retirement of some 40,000 RATP employees is threatened, which represents 93% of the workforce.
The RATP intersyndicale “calls for a renewable strike from March 7, 2023 in order to weigh even stronger and win the withdrawal of this bill”. This mobilization inevitably reminds us of the strike which paralyzed French rail for two months in 2019, during the first mobilization against the pension reform which had been aborted due to the Covid-19 health crisis.
RATP strike: where to consult 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 Or @RERE. To monitor train traffic in real time, visit the Transilien.