STRIKE RATP. This Friday, March 25, 2022, bus and tram traffic will be severely disrupted, while the metro network will be almost normal, and that of the RER completely normal. Consult the traffic forecasts for the RATP strike on March 25.
[Mis à jour le 23 mars 2022 à 19h26] This Friday, March 25, 2022, the RATP strike at the call of all the trade union organizations which contest the opening to competition of the bus network and demand an increase in wages, will cause major disruptions mainly in the bus network. and the Paris tramway with 30% of bus lines interrupted and disrupted trams running only during peak hours. The metros, on the other hand, will be slightly impacted, with only 5 lines disrupted (2, 7, 8, 9 and 13). The other lines (1, 3, 3bis, 4, 5, 6, 7bis, 10, 11, 12 and 14) will run completely normally.
On the RER side, no disruption is announced, and the interconnections are maintained (at Nanterre-Préfecture on RER A and at Gare du Nord on RER B). RATP management provides more detailed information on the disruptions to bus and tram lines this Thursday at 5 p.m. For those who use this means of transport, already plan alternative solutions: telecommuting, bicycle, VTC, walking, etc. Find the traffic disruptions in detail below, line by line, or using the summary above on this page.
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.
- 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, on average 1 bus out of 2 runs, with variations depending on the sector. More detailed information from the RATP will be communicated this Thursday at 5 p.m.
- Tram disruptions : Tram traffic is very disrupted, except for T4 and T11 managed by the SNCF. This Friday March 25, 2022, plan 1 tram out of 2 or 3 only at peak times on T1, T2, T3a, T3b, T5, T6 and T7. Traffic will be interrupted all day on the T8.
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.
After the dark day of February 18, the RATP unions (CGT RATP, FO-RATP, Solidaires RATP, UNSA RATP, CFE-CGC Groupe RATP, La Base groupe RATP) continue the mobilization on Friday March 25, 2022 in the metros to obtain a general salary increase. “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”.
VSThis 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.