STRIKE RATP. This Tuesday, February 7, the third act of strike against the pension reform also takes place in the Parisian transport of the RATP. Metro, RER and bus lines in Paris are disrupted. We take stock of the forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 6 février 2023 à 10h52] This Tuesday, February 7, 2023 will be another dark day for RATP users, due to a new strike action against the pension reform. The Régie des transports parisiens thus provides for “very disrupted traffic on the RER and Metro networks”. The metros will only run during peak hours on lines 2, 3, 8, 10, 11 and 13, and their frequency will be reduced. Bus network traffic will be “slightly disrupted”, while that of the tram will be “normal”.
In addition to denouncing an “unfair, brutal and ineffective bill”, as the communicated published by the inter-union of the RATP, the striking agents intend to protect their special pension scheme, which is threatened by the reform of the government. Users of public transport in the Ile-de-France will therefore have to organize themselves accordingly or telework.
RATP has published its forecasts traffic for the strike day of February 7. The company plans for this day a traffic “very disturbed on the RER and Metro networks” and “slightly disturbed on the Bus network”. With regard to the Tramway network, traffic will be “normal”, specifies the RATP. The SNCF, whose unions are also taking part in the strike movement, has also published its traffic forecasts for RER C and D. Here are the detailed traffic forecasts for metros, RER, buses and trams for the day of February 7:
Metro :
- Line 1 : normal traffic with risk of saturation
- Line 2 : 1 train out of 3 from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Line 3 : 1 train out of 3 from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Line 3bis : normal circulation.
- Line 4 : 1 train out of 2 all day.
- Line 5 : 1 train out of 3 from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Line 6 : 1 train out of 3 from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Line 7 : 1 train out of 3 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Line 7bis : 1 train out of 2 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Line 8 : 1 train out of 3 from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The line is open from Créteil – Pointe du Lac to Reuilly – Diderot.
- Line 9 : 2 trains out of 3 in the morning, 1 train out of 2 in the afternoon. Line open from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Line 10 : 1 train out of 3 from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 1 train out of 2 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Line 11 : 1 train out of 2 from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., 1 train out of 4 from 4.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
- Line 12 : 1 train out of 3 from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Line 13 : 1 train out of 3 from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Open line from Saint-Denis-Université / Les Courtilles to Montparnasse – Welcome
- Line 14 : normal traffic, but closing at 10 p.m. due to modernization works
RER:
- RER A : 1 train out of 2 on average. The RATP indicates the times of the first and last departures will be specified this Monday, and that the precise opening and closing times of the stations will be displayed locally. The interconnection is also maintained at Nanterre Prefecture.
- RER B : 1 train out of 2 on average. The RATP also indicates that the times of the first and last departures will be specified this Monday, and that the precise opening and closing times of the stations will be displayed locally. The interconnection is also interrupted at Gare du Nord.
- RER C : 1 train out of 3
- RER D : 1 train out of 6. Interconnection suspended between Châtelet-les-Halles and Paris Gare de Lyon, no trains between these two stations. No traffic on the Malesherbes Corbeil Juvisy axes via Ris-Orangis and Corbeil Melun.
- RER E : 2 trains out of 5
The RATP also indicates that there will be 8 out of 10 buses in circulation network-wide on February 7. Precise information will be made this Monday by the company. Traffic will also be normal on the Noctilien network, as well as for all tram lines.
In a press release, the RATP inter-union called on “all company agents to continue and amplify the mobilization through strikes and demonstrations on Tuesday February 7 and then Saturday February 11 to say no to this reform” of pensions . But in this same press release, the inter-union indicated that it “will meet at the end of February 7 to prepare the mobilization of Saturday 11”. Friday, February 3 at the microphone of BFM TV, the secretary general of the CGT RATP-Bus, Cémil Kaygisiz therefore, unsurprisingly, declared that the strike on Saturday February 11 “is not settled”. The trade unionist was content to call for “mobilization” in the demonstrations planned for that day.
On the side of the SNCF, the railway unions have, for the moment, not decided whether they were going to call a strike next Saturday, contenting themselves with simply calling to participate in the demonstrations. The question of public support for the transport strike movement does indeed arise for the sector’s unions, as Saturday 11 February corresponds to the second weekend of the school holidays in zone A and the first in zone B, and that many French people therefore intend to travel on the French rail network that weekend.
Several tools are available on the Web to find out about upcoming traffic disruptions at RATP. To know the traffic status of the metro, RER, bus, tram in real time, with the stations possibly closed today, consult theRATP traffic information. 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.