RATP STRIKE 6 APRIL. The strike against the pension reform is also taking place in the Parisian transport of the RATP this Thursday, April 6, 2023. Some metro lines and the RER A are disrupted while the traffic of the RER B, buses and trams is normal. We take stock of the forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 5 avril 2023 à 21h00] This Thursday, April 6, the RATP unions are joining the 11th interprofessional and general strike movement against the pension reform. Nevertheless, the disruptions will be much less significant compared to previous strike days. Indeed, the management of the RATP announces “almost normal traffic on the RER network” and “almost normal traffic with the exception of a few lines” on the metro. 1 train out of 2 will run on line 3, 1 train out of 2 in the morning and 1 train out of 3 in the afternoon will run on line 5. 2 trains out of 3 will run in the morning and 1 train out of 2 in the afternoon. noon, only between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., on line 13.
Buses, trams, Orlyval, Roissybus and Orlybus included, will not be disturbed. On the other hand, it will be necessary to expect that metro stations will close in the afternoon and that line 6 of the metro will be disrupted due to the demonstration on Thursday April 6 scheduled for 2 p.m. between Invalides and the place d’ Italy, route of the procession. Check out the forecast in detail below:
No major disruptions to be expected this Thursday, April 6, 2023 on this 11th day of the strike against the pension reform, with normal traffic on the bus and tram network, and almost normal on the metro and RER network. Here is the detail line by line:
- Metro disruptions :
- Line 1 : normal traffic.
- Line 2 : normal traffic.
- Line 3 : 1 train out of 2.
- Line 3a : normal traffic.
- Line 4 : normal traffic but closing at 10:15 p.m. due to works.
- Line 5 : 1 train out of 2 in the morning and 1 train out of 3 in the afternoon.
- Line 6 : normal traffic but risk of disruption due to the route of the event scheduled for the afternoon.
- Line 7 : normal traffic.
- Line 7a : closed
- Line 8 : normal traffic but the line runs only between 5:30 a.m. and 11 p.m.
- Line 9 : normal traffic.
- Line 10 : normal traffic.
- Line 11 : normal traffic but closing at 10 p.m. due to works.
- Line 12 : normal traffic.
- Line 13 : 2 trains out of 3 in the morning and 1 train out of 2 in the afternoon, only between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Line 14 : normal traffic but closing at 10 p.m. due to works.
- Consult the RATP newsletter to be informed of metro traffic in real time.
- RER disruptions : RER traffic, in the area managed by the RATP, will be “almost normal”, this Thursday, April 6, 2023. Plan on average 3 out of 4 trains on the RER A, without changing trains at Nanterre-Préfecture. Almost normal traffic all day on the RER B but the line closes at 10:45 p.m. between Châtelet-les-Halles and Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 / Mitry-Claye for works. Interconnection is provided at Gare du Nord.
- Bus disruptions : normal traffic this Thursday April 6, 2023.
- Tram disruptions : normal traffic this Thursday, April 6, 2023.
The special pension scheme for some 40,000 RATP employees is threatened with the pension reform, which represents 93% of the workforce. On March 30, the CGT-RATP published on its page Facebook : “Let’s keep up the pressure on April 6. Reform is always no!”
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.