STRIKE RATP. This Friday, March 25 in Paris, 5 metro lines are slightly disrupted, the trams run at reduced hours and 30% of the buses are at a standstill due to a strike for a salary increase and against privatization. The unions were planning an indefinite strike. Will they follow through?
[Mis à jour le 25 mars 2022 à 18h01] This Friday, March 25, 2022 is a dark day for users of Parisian buses and trams. A third of Parisian buses are at a standstill all day, including the Roissybus, one out of two or three trams only run during peak hours. T8 traffic is completely interrupted. On the metro side, the situation is less tense, with only 5 lines slightly disrupted: line 2, line 7, line 8, line 9 and line 13. No RER is impacted by this strike at the RATP.
All the RATP unions continue to demand a salary increase and consider that they have not won their case since the previous day of strike on February 18, the first day of annual salary negotiations within the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens. . The RATP unions of bus and tram agents CGT, FO, Unsa, CFE-CGC also called for a strike this Friday March 25, 2022 for another reason: the consequence of the opening to competition of the Parisian bus network by 2025. The UNSA, the CGT, FO, SAT and CFDT denounce in a joint press release these “agreements of company” and “the contemptuous attitude of management in the face” of “demands for salary increases”.
The strike movement was closely followed this Friday, March 25, with 150 bus lines cut and an extremely limited tram service throughout Île-de-France. Also, nearly 500 machinists demonstrated in front of the RATP headquarters at the Gare de Lyon. “The mobilization on the buses is greater than in 2019”, during the strikes against the pension reform, reported a CGT union representative to Parisian. If the unions announced the start of an indefinite strike, they are preparing new days of action, according to Le Parisien, but no date has yet been announced. In the meantime, a return to normal is scheduled for Saturday, March 26.
This Friday, March 25, 2022, the situation is particularly difficult for the bus and tram network, much less in the metros. On the other hand, no disruption is to be expected in the RER. Here are the disruptions of the RATP strike of March 25 in detail:
- Metro disruptions : this Friday March 25, 2022, lines 2, 7, 8, 9 and 13 are slightly disrupted. On the other hand, traffic is normal on all other lines. Here is the detail of the disturbances line by line:
- Line 1 : normal traffic
- Line 2 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 3 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 3bis : normal traffic
- Line 4 : normal traffic
- Line 5 : normal traffic
- Line 6 : normal traffic
- Line 7 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 7bis : normal traffic
- Line 8 : 8 metros out of 10
- Line 9 : normal traffic
- Line 10 : normal traffic
- Line 11 : normal traffic
- Line 12 : normal traffic
- Line 13 : 9 metros out of 10
- Line 14 : normal traffic
- RER disruptions : Friday March 25, 2022, the RER A and B managed by the RATP do not experience any disruption. RER C, D and E, managed by SNCF, are not affected by this strike.
- RER A : normal traffic, interconnection is maintained at Nanterre-Préfecture
- RER B : normal traffic, interconnection is maintained at Gare du Nord
- Bus disruptions : bus traffic is extremely disrupted this Friday, March 25, 2022, with 30% of lines interrupted. For open lines, an average of 1 bus out of 2 runs, with variations depending on the sector. The traffic of Noctiliens is almost normal. Discover the traffic of your bus line.
- Tram disruptions : Tram traffic is very disrupted, except for T4 and T11 managed by the SNCF. Here is the detail line by line:
- T1 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 10 minutes, only from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and only between Gare de Noisy-le-Sec and Gare de Saint-Denis.
- T2 : plan 1 out of 3 trams with a frequency of 10 minutes at peak times and 20 minutes at off-peak hours, only from 6am to 10pm and only between Porte de Versailles and Puteaux.
- T3a : plan 2 trams out of 3 with a frequency of 5 to 6 minutes at peak times and 8 minutes at off-peak hours, only from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
- T3b : provide 2 out of 3 trams with a frequency of 6 minutes at peak times, only from 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and only between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Pantin.
- T4 : normal traffic because not concerned by the strike of March 25, being managed by the SNCF.
- T5 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 10 minutes, only from 5:30 am to 10 am.
- T6 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 10 minutes at peak times and 25 minutes at off-peak hours, only from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- T7 : provide 1 tram out of 2 with a frequency of 14 minutes, only from 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- T8 : line completely closed, traffic interrupted all day.
- T11 : normal traffic, not concerned by the strike of March 25 because managed by the SNCF.
The traffic disruptions relating to the RATP strike began this Friday, March 25, 2022 from the start of service, at 5:30 a.m. For buses and trams, the disruptions end until the end of service. Although the unions have announced their intention to go on an indefinite strike, for the moment there is no official information indicating that the movement will continue tomorrow or on other days.
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.