RATP STRIKE MARCH 15. On this eighth day of renewable strike against the pension reform at the call of the RATP unions, traffic is slightly disrupted in the metros. Only RER A and B lines are disrupted. What about tomorrow, March 16?
[Mis à jour le 15 mars 2023 à 10h23] This Wednesday, March 15, despite the renewal of the strike against the pension reform by the RATP unions, traffic is only slightly disturbed in the Paris metro, fluid on the surface network (buses and metros) but very disturbed in the RER with an average of one in two trains in circulation.
For tomorrow, Thursday March 16, 2023, the Paris transport authority provides for “normal or almost normal” traffic in the metro, “almost normal” on RER A and “disturbed” on RER B. Find the details of the metro and RER disruptions below, line by line.
This Wednesday, March 15, part of the RATP transport network is operating smoothly when some lines encounter more difficulties or are slowed down, in particular the RER A and B which are “very disrupted”:
- Metro disruptions : normal traffic on the lines 1, 3bis, 5, 6, 7bis, 9 and 10. Traffic is also fluid on the lines 4, 11 and 14 but all three close at 10:15 p.m. and 10 p.m. due to construction. The users of the line 12 can travel normally in the morning but must make do with one out of three metros from the afternoon. It is necessary to count on 2 trains out of 3 on the lines 2, 7 and 8. Finally, the lines 3 and 13 are very disrupted with 1 train out of 2.
- RER disruptions : traffic is slowed down on lines A and B of the RER:
- RER A : 1 train out of 2 on average but the interconnection at Nanterre Préfecture is maintained. Due to works, traffic is interrupted between Cergy-Le-Haut/Poissy and Nanterre-Préfecture from 10:15 p.m. A replacement bus service is in place.
- RER B : 1 train out of 2 on average but the interconnection at Gare du Nord is maintained.
- Bus disruptions : bus traffic is normal on the entire network this Wednesday, March 15. Normal traffic on the Noctilien as well.
- Tram disruptions : traffic is normal on all tram lines this Wednesday, March 15. Normal traffic on the Orlyval as well.
[#MouvementSocial] Following a notice calling for an interprofessional strike day on Wednesday March 15, 2023, the #RATP foresees almost normal traffic on the Metro network and normal on the Bus and Tramway networks. Traffic will be very disrupted on the RER. pic.twitter.com/Dod83BIPLk
— RATP Group (@RATPgroup) March 14, 2023
The movement is also renewed at the SNCF, with disturbances which still remain on all the RER and Transiliens in Île-de-France. Check out the detailed forecast below:
An 8th act of strike against the pension reform takes place this Wednesday, March 15, 2023, which is joined by the RATP intersyndicale. 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. “The interest of having a special regime is first of all to take into account the arduousness of the work. The agents are confronted with night shifts, working underground and handling toxic products”, explained Bertrand Hammache, secretary general of the CGT RATP, to France 3.
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.