The interruptions in public transport ile -of -france are “according to expectations”, Thursday, September 18, Ratp said in AFP, at dawn of a national day of social mobilization where most of the meters and RER will only circulate in peak times.
As announced on Tuesday, with the exception of automatic lines: 1, 4 and 14, the subway will only circulate in peak hours, between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, and between 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm
During these slots, the number of trains will be reduced in all non -automatic subway lines, up to 1 one of 5 train for line 3, and the service of certain lines will stop before its term, said the ratp.
Expected disturbances
At the beginning of the day, “Everything (Era) according to the planned traffic plan,” said a carrier spokesman to the AFP around 7 am
The situation is even “better than expected” for lines 9, 10 and 13, whose frequencies will finally be one in two train for the first and one in three trains for the other two, against one in three train and one in four planned the previous day.
The trains of Line 3, which should only work on a part of the trip, will finally circulate throughout the line, will add the Ratp. Ten stations will be closed all day, including Clichy, Opera, Bastille or Republic.
For rer a, the most busy line in Europe, 3 trains of 4 will operate in the peak and 2 hours of 3 in the hours outside the peak. With respect to RER B, which connects remarkably Paris to the Charles-de-Gaulle airport, only a 2 train will circulate all day. The other RER lines will also be disturbed, especially D and E.
Nine out of ten TGV in circulation
The Transilian suburbs lines will also be assigned, in particular lines H, N and U, with 1 planned 2 train.
On the bus side, 70% of the bus lines operated by the Ratp must circulate almost or almost, depending on the controller. “Some strike bets” in the face of the deposits are erected, but “the buses come out,” said the Ratp spokesman. Therefore, traffic will be “in line with expectations” there, according to the carrier “there.
The tram network will be saved relatively, with the exception of lines T5 and T7.
On the trains side, around 7:15 am, the SNCF told AFP that the “transport plan” was “in accordance with expectations”, with nine out of ten TGV in circulation, one in two and three of five.
Source: BFM TV
