How to organize your trips on Tuesday? On the occasion of the tenth day of inter-union mobilization against the pension reform, traffic on the SNCF and RATP network should be, respectively, “strongly” and “very disrupted”. 20 minutes outlines the expected difficulties.
SNCF traffic “highly disrupted”, 3 out of 5 TGVs
The circulation of trains will be “severely disrupted” on certain lines, with in particular 3 TGV out of 5, 1 TER out of 2 and still difficulties in Ile-de-France, management indicated on Monday. SNCF Voyageurs recommends that travelers who can cancel or postpone their trips scheduled for Tuesday, even if the disruptions announced are less significant than during the previous interprofessional day, Thursday.
The company plans to run 60% of its TGV Inoui and Ouigo on Tuesday, a quarter of its Intercités – but no night trains – and half of its TER. Traffic will be “quasi-normal” for Eurostar and Thalys, according to a press release.
In Ile-de-France, traffic will be quite disrupted, with 1 train out of 3 on the RER C, 2 trains out of 5 on the RER D, and 1 train out of 2 on the SNCF part of the RER A and B – the RATP foreseeing 3 trains out of 5 on its side, and the interconnections being maintained – as well as lines K and N. The situation will be better on the RER E and line R with 3 trains out of 5 announced, and on lines H, J, L , P and U with 2 trains out of 3. Finally, the service will be normal on the tram-trains T4, T11 and T13.
SNCF Voyageurs expects the best on Wednesday, but warns that train traffic “will remain disrupted on certain lines”.
“Very disturbed” traffic in the RER, difficulties in the metro
Traffic will be “very disrupted” on Tuesday on the RER network, with an average of one in two trains on lines A and B, the RATP announced on Sunday. In the Paris metro, disturbances should be less than last week, even if the majority of lines will experience reductions in the frequency of passage of trains and/or timetable restrictions.
No station closures are planned due to the strike. In addition to lines 1 and 14 (automated), lines 3 bis, 7 bis and 9 will operate normally. Traffic is also announced as “normal” for buses and trams. The RATP invites all travelers who have the possibility to favor teleworking or to postpone their trips.
The aviation sector already disrupted for several days
Since the beginning of the social movement, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has been regularly forced to ask airlines to give up part of their flight program departing from and arriving at certain airports, for the adapt to the number of air traffic controllers at their post and avoid even greater disturbances.
Such preventive reductions, in place for much of last week, will continue until at least next Wednesday. Tuesday and Wednesday, 20% of flights will be assigned to Orly, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux, the DGAC announced on Friday evening.