Europe 1 with AFP 5:50 p.m., January 17, 2023

For the day of national mobilization against pension reform this Thursday, January 19, the transport companies SNCF, RATP and Orly airport have unveiled their forecasts.

TGV traffic will be severely disrupted, while in Paris three metro lines (8, 10 and 11) will be completely closed.

Each day of national mobilization, its share of disruptions in transport.

SNCF, RATP and Orly airport have all unveiled their traffic forecasts for Thursday January 19, when a strike movement will take place throughout France to challenge the pension reform.

In Paris, three metro lines (8, 10 and 11) will be completely closed, and ten will be "partially operated" or will only operate during rush hour, the Autonomous Paris Transport Authority announced on Tuesday.

Traffic at the SNCF will also be very disrupted this Thursday, in particular for regional trains.

Europe 1 takes stock of the forecasts, two days before the general mobilization.

TGV traffic "highly disrupted", very few TER and Transilien

Train traffic will be "very severely disrupted" on Thursday, SNCF Voyageurs announced on Tuesday.

The company plans 1 out of 3 TGV on the North axis, 1 out of 4 on the East, 1 out of 5 on the Atlantic, 1 out of 3 on the South-East and 1 out of 3 for Ouigo but only 1 TER out of 10 in average, and in Ile-de-France 1 train out of 3 on lines A, B, H and U, and 1 train out of 10 on lines C and D (partly closed), J, K, L, N and P , according to a press release.

Three metro lines closed in Paris

Thursday's strike will be closely followed in Paris transport with three metro lines completely closed (8, 10, 11) and ten lines "partially operated" or only operating at peak hours, the RATP announced on Tuesday.

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There will only be one train in two during peak hours for the RER A and one train in four during off-peak hours, with an end of service around 9 p.m.

Only 1 out of 2 trains will run during peak hours on the southern part of the RER B operated by the RATP, and 2 out of 3 buses will run in Paris and in the inner suburbs.

Towards the cancellation of one in five flights at Orly

The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on Tuesday asked airlines to preventively cancel one in five flights at Orly on Thursday, due to a strike by air traffic controllers as part of the day of mobilization against the reform of retreats.

"Airlines must reduce their flight program initially planned at Paris-Orly airport from 5:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on January 19 by 20%", according to a "notice for air missions" (NOTAM) published Tuesday afternoon by the DGAC.

The latter, in a press release issued in the process, stressed that "a national interprofessional strike notice in the entire public service and the private sector was filed by several trade union organizations for the day of Thursday, January 19, 2023 , in mainland France and overseas. This notice was relayed by several unions representing air traffic controllers".

Flights to Overseas, many departing from Orly, are not affected by cancellations, in the name of territorial continuity.

The DGAC adds that "despite these preventive measures, disruptions and delays are nevertheless to be expected".