Europe 1 with AFP 6:08 p.m., February 14, 2023

The fifth day of mobilization against the pension reform, which will be held on Thursday, will have only a limited impact on public transport.

The SNCF announces 4 out of 5 TGVs in forecast while the RATP evokes almost normal traffic in the Paris metro. 

The disruptions are expected to be limited on Thursday in transport for the fifth day of mobilization against the pension reform with 4 out of 5 TGVs in circulation and almost normal traffic in the Paris metro, the SNCF and the RATP announced on Tuesday.

Only 1 out of 2 TER will circulate in the regions, however, during the winter holidays for most of the country, excluding Ile-de-France and Occitanie.

In Paris, the service will be partially disrupted on certain suburban trains.

After three well-attended strike days at the SNCF and the RATP, participation will therefore clearly mark time.

The prospect of a hard strike - and renewable with regard to the RATP - on March 7, has slowed down the mobilization for Thursday, according to various union sources.

In detail, the SNCF announced almost normal traffic for its TGV Inoui on the North, East and Atlantic axes.

Only the South-East axis will be disrupted with 2 out of 3 TGVs, as for the Ouigo and trains from province to province.

Normal traffic on metros, buses and trams in the Paris region

International traffic will also be very little affected, with the exception of Lyria which run to Switzerland, with 2 trains out of 3. Finally, there will be only 1 train out of 2 in circulation for the Intercités.

In the Paris region, the RATP has announced near-normal traffic forecasts for the metro and normal for buses and trams, as well as for the RER A. Only the RER B will be disrupted with 2 trains out of 3 on the southern axis, operated by the RATP, while towards the north, operated by the SNCF, there will be 1 train out of 2.

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Some Ile-de-France lines operated by the railway company will also experience a more limited frequency of trains than usual.

This will be the case for RER C and lines J and L of the Transilien - 2 trains out of 3 - and RER D and lines K, N and R - 1 train out of 2. The rest of the network will operate normally.

The trade union confederations have called for a massive strike and to "put France on hold in all sectors on March 7", just after the end of the school holidays.

The RATP inter-union has already announced that it wishes to go on strike renewable from this date.