Pensions: almost normal traffic at the RATP, "strongly disturbed" for the SNCF this weekend

Europe 1 with AFP 7:06 p.m., March 10, 2023

Traffic will be normal on most Paris metro lines on Saturday, on the fifth day of a renewable strike at the call of all RATP unions against the pension reform, only the RER A and B remaining "disturbed", announced the Régie on Friday.

Throughout the day, there will be only one out of two trains on RER A and two out of three on RER B (with interruption of the interconnection at Gare du Nord).

In the metro, traffic will be "normal except for a few lines": two out of three trains are expected on line 11 in the afternoon and three out of four trains on line 6, also in the afternoon. -noon.

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Bus and tram networks will operate normally

Traffic will be "almost normal" on lines 8, 12 and 13, and "normal" on all other lines, according to RATP forecasts.

The Régie also recalls that line 9 of the metro will be closed on Sunday "due to work".

Like the previous days, the bus and tram networks will operate normally on Saturday, a new day of interprofessional demonstration.

Since Tuesday, the first day of the strike rather well followed, the situation has quickly improved in Parisian transport, revealing a fairly weak mobilization among RATP agents, unlike the 2019 strike against the previous pension reform project.

In a press release, the inter-union "welcomed" Thursday "strong mobilizations since January 19" and called on the agents to "continue the pressure", encouraging them to demonstrate on Saturday and to strike on March 15 as part of of "long-term mobilization".

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SNCF announced on Thursday traffic still "severely disrupted" for Friday with half of its TGV Inoui and Ouigo removed as well as 60% of its TER, and a level of service which should remain equivalent throughout the weekend.

The public group therefore calls on travelers to "cancel or postpone their trips on March 10 and the weekend", while a renewable strike was launched on Tuesday at the call of all the railway unions against the pension reform.

In particular, high-speed traffic will be greatly reduced on the North and Atlantic axes with 60% of trains eliminated, while on the East, South-East axes and on the Ouigo, there will be one train out of two.

As on previous days, province-to-province connections will be almost non-existent with 90% of TGVs removed.

Only 25% of Intercités trains will run.

Internationally, two-thirds of Eurostars are maintained and 60% of Thalys (Benelux), Lyria (Switzerland) and connections to Germany.