Pension reform: trains, subways, planes... Traffic forecast for Tuesday, March 28

Europe 1 with AFP 17:16 p.m., March 27, 2023

SNCF, RATP, airports... The transport sector will be impacted again on Tuesday, for the tenth day of mobilization against the pension reform. The management of the SNCF first indicates that the circulation of its trains will be "strongly disrupted" on some lines, including 3 TGV out of 5, 1 TER out of 2 and still difficulties in Ile-de-France. In the same way at RATP, traffic will be "very disrupted" on the RER network, with an average of one train out of two on lines A and B.

Normal traffic for buses and trams

In the Paris metro, disruptions are expected to be less than last week, even if the majority of lines will experience reductions in train frequencies and/or schedule restrictions. No station closures are planned due to the strike. In addition to lines 1 and 14 (automated), lines 3a, 7a and 9 will operate normally.

Traffic is also announced "normal" for buses and trams. RATP invites all passengers who have the opportunity to do so to prefer teleworking or to postpone their trips.

20% of flights assigned to Orly, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux

Finally, in the aviation sector, up to a third of flights will be canceled at Paris-Orly and several regional airports will be affected until Wednesday due to a strike of air traffic controllers against the pension reform. On Tuesday and Wednesday, 20% of flights will be assigned to Orly, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux, announced Friday evening the DGAC. In repercussion, Air France indicated that it would be able to provide "nearly 8 flights out of 10 between Paris-Orly and some French airports" from Friday to Monday. Neither long-haul flights nor those departing or arriving from Paris-Charles de Gaulle will be affected, according to the company, which has not yet communicated on Tuesday and Wednesday.

However, it warned that "last-minute delays and cancellations are not to be excluded" and stressed that its customers "affected by cancelled flights are notified individually". Its sister company, the "low-cost" Transavia specialized in short and medium-haul, has for its part canceled nearly 60 flights in total from Friday to Saturday. It has not yet released its forecast for the following days.

Beyond airports, work stoppages by air traffic controllers also affect the En route de la navigation aérienne (CRNA) centres, which manage aircraft outside the take-off and landing phases, and transit through French airspace. They therefore have repercussions on all European traffic.