The RATP and the SNCF call on users to favor teleworking and postpone their journeys scheduled for Tuesday March 7.
The circulation of trains in France will be “very strongly disturbed“Tuesday, for the TGV as for the TER, and”very disturbedin the metro and RER in Île-de-France, for the sixth day of national strike against the pension reform project, SNCF and RATP said on Sunday.
SNCF
The traffic will besevere disruption on all lines operated by SNCF Voyageurs», with one train out of five on average for TGV Inoui and Ouigo as well as for the TERaccording to the SNCF, all of whose unions have called for a renewable strike.
Thalys et Eurostar are also affected with two out of three trains on average, and the France-Germany and France-Spain links completely interrupted.
On the side of Intercitiesthere will beno traffic“, Day and night, “with the exception of one round trip Paris-Brive, two round trips Paris-Clermont and normal Toulouse-Hendaye traffic by substitute coach“, indicates the SNCF in a press release.
Finally about the traffic SNCF Transilienone train in three will run on RER A and B and on railway lines H, K, U, one train in five on RER C and D as well as on lines J, L, N, R, and one in ten on the RER E and line P.
The SNCF specifies that its notice begins on Monday 6 from 7 p.m. and recommends “travelers who can cancel or postpone their trips planned for that day, and to favor teleworking».
TGV and Intercités passengers concerned by the cancellation of their train will be contacted by email or SMS in order to exchange their ticket free of charge for another train as far as possible or to cancel their ticket on the SNCF sites and applications with full refund, specifies the rail operator.
RATP
The RATP plans to “very disrupted traffic» on the networks RER et Metro et «disrupted on the Bus and Tramway networks».
Two out of three trains during the day will run on line 4 of the Paris metro and traffic will be normal on lines 1 and 14 (automated). For the other lines, most will only operate at peak times, with the exception of line 6, which will have one in three trains at peak times and one in four at off-peak times. Some stations could be closed, warns the RATP.
Concerning the RERs of the RATP network, it will be necessary to count on average one train out of two at peak times and one train out of four at off-peak hours on the RER A and one out of two at peak times and one train out of three at off-peak hours for the B.
On average 3 bus out of 4 will circulate on the whole network, even if certain lines could be closed, indicates the RATP.
“Things will not stop on the evening of March 7”
In anticipation of blockages in public transport, the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune has called on all French people who can to telecommute. He anticipates “one of the most difficult days that we have known“Since the start of the dispute, believing that” theThings will probably not stop on the evening of March 7 or the early morning of March 8.“. The Régie and the SNCF will communicate on Monday March 6 the details of the disruptions of Wednesday March 8.
«If Macron and his government put their (pension reform) project back in the drawer on Tuesday evening, Wednesday we will be at work“warned Bertrand Dumont of Solidaires-RATP on BFMTV on Sunday afternoon. The union representative believes that three consecutive days should be enough before the government withdraws its reform. “All the lights are green, all sectors will leave togetherhe enthused.
To transport users who will find themselves without a solution, Bertrand Dumont asks to “hold out for a few days (…) to be able to benefit from a decent pension and leave two years earlier».