Ile-de-France residents will have to deal with trams and buses in dribs and drabs this Friday. Due to a strike at the RATP, surface networks will be idling, with 30% of bus lines interrupted, and trams only running during peak hours (one tram in two or in three, depending on the lines ). RER A and B as well as the metro lines are operating normally, except for lines 2, 3, 7 and 13 where 9 out of 10 trains are announced, and on line 8 (8 out of 10 trains).
Bus
30% of RATP bus lines are interrupted on Friday. For open lines: on average 1 bus out of 2 with variations depending on the sector. Noctilien network: almost normal traffic. Check the RATP website for more details on closed lines.
Tramways
On average, the RATP provides an average of one out of two trams, only at peak times, depending on the lines.
Partial circulation (not all stops are served)
T1. On average 1 out of 2 trams with a frequency of 10 minutes. Traffic only between Gare de Noisy and Gare de Saint-Denis. Circulation from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
T2. On average 1 out of 3 trams with a frequency of 10 minutes at peak times and 20 minutes at off-peak times. Traffic only between Porte de Versailles and Puteaux. Circulation from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
T3b. On average 2 trams out of 3 with a frequency of 6 minutes at peak times. Traffic only between Porte de Vincennes and Pantin. Circulation from 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Circulation on whole lines
T3a: 2 trams out of 3, with a frequency of 5 or 6 minutes at peak times and 8 minutes at off-peak times. Circulation from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. only.
T5. Circulation from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On average 1 out of 2 trams with a frequency of 10 minutes. Circulation from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. (closed after 10 a.m.). On average 1 out of 2 trams with a frequency of 10 minutes at peak times and 25 minutes at off-peak times.
T6. Circulation from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. On average 1 out of 2 trams with a frequency of 14 minutes.
T7. Circulation from 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
T8. Completely closed line.
A movement against opening up to competition
The disruptions this Friday will be much less significant than during the first day of the strike on February 18, which saw almost all metro lines close or operate only during rush hour. The strike movement, which initially focused on wages, came on top of another day of protest against adaptation to opening up to competition.
The management is currently negotiating with the unions an agreement on the working hours of the 15,000 Parisian bus drivers and 1,000 tram drivers to integrate into the “territorial social framework” (CST) which will impose the same rules of organization and working time to all companies from 1 January 2025, the end date of the RATP monopoly on the surface network.
This new agreement should come into force on July 1 in order to allow the RATP to be in working order to win calls for tenders via its subsidiary CAP Île-de-France on the twelve lots of the Paris bus market and of its inner suburbs.
For the moment, the management proposes to extend the working time by 40 minutes per day, the elimination of six days off per year, all offset by a salary increase of around 70 euros per month, according to the unions.