Already in normal times, traffic is not always fluid, as we recently proved in our survey of waiting times in Ile-de-France transport. But this Thursday even more, a day of “galley” is announced because of the mobilization against the pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron. By the admission of the Minister Delegate for Transport, travel is likely to be very complicated, with “strong disruptions”. And Clément Beaune to invite to “telework when possible”.
The RER
Traffic will be very disrupted on lines A and B of the RER. On line A, on average, 1 train out of 2 will run at peak times and 1 train out of 4 at off-peak times. The times of the first departures will be around 5:25 a.m. to 5:50 a.m. depending on the branch. At the end of service, the last visit to Châtelet is scheduled for 9 p.m.
On line B, 1 train out of 2 will run during peak hours and 1 train out of 3 during off-peak hours. “The precise opening and closing times of the stations will be posted locally”, warns the Régie des transports. The interconnection at Gare du Nord will be interrupted (passengers will have to change trains at Gare du Nord).
For lines C, D and E, traffic will be extremely disrupted with only 1 in 10 trains in circulation. Line C trains will only make the southern branch route from Paris-Austerlitz. And on the RER D, the interconnection between the stations of Châtelet and Gare de Lyon will be suspended. “The trains will not run between these two stations”, specifies the SNCF.
The Subway
Lines 8, 10 and 11 metro will not run at all on Thursday and traffic will be very disrupted on lines 2, 3, 3 bis, 5, 6, 7, 7 bis, 9, 12 and 13. It will, however, be normal on lines 1 and 14. Finally, 1 out of 2 trains will run during peak hours on line 4 and 1 train out of 4 at off-peak hours. The RATP nevertheless warns against the risk of saturation on this last line.
Bus et tramways
On average, 2 out of 3 buses will circulate on the entire network and Noctilians will circulate normally.
Traffic will be disrupted on all tram lines, with an average of 3 out of 4 trams. The RATP warns that “disparities” could be observed between the lines.
The service will be “normal” on lines T4, T11 and T13indicates the SNCF.
The Transilien
On lines H and U, 1 out of 3 trains will run. However, traffic will be extremely disrupted. on lines J, K, L, N and Pwith 1 train out of 10. Trains on line J will not run on the Paris-Ermont axis and those on line P will only run on the Paris-Meaux axis.
Finally the traffic will be totally interrupted on the R line.
This strike day was decided in opposition to the pension reform project. The debates in Parliament on this reform project should end on March 26, the deadline for a final adoption of the text at the end of the 50-day period. The date was indicated by the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance) during the Conference of Presidents of the Assembly.
The highly contested reform project, via an amending Social Security financing bill (PLFSSR), will be presented next Monday to the Council of Ministers. The total period of examination in Parliament of 50 days runs from the receipt of documents by the Presidency of the Assembly, which should take place on January 28 for a start of the period on January 29.
MEPs could start discussions in committee on January 30. As expected, the examination in the hemicycle will start on February 6, and for nine sitting days – February 9 is a day reserved for texts from the PS group.
The National Assembly will thus have until February 17 at midnight to complete the first reading of the text, ie twenty calendar days in total divided between committee and hemicycle.
If the deputies have not voted for the reform within this period, faced with the obstruction announced by the left, the government will be able to seize the Senate of its initial text, modified by the amendments voted by the Assembly and to which it is favorable.
The right-wing dominated Senate is expected to discuss the reform bill in early March in session. He must decide in fifteen days. In total, the fifty-day period would therefore end on March 26 at midnight. If the Parliament has not decided then, the provisions of the draft can be implemented by ordinance by the government.