2024-07-13 09:52:18
Metro and tram lines as well as ten stations will be closed on Sunday, between the parade on Avenue Foch and the fireworks in the Champ de Mars, closed to the public this year. There is no mention of the existence of Olympic lights.
Complicated evening ahead in Paris for the national holiday. Many metro stations will be closed this Sunday, July 14 at the end of the day, while the traditional fireworks show from the Eiffel Tower will take place without an audience on the Champ de Mars, of the Games installations Olympic.
To prevent the crowd from trying to enter the premises at all costs, the authorities have a much heavier hand than usual: the 6 line will be completely interrupted more than half of its way, between Charles-de-Gaulle – Étoile and Montparnasse – Welcome, from 7 pm At the same time, stations Trocadéro (lines 6 and 9), La Motte-Piquet – Grenelle (lines 6, 8 and 10), École Militaire (line 8), Alma – Marceau (line 9), Iena (line 9). , Pasteur (lines 6 and 12), Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel (RER C) and Pont de l’Alma (RER C). Connections will not be possible at these stations, RATP specifies.
From 11 p.m., the Saint-Philippe-du-Roule station (line 9) will also be closed. Please also note that the Hôtel de Ville station (lines 1 and 11) will be closed from 3 p.m. It is on the square in front of the city hall that the Paris Concert is held this year, broadcast on France 2 before the fireworks show. “Editors [de stations] will intervene on the authority of the local police.REMEMBER THE RATP.
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Parade and parade after the fire
At the beginning of the day, the July 14 parade, this year organized on Avenue Foch, will also cause some disruptions. Metro line 2 will be interrupted between Porte Dauphine and Charles-de-Gaulle – Étoile, as will the T3b train between Porte Dauphine and Porte Maillot, from the start of the project. Boissière (line 6) and Avenue Foch (RER C) stations will also be closed. Here too, the opening will take place on the order from the authorities.
To complete the picture of transportation disruptions, the Olympic flame is still passing through the capital on Sunday July 14, but also Monday. If no metro or RER station should be closed for this reason, several dozen bus lines will be limited or changed as the light travels, indicates RATP, without defining line by line interruptions to expect .
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