STRIKE RATP. This Friday, February 18, 2022, 8 lines of the Paris metro will be closed and traffic will be very disrupted on 6 other lines. RER A, B and D will also be affected by this RATP strike, as will buses and trams. View disruptions.
[Mis à jour le 16 février 2022 à 19h42] This Friday, February 18, 2022, a dark day is coming for users of the Paris metro. 8 metro lines will be closed (lines 2, 3bis, 5, 7bis, 8, 10, 11 and 12) and 6 lines (3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 13) will remain partially open, only at peak times with for some of the closed stations. Only lines 1 and 14, automatic, will run normally, but the RATP management advises to postpone travel because of the “risk of saturation” on these lines.
Almost all of the RATP’s trade unions have called for this day of strike to demand a salary increase. The date of February 18 was not chosen at random, it corresponds to the first day of the annual salary negotiations within the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens.
The management of the RATP invites “all travelers who have the possibility to postpone their trip on the network” this Friday, February 18. The Paris metros are heavily impacted by this strike. Here is the traffic forecast:
- Metro disruptions :
- Line 1 : normal traffic. Beware of the risk of saturation!
- Line 2 : closed
- Line 3 : 1 train out of 4 only between Pont de Levallois and Havre-Caumartin (traffic interrupted between Galliéni and Havre-Caumartin) and only at peak times (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 3a : closed
- Line 4 : 1 train out of 2. Traffic only during peak hours (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 5 : closed
- Line 6 : 1 train out of 3 only between Nation and Bercy (traffic interrupted between Bercy and Charles-de-Gaulle – Etoile) and only at peak times (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 7 : 1 train out of 3 and only at peak times (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 7a : closed
- Line 8 : closed
- Line 9 : 1 train out of 3 and only at peak times (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 10 : closed
- Line 11 : 1 train out of 3 and only at peak times (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 12 : closed
- Line 13 : 1 train out of 3 and only at peak times (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).
- Line 14 : normal traffic. Beware of the risk of saturation!
- Consult the RATP newsletter to be informed of metro traffic in real time.
- RER disruptions :
- RER AT : circulation only from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Plan on average 1 train out of 2 during peak hours and 1 train out of 3 during off-peak hours. Interconnection maintained. On the Cergy/Poissy branches, plan on average 1 train out of 2 from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a few additional trains departing/arriving Nanterre Préfecture.
- RER B : 1 train out of 2 at peak times and 1 train out of 3 at off-peak times. Interconnection interrupted at Gare du Nord (change of train necessary at Gare du Nord).
- RER C : normal traffic
- RER D : some deletions are to be expected.
- RER E : normal traffic
- Bus disruptions : 2 out of 3 buses on average with variations depending on the sector and possibly going as far as the closure of a few lines.
- Tram disruptions : 1 out of 3 trams with disparities depending on the lines.
RATP strike: traffic forecasts
Several tools are available on the Web to find out about upcoming traffic disruptions. To know the state of RATP traffic (metro, RER, bus, tram in real time), consult this page. For the RER, you can also follow the Twitter accounts @RERA, @RERB, @RERC, @RERD Where @RERE. To monitor train traffic in real time, visit the Transilien.