STRIKE RATP. This Friday, February 18, 2022 in Paris, 6 metro lines are closed, 8 lines very disrupted with closed metro stations. RER A, RER B, trams and metros run at reduced times. Check the traffic forecast.
[Mis à jour le 18 février 2022 à 15h13] This Friday, February 18, 2022 is a dark day for users of the Paris metro, which transports 7 million people a day. 80% of drivers on strike to demand a salary increase. Parisian transport is paralyzed the whole day with lines 2, 3bis, 5, 7bis, 8, and 10 of the metro completely closed, and 8 other disrupted metro lines (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13) with stations closed and circulating only rush hour. The traffic of these metro lines in partial service resumes this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. and will stop at 7:30 p.m.
Only automatic lines 1 and 14 run normally, but beware of the risk of saturation. On the RER side, only 1 train out of 2 is in circulation on lines A (which ends service at midnight) and B (which ends service at 8:30 p.m.). The RER C, D and E, managed by SNCF, are not affected by this strike. Bus and tram traffic is also disrupted at the rate of 2 buses out of 3 on average and 1 tram out of 3 on average, with the exception of T4, T8 and T11 where traffic is normal. Find the traffic disruptions in detail below, line by line, or using the summary above on this page.
[Mouvement Social] Traffic update at 7:30 a.m.: traffic will be severely disrupted on the lines #RATP this Friday, February 18. We invite you to limit your travels as much as possible, and we apologize for the planned transport conditions.
The detail pic.twitter.com/UHxlc7OjPm— RATP Group (@RATPgroup) February 18, 2022
The management of the RATP “apologies” and advises “all travelers who have the opportunity to postpone their trip on the network”. For residents of the outer and middle suburbs, Ile-de-France Mobilités offers carpooling to Ile-de-France residents on the three platforms Karos, Klaxit and Blablacar Daily. The Transilien, all managed by the SNCF therefore not impacted, allow travelers in transit to reach the Parisian stations of Montparnasse, Saint-Lazare, Gare de Lyon, North or East.
Metros, RER A and B, buses and trams are experiencing major disruptions and many stations are closed. Please note that the RER C, D, E, tramway 4 and 11 and the Transilien are not affected by this strike, as they are managed by the SNCF. Here is the traffic forecast for Friday, February 18:
- 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 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 between Nation and Place d’Italie 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 4 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 : normal traffic only between Mairie d’Issy and Montparnasse-Bienvenue (traffic interrupted between Gare Montparnasse and Front Populaire).
- 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.
- Line 1 : Reuilly-Diderot, Bastille, City Hall, Concorde
- Line 3 : Villiers
- Line 4 : Marcadet-Poissonniers, Barbès-Rochechouart, Gare de l’Est, Strasbourg-Saint-Denis, Saint-Placide, Raspail, Alesia
- Line 7: Cadet, Stalingrad, Gare de l’Est, Opera, Jussieu
- Line 9 : Exelmans, Jasmin, Alma-Marceau, Charonne, Maraîchers, République, Strasbourg-Saint-Denis, Grands Boulevards, Trocadéro, Michel-Ange-Molitor
- Line 11 : City Hall, Republic, Arts and Crafts
- Line 12 : Pastor
- Line 13 : Pernety, Duroc, Varenne, Invalides, Liège, Place de Clichy, Brochant, Garibaldi
- RER disruptions :
- RER AT : circulation only until midnight. Plan on average 1 train out of 2 during peak hours and 1 train out of 3 during off-peak hours. Interconnection maintained at Nanterre-Préfecture. 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. Consult the timetables towards Saint-Germain en Laye, Poissy and Cergy le Haut where the timetables towards Boissy Saint-Léger and Marne la Vallée Chessy.
- RER B : circulation only from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Plan for 1 train out of 2 during peak hours and 1 train out of 3 during off-peak hours. Interconnection interrupted at Gare du Nord (change of train necessary). Consult the timetables from Robinson and Saint-Rémy lès Chevreuse to Gare du Nord, Gare du Nord timetables to Robinson and Saint-Rémy lès Chevreuse, the timetables from Mitry Claye and CDG2 Airport to Gare du Nord and the timetables from Gare du Nord to Mitry Claye and CDG2 Airport.
- RER C : normal traffic
- RER D : normal traffic
- 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. Orlybus and Roissybus, lines 21, 26, 32, 38, 47, 52, 54, 60, 84, 86, 101, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 113, 116, 124, 125, 127, 131, 132, 133, 137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 153, 158 etc. circulate normally. Consult detailed bus disruptions by line.
- Tram disruptions : on average 1 tram out of 3 with disparities depending on the lines, with the exception of T4, T8 and T11:
- T1 : circulation only between 6:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. and between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m., with a frequency of 10 minutes between each tram.
- T2 : traffic interrupted between Puteaux and Pont de Bezons, circulation only between 6 a.m. and 10.45 a.m. and between 4.30 p.m. and 8.45 p.m. between Porte de Versailles and Puteaux, with a frequency of 10 minutes between each tram.
- T3a : traffic interrupted between Porte d’Ivry and Porte de Vincennes, traffic only between 6.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. between Pont du Garigliano and Porte d’Ivry, with a frequency of 6 minutes between each tram.
- T3b : traffic interrupted between Porte de la Chapelle and Porte d’Asnières, circulation only between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. and between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. between Porte de Vincennes and Porte de la Chapelle, with an 8-minute frequency between each tram.
- T5 : circulation only between 5:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. and between 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with an 8-minute frequency between each tram.
- T6 : circulation only between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., with a frequency of 10 minutes between each tram at the morning rush hour, 12 minutes between each tram at the evening rush hour, and a tram every 17 minutes at the hour hollow.
- T7 : circulation only between 6:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and between 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., with a frequency of 14 minutes between each tram at peak times and a tram every 20 to 25 minutes at off-peak hours.
- T8 : normal traffic
Almost all of the RATP trade unions (CGT, Unsa, FO and CFE-CGC, Solidaires and La Base) have called for a one-day strike to demand a salary increase following a disagreement with management in the context of negotiations. mandatory annual fees (NAO). 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 trade unions dispute, with regard to inflation, a proposal for a salary increase from the management which is much too low, amounting to 0.4%. Ia CGT is demanding a 3% increase per year over the next 3 years. “The purchasing power of employees has melted in 10 years” protests Arole Lamasse, secretary general of UNSA-RATP, to Le Figaro. “Now, we see young recruits leaving after three months because they will earn more at McDonald’s”…
This Friday, February 18, the representative of the SUD Rail union Fabien Villedieu declared at the microphone of RMC that the strikes would stop “from the moment we listen to the employees”. “There is a cold anger rising”, he added about “all the employees who were called second line employees, who were applauded a little in 2020, who were almost considered like heroes and who today feel like zeros”.
The traffic disruptions relating to the RATP strike began this Friday, February 18 from the start of service, at 5:30 a.m. On the RER A, trains only run from 5:30 a.m. to midnight. On the RER B, train traffic ends earlier, at 8:30 p.m. In the metro, for lines that are not closed except for 1 and 14, 8 very disrupted lines (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13) are open only at peak hours between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. and between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. For buses and trams, the disruptions end until the end of service. Traffic will be normal on the entire RATP network the following day, Saturday February 19.
RATP strike: where to consult real-time 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.