La RATP table on a improvement progressive for the 8 March then the 9 March. However, the operation of the Paris metro will remain severely disrupted on Wednesday. The automatic lines will be spared, with normal traffic on the lines 1 and 14 and near-normal for line 4. Almost all the other metro lines will operate throughout the day, and on the entire normal route, at varying frequencies. RATP forecasts :
Only the line 8 will see its operations limited to peak hours (6am-10am and 4pm-8pm). In addition, the route will be limited from Reuilly Diderot to Créteil Pointe du Lac, and frequency will be reduced to one train in three.
RATP is also forecasting major traffic disruption for the RER A and Brespectively 2 out of 3 trains and 1 train out of 2. Interconnection will be interrupted again at Gare du Nord on 8 March.
Note that theOrlyval will be operational, and should even be working normally on 8 March.
The surface network is expected to be largely free of disruption. RATP is predicting near-normal traffic levels across the entire bus network. On average, 8 buses out of 10 are expected to run on Wednesday. As for trams, users should enjoy normal traffic levels throughout the network.
As for Thursday, the RATP is reassuring. " Traffic levels for Thursday 9 March should improve further ". RATP plans to " a normal traffic on the networks Bus and Tramway. Traffic will be disturbed on the network Metro. On the network RERtraffic will be almost normal on line A and very disrupted on line B ".
SNCF: 1 TGV in 3 on 8 March
A la SNCFThe forecasts published at the end of the day on Tuesday also point to a improvement. Operations INOUI TGV and OUIGO will reach an average of 1 in 3 trains on 8 March. Visit TGV from province to province will still be heavily affected (1 train in 10). The forecasts, sector by sector :
- North TGV INOUI axis: 2 trains out of 5
- Eastern TGV INOUI axis: 2 trains out of 5
- Atlantic axis TGV INOUI: 1 train in 4
- South East TGV INOUI: 2 trains out of 5
- OUIGO: 1 train in 3
At theinternationalonly the link France-Spain will be interrupted on 8 March, but the offer France-Germany will be running at a slower pace: 1 train in 6 on average. Operations will be busier on the Eurostar (3 out of 4 trains), Thalys (2 trains out of 3), and on the France-Italy (1 train out of 3) and France-Switzerland (1 train out of 3) routes.
On the networks RER and Transilienforecasts for 8 March are as follows SNCF :
The Intercités 1 in 5 trains will resume service on Wednesday, and SNCF expects 1 in 3 trains on average for the network. TER. However, SNCF warns: " TER traffic will be severely disrupted in all regions. Details of regional transport plans will be communicated by SNCF Voyageurs in each region." .
SNCF also warns that traffic will remain disrupted on Thursday 9 MarchThe company is due to announce further details late on Wednesday.
