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The strike on 31 January will result in major traffic disruption at RATP. As is often the case, metro lines 1 and 14 will be the only ones spared, but will be at risk of saturation. On line 1, Reuilly-Diderot, Bastille and Champs-Elysées Clémenceau stations will only be open during rush hour (7.30am-9.30am and...

As expected, the strike on 19 January will make travelling by train, plane and public transport much more difficult. RATP is expecting "very disrupted traffic on the RER and metro", according to the forecasts published on 17 January. Lines 1 and 14 will be the only ones spared by the strike. They will...

Often criticised, line 13 is about to get a facelift. RATP made it official on Friday, officially kicking off the process of automating the line. This will be completed by 2035. Between now and then, RATP will be modernising the line with the arrival of new-generation MF19 trains from mid-2027. In the meantime...

While previous strikes have tended to affect the SNCF and spared the Ile-de-France network, the mobilisation on Thursday 10 November is likely to have the opposite effect, significantly disrupting travel in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, while mainline trains will be running normally and InterCités and TER trains will only be affected...

The strike call on 18 October is not expected to cause any major disruption on the Paris metro. This is what emerges from the forecasts communicated on Sunday by RATP, which is predicting "normal or almost normal traffic on all lines". However, RATP is forecasting slight disruption on lines 6, 12 and 12...

With a nationwide strike looming on 29 September, those involved in business travel are beginning to assess the potential impact on passengers. RATP has just released its initial estimates, which are reassuring for users. Normal traffic levels are expected on the Paris metro. And even...

Unlike the previous strike, which caused major disruption to business travel in the Paris region last February, the strike on 25 March is expected to have a limited impact. RATP published its 48-hour forecasts on Wednesday. These show normal traffic on the RER network and almost normal traffic on the...

Business travel in the Paris region is likely to be chaotic, to say the least, on Friday. A major strike is forcing RATP to recommend that "all passengers who are able to do so [should] postpone their journeys on the network that day". And with good reason: metro lines 2, 3bis, 5, 7bis,...

A few weeks after rebranding - and rethinking - its mobile application, RATP is adding new urban mobility options. Users can now book an electric scooter, thanks to the agreement signed with Tier, unveiled last June. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="110631"] The diversification of RATP's mobile offering has already been illustrated...

"Getting around as simply as Bonjour" is the punchline accompanying the launch of the new identity unveiled by RATP for its mobile application. From 15 June, users will be able to discover the new face of Paris transport on their smartphones. A simple update to the app will unveil this "Bonjour...

Everyone has had the misfortune of seeing their metro tickets demagnetised because they have been exposed to another magnetic source. And, as more and more cards have magnetic strips, this type of incident has become a recurring occurrence. But the end of demagnetised tickets is approaching. The Board of Directors of Île-de-France Mobilités has approved...

At a time when Parisian transport - and in particular services to Orly and Paris-CDG airports - does not always get a good press, RATP has chosen Orlyval to introduce a "world first in LCD": four intelligent windows have been installed on one of the shuttles since 26 January, with the other seven Orlyval trains due to be...

Two years after it was announced with great fanfare at the 2019 Paris Air Show, the flying taxi could take its first steps in the skies over Paris in June 2021. This is the plan set out in the roadmap unveiled on 18 January by the project's instigators, who include the Paris Air Show, the Paris Air Show and the...

At a time when mobile ticketing is still groping its way through the Paris region's transport system - despite a number of smartphone-based initiatives and, more recently, the "SMS Ticket Bus" system being trialled in response to the health crisis - RATP is taking a new step by opting for external growth. The urban mobility specialist has just acquired the...

Announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show, the project for flying taxis in Paris is beginning to take shape with the forthcoming introduction of a full-scale test area at the Pontoise - Cormeilles-en-Vexin airfield. The three parties involved in this initiative - the Île-de-France Region, the ADP Group and RATP - intend to...

Le Bus Direct" coach services between Paris and its airports have been suspended since April. This decision follows the collapse of air transport due to the covid-19 crisis. The routes are unlikely to be resumed, according to their operator Keolis, in an announcement to AFP on Friday 14 August. Formerly known...

Information updated on 15 July Following the example of the conflict between the United States and China at the beginning of June, air links between France and the Middle Kingdom are going through a period of turbulence... Generally speaking, the logic is the same: a problem of reciprocity that the authorities are allegedly not respecting...

Freedom of movement, but subject to conditions. Although deconfinement will take place on 11 May as announced, travel will still be largely restricted, and will only be authorised within a limit of 100 km, except for compelling professional or family reasons. The release from confinement will therefore take place "gradually" and "cautiously", in the words of...

Already active for many years in other European (Prague) or French (Le Havre) metropolises, the SMS ticket system is now operational on Paris buses. The RATP has been experimenting with this "SMS Ticket Bus" tool since the end of 2018. The health context has accelerated its application to the general public, with on-board ticket sales...

The launch of a start-up accelerator had been made official by the RATP Group at the end of 2019. It was still necessary to identify the most relevant ideas in the eyes of the group. Since the beginning of February, we have known more about the new start-ups who will be working for six months on six areas of reflection,...