Work in public transport will be a little denser than usual so that nothing disturbs the Olympic Games next year.
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It will have to be patient this summer on the public transport network in the Paris region. This year again, “substantial works” will disrupt until the end of August five RER lines, seven train lines, nine metro lines and four tram lines, presented the actors concerned on Tuesday, June 6.
Line B of the RER will be the most affected, with in particular an interruption on the northern axis from August 12 to 14, between Paris-Nord and Mitry-Claye, which will cut off access to Roissy-Charles-de-France airport. -Gaulle. On Monday August 14 in particular, despite the implementation of “many replacement buses”, Jean-François Perrin, production director of Transilien SNCF Voyageurs, suggests to passengers to “postpone their trips” or even to “prefer teleworking”, because the “level of substitution will be insufficient in relation to the volume of travellers”.
On the southern axis, various sections of the RER B will be closed on variable dates, with in particular a cut from Fontaine-Michalon to Massy-Palaiseau from July 14 to 21 and from August 5 to 20, for the replacement of two bridges.
The RER A line will be closed from August 5 to 20 between Cergy-Le Haut and Conflans-Fin d’Oise, as well as from August 9 to 18 between Nation and Val-de-Fontenay and Nation and Fontenay-sous- Drink.
READ ALSOSNCF: why the strike makes us angryOn the RER C side, the line will be closed from July 15 to August 26 between Pont de Rungis and Massy-Palaiseau.
The summer works will also affect the RER D and E, as well as the suburban trains H, K, J, L, N and P. Substitute bus services may be put in place.
More dense work to avoid the Olympics
In the metro, the construction sites will affect lines 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 to different degrees. Line 7 will be completely closed from July 13 to 18 between La Courneuve and Gare de l’Est.
The tram lines will also be affected by the works with planned station closures on T1, T2, T3a and T3b.
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Some 4.2 billion euros are invested in these large-scale projects, including 2.2 billion allocated to the RATP and 2 billion for the SNCF network in the Ile-de-France region.