On the main roads, only 1 train out of 3 is running this Wednesday on the TGV Inoui and Ouigo lines, as well as at the TER level.
This Wednesday, the French will still have to be patient. First to the SNCF, where the traffic remains “strongly disturbed”. On the main axes, only 1 train out of 3 runs on the TGV Inoui and Ouigo lines. In detail, there are 2 out of 5 trains on the North, East and South-East axes, 1 out of 4 on the Atlantic axis, 1 out of 3 on the Ouigo and 1 out of 10 from province to province.
At the TER level, the traffic is “very strongly disturbed in all regions», with only 1 out of 3 trains on average throughout France. On the RER A and RER B, in SNCF zones, Ile-de-France residents only have to rely on 1 train out of 3 on average. As for the RER C, there is only 1 train out of 5.
The RATP, it announces an improvement in traffic this Wednesday, in particular in the RER and bus, but maintains a very degraded service in the metro. The RER has more regular traffic with two out of three trains on the A and one out of two on the B. Buses and trams run almost normally. On the other hand, in the metro, apart from lines 1 and 14 (automated) and 4 where traffic is normal, the other lines only offer between a quarter and a half of the usual service, and some will close earlier than usual. usual, although they are usually also open outside peak hours.
A complicated week
For Wednesday, in detail, lines 3, 10 and 13 will close at 8 p.m. and offer a service equivalent to half or a third of the usual offer. Routes 6 and 11 will be unavailable from 10 p.m., while route 3bis is only open during morning rush hours and route 8 only from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and then from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. All the other lines (2, 5, 7, 7bis, 9 and 12) will go until the end of service but with a degraded service as well. Unlike Tuesday, all metros are running this time on all lines, from terminus to terminus.
For the rest of the week, the RATP expects traffic to improve with an almost normal return on the RER A, and normal on buses and trams. On the other hand, the RER B and the metros will still remain very disrupted.
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