A bit crowded, at certain times and on certain lines. The Paris metro seems to be experiencing a surge in traffic and the RATP announces that it is taking measures to increase the speed of trains.
Line 13 of the metro, regularly saturated, will accommodate 10% more metro trains from April 27, even if the train frequency is still half that it is in normal times. In the light blue trains, travelers like Salima have noticed "a change since the beginning of the week". This traveler has the impression that "many more people" frequent the metro. An increase in attendance that "scares" Nelson, met in the corridors of a station.
But the situation in the Paris metro is still far from the crowded bus images that we have seen in Seine-Saint-Denis. To remedy these known difficulties in the department, the public enterprise will increase the pace. Bus traffic will go from 30% to 50%, that of trams will go from 30% to 60%.
RATP ensures that 70% of metros and buses will be operational on May 11 to support the deconfinement operation.