As expected, public transport will become more and more scarce in the coming days, as confinement takes place. In Île-de-France, the situation will accelerate, RATP announced on Tuesday evening. Here are the details of the transport forecast in the capital region for Wednesday.
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50% of RER A and RER B trains will run tomorrow. On RER B, the service will stop at 11pm " due to SNCF works ". This is less than Tuesday, when 60% of the RER A trains were operating.
On the metro network, only 50% of trains will run, and 60% during rush hour. Traffic is reduced on almost all lines (2, 3, 3bis, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7bis, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14). In addition, the Montmartre funicular is closed.
Regarding the surface network, 70% of the supply should be provided on average for buses and trams. This proportion should however decrease in the coming days, warns the company. On the other hand, very popular with health personnel, the Noctilien will continue its activity.
Decline to continue during containment
In addition, on Twitter, the Ile-de-France agency announces that the “ sale of tickets on board ” of the buses will be suspended, in order to protect the drivers of the vehicles. Instead, “ sale by SMS will be offered ”: for this, customers must send “ an SMS to a short telephone number and are charged directly from € 2 on the telephone bill ”. A means of contactless payment, therefore.
The RATP had planned to lower its transport offer in recent days in order to cope with the containment. The group noted a sharp drop in traffic on its routes, of the order of " 80% " on Tuesday compared to a normal day, and it plans to focus most of its efforts on the proper functioning of the so-called axes " Structuring " for the proper functioning of the Ile-de-France region. The gradual weakening of the network should continue over the next few days.
In parallel, the SNCF will also limit its offer, warned on Tuesday the Secretary of State for Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari: " We will reduce the speed and frequency of trains, especially long distance, to avoid these phenomena of exodus that the virus circulates more on the territory. We are calling everyone to responsibility, "he said on Tuesday morning.
