Since the gradual deconfinement on May 11, frequentation of Ile-de-France transport has gradually increased. This Tuesday marked a new milestone, with the increase in the supply of metros and RERs available, and the return of many travelers in the trains, masks still mandatory on the nose. Tale of a morning again (almost) normal.
7:30 am, Aulnay-sous-Bois station (93). We are certainly still far from the usual crowds before the confinement in this station of the RER B in Seine-Saint-Denis. "I resumed on May 11, there was really no one there. There are a few more of us there, but frankly that's fine. I think many are still telecommuting, ”says Valérie, who works for an IT company in Paris in the 15th arrondissement.
At this time, it must be said that the RER B trains, in number, run at regular intervals, every 3 or 4 minutes. If the rule of one seat in two is well respected on trains, many commuters remain standing, not always a meter away.
Fatou, an agent in a sorting center in Survilliers (Val-d'Oise), is reassured. "I'm going back to work. It's okay, there aren't too many people. Anyway, if the train is full, I don't go up. ”
8 am, arrival at Châtelet. Not all the circles marking the distance on the platforms are occupied. Sign that there is still room. Last week, RATP, SNCF and Ile-de-France Mobilités estimated that we were 20% of the usual traffic. This rate probably increased on Tuesday. But even at 30 or 40%, the hall of the lost steps of Les Halles seems strangely empty.
8:30 am, a little more people at the Gare du Nord. At the exit of the trains of line H, Nicolas, resident of Deuil-la-Barre (Val-d'Oise) and architect in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), observed "a few more people" in his train. He continued to take transport every other week during confinement, and relishes the low traffic: "Line 13 is far from the usual madness".
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Audrey and Nathalie, a resident of Bouffémont (Val-d'Oise), resume their work this Tuesday in Paris. “We expected more people, we are reassured, they blow. But we will see in the metro. " Like them, Ile-de-France residents seem to be more numerous to have resumed transport. Some commuter trains early this morning even had a fill rate of 60%.
This is confirmed by other users met at the Gare du Nord at 9 a.m. They note a marked increase in frequentation on trains and subway trains. Irina is a seamstress. “I'm going to Rosa-Parks. Right now, I'm making masks. I took line 4, we were glued to each other. We are told not to take the elevator at most two, and when we go out we find ourselves in the middle of the crowd, it doesn't make sense! ”
Lucie advances in a hurry. “I have a train to take to Montparnasse (Paris, 14th century). I have been walking since Barbès (18th century), I am fed up with all these closed stations. There are more people this morning, but it's going anyway. ”
Dana, a cook, left Créteil (Val-de-Marne) on the RER D. “The distance meter, it's over, it's no longer respected. There are too many people but I have no choice, I have to go to work ”.