The 11th demonstration in Lyon against the pension reform will experience a small innovation.
The route of the procession will indeed leave its usual route between the Manufacture des tabacs and Place Bellecour for a new meeting point at Jean Macé, in the 7th arrondissement, at 11 a.m.
A modification of the route which follows the alert of the local inter-union on the blocking of the rue de la Barre on arrival on the Presqu'île, forcing the procession to reach the place Antonin Poncet by a narrow passage above the hopper of the Hôtel-Dieu, not without clashes.
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The demonstrators will therefore set off this time towards the North, towards Avenue Jean Jaurès and that of Maréchal Saxe, bound for the affluent 6th arrondissement to arrive at Place du Maréchal Lyautey.
Traffic disruptions are therefore to be expected in this sector at midday.
Galley in the trains not in the subways
Lyon public transport will once again be little affected by the social movement, while negotiations continue internally on other subjects.
The operator Keolis announces normal service on all metro and funicular lines.
On the bus side, line S1 will not run and lines C1, 14 and 86 will experience a reduced frequency.
Ditto on school lines JD15, JD441, JD451 and JD264.
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Traffic will be further affected by the railway workers' strike on the TER network.
The SNCF announces one out of two trains on the national average.
As in previous days of action, all lines in the Lyon region should be affected.
In particular those, very borrowed, connecting the capital of Gaul to Saint-Étienne, Villefranche, Vienne or Ambérieu-en-Bugey, as well as the tram-train lines of the west of Lyon.
Users are invited to consult the timetables updated at 5 p.m. this Wednesday on the SNCF website to find out which trains are running on Thursday.
On the high-speed lines, three TGV Inoui and Ouigo out of four will be provided.
Fill up with gasoline and kerosene
Lyon Saint Exupéry airport is not affected by the request from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to companies to cancel 20% of their flights to deal with the disruptions in Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes and Toulouse.
But for the time being, some flights to these cities have already been canceled from Lyon.
At the Feyzin refinery, activity has returned to normal since the end of March, when it was blocked.
Well almost, since around thirty strikers still blocked the premises on Tuesday before being quickly evacuated calmly.
But even in the event of a new blockage, no worries for the Lyonnais concerning their refueling.
According to our map of shortages, only 5.1% of the stations in the Rhône department are currently in difficulty, including 3.6% in partial rupture and 1.5% in total rupture.
