They are impatiently awaited by users tired of daily difficulties.
This Tuesday noon, Valérie Pécresse, president of Île-de-France Mobilités, the authority which organizes Transport in the region, and SNCF officials detailed a series of “emergency” measures to improve service on the RER C. Again on Monday evening, the sprawling 187 km line was the victim of yet another major incident.
In Brétigny (91), in front of several elected officials from Essonne, the director of Transilien confirmed the recruitment of 100 new drivers to limit the cancellation of trains, which had broken records at the end of 2023. On the other hand, the maintenance of the trains and infrastructure will also be strengthened by 20%.
An offer increased by 70% during the Olympics on the RER C
The director of SNCF Réseau, Séverine Lepere, for her part announced two innovations.
From now on, RER C trains will be able to continue to run slowly in the event of an incident.
Until now, they had to remain immobilized, which explains the long minutes stuck between two stations.
And to reduce the risk of electrical incidents, a system of giant magnets will be placed within Paris to capture metal particles falling from trains.
These in fact generate short circuits and repeated signaling failures.
No less than thirty last year on the RER C.
These measures must have their effects before the summer and during the period of the Olympic Games.
The RER C, in high demand during the two Olympic fortnights, will see its offer increase by 70%.
Usually, it does not run during the summer period in intra-muros Paris due to heavy renovation work on the tunnel.
Although users continue to experience repeated incidents, overall punctuality rose slightly in February to cross the 84% mark, after a disastrous month of January at 80%.