Metro, RER and trams: Summer of disruption on Paris public transport
Which means significant disruption on Metro, tram and RER lines over the summer period. Here's what to expect this year;
Metro
After postponing some projects last summer due to the Olympics, Metro operator RATP has a busy schedule of summer work that involves some level of disruption on almost all of the capital's lines.
Ligne 1:
Traffic will be interrupted between La Défense and Charles de Gaulle - Étoile stations from August 11th to 31st.
Ligne 3:
Traffic will be interrupted between Opéra and Gallieni stations from June 28th to August 3rd. Gallieni is the terminus, so in effect this means that only half of line 3 will be running during that five-week period.
Ligne 4:
Traffic will be interrupted between Les Halles and Porte d
'
Orléans stations from July 5th to July 14th.
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Ligne 6:
Cambronne station will remain closed from June 30th until September 28th inclusive.
Ligne 7:
Traffic will be interrupted between La Courneuve 8 mai 1945 and Chaussée d'Antin - La Fayette stations between July 18th and July 24th.
Ligne 8:
No services between Concorde and Reuilly-Diderot stations from August 18th to 31st.
Ligne 9:
Traffic will be suspended along the entire line from 10.45pm on August 4th, to August 8th.
Ligne 12:
Traffic will be interrupted between Montparnasse and Mairie d
'
Issy stations from July 28th to August 7th inclusive.
Ligne 13:
Trains will not stop at Gabriel Péri station from July 14th to August 31st; Gaieté station will close from July 18th to July 20th; and Pernety station will be closed from July21 st to August 31st.
Ligne 14:
Traffic will be suspended along the entire line from August 4th to August 8th.
Trams
T1:
The T1 will be closed during the second half of July between the Gare-de-Saint-Denis and Hôpital-Delafontaine stops. Replacement buses will stop as close as possible to the stations.
T2:
Long-term work to improve operating conditions on the T2 line requires the redevelopment of the terminus at Porte de Versailles. The line will terminate at Suzanne-Lenglen station during works – which are scheduled to last until February 2026. A pedestrian route will be set up to allow passengers to connect between the two stations, which are 1km apart.
RER / Transilien
The RER netork, which serves Paris' outer suburbs including connections to Charles de Gaulle airport, has also extensive works planned, as have the greater Paris Transilien rail links.
RER A:
Services will be suspended on Line A between Le Vésinet-Le Pecq and Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Yvelines department from August 9th to August 22nd for track equipment, sleepers, and ballasts to be renewed.
They will also be suspended from 10pm until the end of service between Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye on Friday, August 8th, and Friday, August 22nd. Replacement buses will be provided, as well as taxis for people with reduced mobility.
Lignes A, L and J:
SNCF Réseau are carrying out overnight maintenance and modernisation work on the tracks on the Cergy (Val-d'Oise) and Poissy (Yvelines) branches in the Maisons-Laffitte area until June 29th, affecting services on Lignes L and J as well as RER A.
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RER B:
To renew the track equipment ahead of the arrival of new trains, services will be suspended after the Denfert-Rochereau station from 10.45pm until the end of services on August 1st, as well as from August 4th to 8th inclusive, on August 11th and 12th, on August 14th, and from August 18th to 22nd.
Lignes B, D, H, and K:
The installation of the new cathedral bridge in Saint-Denis is continuing. The old structure will be dismantled from July 12th to 14th, requiring changes to services on lines B, D, and K. From August 15th to 17th, there will be a final interruption to restore signaling, which will affect lines B, D, H, K, and TER services.
RER B South and C South:
In parallel with the modernisation work on ligne C, SNCF Réseau has a project to relieve congestion south of Montparnasse station, which should eventually separate TGV and RER C traffic.
The creation of the new facilities requires the relocation of the RER B South tracks. As the RER C is right next to it, it will also have to be suspended during the work.
RER C services will be suspended from July 12th to August 23rd between Pont-de-Rungis and Massy-Palaiseau, and RER B services will be suspended between July 15th and August 27th between Croix-de-Berny and Massy-Palaiseau. A replacement shuttle service will be provided between the stations concerned. This does not affect connections to Charles de Gaulle airport.
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RER C:
More than 120 projects are in the works on the longest and oldest line in the Île-de-France region, necessitating a six-week interruption of services from July 12th to August 23rd between Paris-d'Austerlitz and Avenue-Henri-Martin, Versailles-Château - Rive-Gauche and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. During the closure, SNCF Réseau will replace 5 km of track and four sets of points, as well as reinforce flood prevention systems in a tunnel below the level of the Seine in Paris.
Meanwhile, work is nearing completion on the 150-year-old Pont des Souverains railway bridge that supports the 13 tracks at Saint-Lazare station – disrupting services on Lignes L and J run and RER C from August 1st to 12th.
And work is planned on the line at Saint-Ouen station to create two fire safety zones on the central section. As a result, the line will be closed between Avenue-Henri-Martin and Pontoise on July 26th and from August 1st to 23rd.
Finally, work replacing the overhead electricity cables in Essonne will affect RER C services.
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RER D and R:
Work on access tracks to the technical centre at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges will be carried out overnight, Monday to Friday, until the end of 2025. Stations between Maisons-Alfort, Alfortville and Villeneuve-Triage will not be served in either direction every weekday evening.
RER E and Ligne P:
Overnight work will take place until August 23rd on sections of lines E and P to replace worn rails.
On the RER E, work will take place between Émerainville and Roissy-en-Brie in Seine-et-Marne, and on line P, it will take place between Verneuil-l'Étang and Longueville.
Separately, point-replacement work on Ligne P in Vaires-sur-Marne in Seine-et-Marne, will disrupt train services on weeknights from June 30th to August 22nd, as well as continuously on the weekends of July 19th and 20th, July 26th and 27th, and August 2nd and 3rd. In La Ferté-Milon, the replacement of 17km of track will also affect services for four weeks from July 15th to August 9th.
RER H North:
Modernisation work on the line will take place in the Bruyères-sur-Oise area in Val-d'Oise, affecting services during the weekends of June 28th and 29th and July 5th and 6th, and on weeknights until August 1st.
Ligne J:
Train service on line J will be disrupted in August due to maintenance work near the Bois-Colombes and Argenteuil stations. The work will take place at night on weekdays from August 11th to September 6th, as well as all day on the weekend of August 30th and 31st.
Ligne K:
Major track renewal work is planned between Dammartin - Juilly - Saint-Mard in Seine-et-Marne and Crépy-en-Valois in Oise. The work will take place at night, Monday to Friday until June 27th, and will disrupt late services.
Ligne R:
Track replacement work at
Livry-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, and essential platform modifications at Fontaine-le-Port will lead to disruption Monday to Friday between 10.30am and 3.30pm from July 21st to August 29th, and continuously during the weekends of August 9th and 10th, and August 16th and 17th.
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