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Metro: 12 stations closed this Saturday, May 30!

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The Editor

© Jagoda Bartus / Le Bonbon

Tomorrow afternoon, PSG will defend their title as European champions and, even more incredible, they will try to lift the trophy for the 2nd consecutive year, a feat never achieved before in France. It's a day that's shaping up to be historic, although it’s marked by a few troubles in the metro…

We've already mentioned it, but this Saturday, May 30 could very well be the craziest day of the year in the capital. And for good reason! Between the Champions League final, all kinds of concerts, and a little Roland-Garros on top, there's going to be a lot happening. The only concern is that this intense excitement will lead to the closure of more than 10 metro stations, mainly in the western part of Paris.


Everything to avoid overflow

Last year, the PSG victory led to scenes of joy all over the capital. It's worth mentioning that the club achieved an (almost) historic feat by becoming the second French team to win the Champions League (last...

about the OM, but shh). Except that, thanks to the Parisians, the celebrations didn't really take place in peace and calm, resulting in dozens of burned cars, broken windows, and above all, more than 550 arrests and two deaths.

To try to avoid repeating the same scenario this year, the Paris police prefecture has decided to take the initiative, and we totally understand. As a result, they have simply decided to prohibit access to the Champs-Élysées, eliminating parking and traffic from Saturday afternoon until the crack of dawn on Sunday. And to maintain this restriction as effectively as possible, more than 10 metro stations in the surrounding area will be inaccessible.


7 metro lines and one RER affected

In detail, tomorrow afternoon, more than a dozen stops will be closed, cutting off services and connections starting at 5 PM. This affects stations spread across 8 different metro and RER lines: Argentine (line 1),

Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (lines 1, 2, 6, and RER A), George V (line 1), Franklin D. Roosevelt (lines 1 and 9), Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau (lines 1 and 13), Tuileries (line 1), Concorde (lines 1, 8, and 12), Iéna (line 9), Alma-Marceau (line 9), and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (line 9). Starting from 7:30 PM, two more stations on line 6 will join this long list: Klétber and Boissière, making Trocadéro the temporary terminus. For now, no reopening hours have been announced, but given how things are going, we can imagine it will be until the service resumes the next morning!