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Metro: Summer construction starts, 4 lines already affected this week!

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The Editor

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As we mentioned a few weeks ago, this summer, about ten metro lines will be disrupted at various times for different modernization works. And the first traffic interruptions started this weekend, affecting 4 lines until the end of the week.

Summer has finally arrived in the capital, bringing with it a wave of heat that makes us all want to go on vacation. And it seems this desire for elsewhere is even affecting some metro lines, which have decided to go off starting this week. On the agenda, there are 4 lines whose traffic is more or less disrupted this week as part of the big summer project implemented by the RATP. Here’s what to expect.


4 lines to avoid at all costs

First up, we have a disruption that we could call ordinary, and which indeed isn't part of the summer work schedule, as it’s yet again line 14. In fact, the line will be closed this Wednesday, July 2nd starting at 10 PM. A disruption of...

the usual traffic, which will actually be in effect every Wednesday until July 23.

On the summer construction front, we start with the 3, where traffic will be completely interrupted between Opéra and Gallieni, until Sunday, August 3. That’s more than a month without any stops or connections being provided on the olive green line. The same goes, though to a lesser extent, for line 4, which will be closed between Les Halles and Porte d’Orléans starting Saturday night, and until July 14.

Finally, line 6 has been facing a setback since Saturday, June 28, but it's quite minor as only one station is affected. Indeed, the Cambronne stop is completely inaccessible until September 28, due to an escalator renewal.

Fortunately, even though this break lasts nearly 4 months, we want to remind you that La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle is less than 5 minutes on foot.


A summer of renewal

As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, unfortunately, what we're announcing here is just the tip of the iceberg, since no less than 7 other lines will be affected at some point by these disruptions. The same applies for the RER, with quite a few setbacks to expect. However, we prefer to see the bright side, thanks to two good pieces of news.

Firstly, the RATP has been clever enough to organize the schedule so that replacement routes are always available. Secondly, even though these works can be quite inconvenient, they are happening during the summer, when the metro corridors are (partially) empty, and their main aim is to improve the service, offering us more modern trains, that are more punctual and comfortable, thus helping to reduce hassle. Given all this, we're 100% on board!