RER and TER traffic will be significantly reduced on All Saints’ Day and in November north of Paris due to works on a railway bridge, the Ile-de-France prefecture and SNCF announced at a press conference on Tuesday 24 September. Traffic will be severely affected from Friday 25 October to Sunday 27 October, during the All Saints’ Day holiday, and then on the weekends of 1 October.Ahem November 3rd and November 23rd to 24th.
“The objective is to improve the circulation of daily users, modernize the RER B line, connect it to the Grand Paris Express network, prepare for the arrival of the Charles de Gaulle Express [en 2027] »said Marc Guillaume, prefect of the Île-de-France region.
The service will be reduced to one in two trains throughout the day on the northern axis of the RER B and D. On line H, just over one in two trains (i.e. eleven trains per hour) will run at peak times. One TER per hour will run between Paris and Beauvais, while traffic between Paris and Laon will be limited to six TERs per day. Traffic will be suspended on line K.
Traffic increases on lines 4, 5 and 14
During the works on All Saints’ Day, the replacement of a railway bridge dating back to 1894 will begin, “integrated into the busiest road network in Europe”According to the prefect, this will involve installing temporary supports for the new structure, which will be installed in February 2025.
“The new bridge will have a span of 143 metres, a record in Europe, and a height of 16.5 metres”explained Jean-Pierre Farandou, director general of SNCF. An infrastructure that cost around 30 million euros, according to Séverine Lepère, deputy director general of SNCF Ile-de-France.
Due to the works, significant user flows will be distributed across the various transport lines in the Paris-Nord – Châtelet sector. The services on lines 4, 5 and 14 will be reinforced to facilitate the transfer of passengers to the metro. The prefect advises “Avoid going to Gare du Nord” Friday, October 25, working day.
