In anticipation of the commissioning of Charles-de-Gaulle Express, the expected Direct Paris-Roissy connection for 2026, important work must be carried out. Consequence for travelers: weekends without train and weekly week evenings.
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Analysis. The failure that blocked the RER B for nearly two hours, Tuesday, February 8, in Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis), in rush hour, forcing the SNCF to cut part of the traffic station North, N ‘ Has surprised no one among the regulars of the line, subscribers to the incidents and repetition couracs.
Two days later, when Ile-de-France Mobilies published the ranking of the latest lines of the year 2021 , it is obviously the b, the second most Frequented from Europe, who dropped the palm. To the north, past Aulnay-sous-Bois, two out of ten trains, the equivalent of two trips per week for whom it borrows every day, have rolled, for eight months, with more than a quarter of an hour late . To the south, it was after Bourg-la-Queen (Hauts-de-Seine) that the troubles began and lasted three months.
The most affected travelers, those at the end of the line, will be able to claim compensation. But the approximately 10 million euros will share, on the basis of a half-month or a month of Navigo Pass each, will have a hard time compensating for the two years of Galleère to come. Because by the inauguration of the Olympics of 2024, and in anticipation of the commissioning of the Charles de Gaulle Express, the Paris-Roissy direct connection expected for 2026, important work must be carried out. In addition to undergoing the daily hazards, it will therefore be necessary to dial with entire weekends without train and weekly evenings. Or if in Paris Intra-Muros There are alternatives at the line break, in the suburbs, bus and trams hardly replace the train.
If black is the painting, we do not hear the passengers from the RER complain. Or rather, they are listening little. For proof this decision made by the Government to maintain a concert of the Indochina group at the Stade de France, Saturday, May 21, while a heavy intervention was scheduled this May weekend.
Since it does not concern the CDG Express or the Olympics, the Minister of Transport has not seen any disadvantage to repel work on the catenary, and has not been afraid of further weakening this strategic axis. Crossing the northern Ile-de-France to the south, serves three airports, the house of the exams, and also the northern suburbs. Because RER B is also the means of transporting “first line” workers, the one whose 6-hour trains are crowded even in confinement.
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