{"id":12243,"date":"2019-09-17T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=12243"},"modified":"2020-02-21T05:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T05:10:23","slug":"paris-commuters-faced-travel-misery-as-metro-workers-strike-over-pension-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/paris-commuters-faced-travel-misery-as-metro-workers-strike-over-pension-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris commuters faced travel misery as metro workers strike over pension reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>16 Metro lines were shut down temporarily disturbing daily commuters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color\"> <strong>\u2022<\/strong> <strong>Local commuters embrace alternative options to avoid travel misery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color\"><strong>\u2022&nbsp;<\/strong> <strong>Tram services and RER suburban lines&nbsp;disrupted due to running&nbsp;on peak hours <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Public transport workers in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Paris (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/paris-the-city-of-love-and-romance\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Paris<\/span><\/strong><\/a> went on a strike to reduce their retirement privileges against the current president of France Emmanuel Macron, on his &#8220;universal&#8221; pension system last Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> of September. The strike crippled the movements around the city causing travel miseries to commuters by triggering traffic jams.<br><br>Ten out of the 16 metro lines in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Paris (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Paris<\/span><\/strong><\/a> were shut down as well as the major regional train lines were totally disrupted leaving commuters to find alternatives to get to work in the morning rush hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The city&#8217;s cycle lane system had a massive surge in\ntraffic as commuters and travellers pulled out bikes to get around the French\ncapital as an alternative to the Metro and buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Tram services and the \u2018R\u00e9seau Express R\u00e9gional\u2019 (RER)\nsuburban rail system are the city\u2019s major public transport services for the busiest\ncommuters of Paris. Due to the strike daily passengers suffered in the crowded\nplatforms and long waits on few reduced transport services that runs during\nmorning and evening peak hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Paris Airport, which runs Charles de Gaulle and Orly\nairports, also warned it passengers to plan their trip in advance to those who\nplanned to visit Paris on Friday, September 13th.&nbsp; As they expected there were severe\ndisruptions reported on several places around the Paris region on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">After a one-day strike led by all unions of the Paris\ntransport network (RATP) on 13th September, the transport network seems normal on\nSaturday 14<sup>th<\/sup> of September at 5.30 am.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Though the consultations are currently being held regarding\nthe Universal 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