Paris strike on 29 September: how to get around

What runs on Tuesday 29 September?

• Metro and RER A and B (RATP): normal service announced by RATP, according to AFP. As the notice is open-ended, things may change on the following days.
• RER C, D, E and Transilien (SNCF): disruption is expected on several Île-de-France lines. Line-by-line forecasts are published the day before.
• Mainline trains: no national notice had been reported for 29 September at the time of writing.

Check the Bonjour RATP, Île-de-France Mobilités or SNCF Connect apps the evening before and on the morning itself.

If you need to reach a station or airport

Line 14, at Saint-Lazare station, runs directly to Orly (see our line 14 article). For Roissy-CDG, RER B is partly run by SNCF north of Gare du Nord: allow extra time. Suburban trains from Saint-Lazare (Transilien lines) may be affected: check before leaving, for example for Versailles or Giverny.

A day without transport, from the Concortel

The hotel's neighbourhood is easy to explore on foot:

• the Madeleine church and the square's fine food shops (5 minutes, estimate);
• the Palais Garnier and the department stores on boulevard Haussmann (10 minutes, estimate);
• the Tintoretto exhibition at the Jacquemart-André Museum, then Parc Monceau;
• the free Musée de la Vie Romantique, 20 minutes on foot (estimate).

For lunch or dinner without the metro, our gourmet addresses in the 8th are minutes away.

Demonstrations

The Paris march on Tuesday 29 September leaves Place de la République at 2 pm, goes via Bastille and ends at Place de la Nation, according to Sortiraparis; the Préfecture de police may change the route. Metro stations along the way may close and buses may be diverted. The hotel's neighbourhood, in the 8th, is away from the route.