VSThis is what Ile-de-France Mobilités promises this Monday. As of September, “ long trains will run on the entire line on Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as on the eve of public holidays », Announces the organizing authority for public transport in the Ile-de-France region, in a press release. And before that, “ between the third week of July and the end of August, long trains will also run in the evenings from Monday to Thursday “.
This reinforcement of the transport offer responds to a request from the National Federation of Transport User Associations of Ile-de-France which had alerted Ile-de-France Mobilités to an overload of the RER A in the evening. Referral which led the transport organizing authority asked Transilien SNCF Voyageurs and the RATP to look into this attendance. “ This analysis revealed significant use of RER A from Paris to Marne-la-Vallée Chessy », Reports Ile-de-France Mobilités. And ” this attendance is even higher on Friday and Saturday evenings than the other days of the week, while it is lower on Sunday evening “.
“ In order to improve user comfort “, the organizing authority for public transport in the Ile-de-France region therefore asked operators to run long trains on Friday and Saturday evenings all year round (today short trains run most of the time on Fridays and almost half of the time of the year on Saturdays), to run long trains on the eve of public holidays, and to run long trains in the evenings from Monday to Thursday during the summer period, between the third week of July and the end of the month of August.
“ This reinforcement is in addition to the already existing system consisting of offering long trains on busy evenings at La Défense Arena », recalls Ile-de-France Mobilités. On Sunday evening, on the other hand, only short trains will run all year round. due to low attendance “.
