numerous closures to be expected on line 14 until August

Extended just in time for the Olympic Games, line 14 of the Paris metro will still undergo more or less partial closures until next August, the RATP announced on Monday, which was delighted with the success of the infrastructure since its extension but reiterated the importance of completing the work.

Concretely, there will still be 12 days of complete closure of the line from 10 p.m. next month. And this, from Monday to Thursday inclusive, the first three weeks of December. Then, from January, closings from 10 p.m. will only take place three evenings per week instead of four, Monday to Wednesday inclusive. But the closure will only concern the entire line one evening, every Wednesday evening, while it will remain open the other two on the southern part, between Maison-Blanche and Orly airport.

Until June, the line will also be completely closed one weekend day per month on average. The weekend of January 25 and 26, Sunday February 9, Sunday March 16, the weekend of April 5 and 6, the weekend of May 30 and 31, Sunday June 15, Sunday June 29. Finally, in August, traffic will be interrupted for five days, from Monday August 4 to Friday August 8 inclusive.

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Increasing attendance

Inaugurated on June 24, exactly one month before the first rugby sevens match of the Games, organized on July 24 at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, the extension of the line made it possible to transport 800,000 people per day, all travelers combined, during the competition “We transported a little more than 10,000 people per session organized at the Stade de France during the Olympics, so around 20% of the spectator volume”thus helping to relieve congestion on the other lines, greeted the director of the 14, Emmanuel Sologny. Since then, and despite evening closures from 10 p.m. from Monday to Thursday and certain weekends, attendance has not decreased, meeting the RATP's objectives.

The extension of this fully automatic line was accompanied by a change in the metro control system, forcing the RATP to set up a partial service a little over a year ago to carry out the necessary tests. The migration took place in February, after two weeks of total interruption of the line, but additional functions must be installed, requiring partial service to be maintained until August. New trains should be delivered in April. Date on which trains will run every 85 seconds during morning rush hour compared to 95 currently.