The day of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games makes you want to stay at home, given the many metro lines and stations that are closed during the day!
The misery has already started metro users, especially for those who use Concorde station, but it’s just getting started! From 18 July 2024 will have a dozen stations inaccessible be, just one week before the opening ceremony of the two-week duration Paris Olympic Games, followed by the Paralympic Games. Fortunately, the closures on D-Day, July 26, just one day, unlike some that will last until September!
According to our colleagues at Le Parisian two lines will be severely affected 26 Julyeven though they are indispensable for moving around the capital and visiting the sights. Line 6 will not carry passengers between from the morning of the ceremony Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile in La Motte-Picquet-Grenellein line 9 will not run between the temporary terminal stations Miromesnil in Porte de Saint-Cloud!
The situation is even worse between 6pm and 10pm, with the closure of all lines running along the Seine, namely line 5 between Bastille and Place d’Italie, line 6 in its entirety, RER line C between Gare d’Austerlitz and Garigliano, line 11 between Rambuteau and Hôtel de Ville and line 13 between Varenne and Saint François-Xavier. From June 12, the RATP will provide more information about these gradual closures, which will require the public to walk due to the security perimeters.
On the other hand, the number of metro lines will be increased for the arrival and departure of the spectators, scheduled around 11 p.m. Once the ceremony is over, the eastern part of line 6 and the viaduct of line 5 will reopen, as will the Parisian part of RER line C, and you can count on the automated lines 1, 14 and 4, which provide the occasion will drive all night.
Paris 2024: 17 metro stations closed a week before the opening ceremony
Obviously, you shouldn’t travel too close to the Seine near the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as 17 metro and RER stations will be closed from July 18! [Lees verder]
2024-05-31 16:15:05
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