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“I“We must not be afraid to walk” through the Olympic Games, declared the president of the Île-de-France area, Valérie Pécresse, on March 25. The presentation by The Parisian of the transport plan for the opening ceremony on July 26 on the Seine, confirms this pattern.
The capital's metro traces shall be notably disrupted that day. From the beginning of the day, line 6 is not going to take any passengers between its western Paris terminus, Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile, and La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle, an necessary node within the 15e district by which three traces move. The closure of those stops is the consequence of the transport of the Olympic flame, athletes and delegations and mine clearance operations.
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Other gradual closures
Later within the day, different stations or extra sections of traces shall be closed. Between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., all sections crossing the Seine shall be closed. Thus, line 5 shall be closed between Bastille and its terminus at Place-d’Italie. Line 6 shall be utterly closed. On line 11, the Rambuteau and Hôtel-de-Ville stations will even be inaccessible to the general public. The Varenne and Saint-François-Xavier stops is not going to be marked on line 13. As for the RER C, it’ll even be on the cease between Austerlitz station and Garigliano.
Always in response to The Parisiandifferent closures could also be selected the identical day or the day earlier than the ceremony, “ as is the case during demonstrations or visits by heads of state to the capital.” The smaller stations on traces 8, 12 and 13 might additionally shut after the top of the ceremony.
More visitors to compensate
In order to compensate for these quite a few closures and narrowing of traces, extra trains will run on the opposite traces between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., that’s to say when spectators arrive, and after their departure from the banks of the Seine , from 11 p.m. As a reminder, the ceremony should start at 7 p.m.
A prepare ought to run each 1 minute 35 minutes on line 4, 1 minute 40 minutes on line 1 and 1 minute 50 minutes on line 14. RER A and B must also run extra ceaselessly. Finally, when the ceremony is over, the closed parts of traces 5 and 6 will reopen to the general public, similar to the RER C. To compensate for the potential closure of sure stations on traces 8, 12 and 13, computerized traces 1, 4 and 14 will stay in service all night time.
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