To streamline passenger flows and avert overcrowding, transport operator RATP issued a special bulletin before dawn listing 15 metro stations that would remain closed for all or part of Sunday, 26 July. Stations such as Tuileries, Concorde and Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile never opened, while others—including Villiers and Monceau—shut at 13:00 as crowds swelled on the Montmartre sector of the race circuit. Trains on Line 1 are running straight through the city centre without stopping between Palais Royal and Porte Maillot, and Line 2 is skipping six stops between Pigalle and Victor-Hugo. The Montmartre funicular is out of service until at least 23:00. RATP says the closures were imposed at the request of the Préfecture de Police to maintain evacuation corridors and prevent platform saturation. Similar measures were trialled during the 2024 Olympic men’s marathon and are now standard for major public gatherings. The operator has deployed 500 customer-service agents to redirect tourists and distribute multilingual leaflets explaining alternative walking routes. Business impact: employers with visitors staying near La Madeleine or the Champs-Élysées should advise a 15-minute walk to accessible stations such as Opéra or Saint-Lazare. Mobility teams should also note that Navigo Easy contactless cards can be tapped on buses 52, 73 and 79, which are running truncated but still provide peripheral access to the security zone. RATP expects to reopen all stations after final police clearance, likely around 00:30. Night Bus services (Noctilien) will follow normal Sunday timetables once barriers are removed.
