The independent platform “Is It a Strike?”—which aggregates official Île-de-France Mobilités feeds and national strike notices—shows no industrial action affecting Paris transport on 26 September. However, the site’s just-updated calendar highlights a medium-impact national rail strike scheduled for Tuesday, 29 September, alongside a renewed easyJet pilots’ protest pencilled for 24-25 September that could yet spill over if talks fail. For global-mobility teams the immediate message is reassurance: Metro, RER, CDG and Orly operations are running normally this weekend despite the logistical strain of the papal visit. The bigger takeaway is the narrow 48-hour window before the next wave of disruption. SNCF has not yet published a reduced timetable, but past practice suggests that one in three TGV and TER services could be pulled, with priority given to peak-hour business routes. Companies planning end-of-quarter travel should therefore encourage staff to take advantage of the strike-free Sunday-Monday corridor and to book refundable tickets for Tuesday. Air-rail multimodal itineraries should be re-checked against potential easyJet cancellations, as the carrier feeds several French secondary airports used for domestic shuttles. The strike-tracker’s methodology—cross-checking PRIM real-time data, national strike calendars and press coverage—has proved reliable through recent industrial disputes. Mobility managers may want to build its API into duty-of-care dashboards to automate alerting. Should the 29 September rail strike proceed, Eurostar typically operates a near-normal service but warns of longer border-control queues; booking the first or last trains of the day can mitigate risk of missed meetings.
Source: Is It a Strike?
