in Seine-Saint-Denis, users exhausted by the shortened bus and tram service due to the riots

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Sleep with relatives to avoid the galleys
Adapted hours and shortened days

For almost a week, some public transport has stopped earlier than usual due to the urban violence that has affected the country. Between Aulnay-sous-Bois and Montfermeil, regular travelers manage as best they can.

” He more trams? But it’s barely 10 p.m.! » Mody finds himself arms dangling on the tram platform, in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis), Tuesday July 4. He leaves the hospital, terminus of the line. “I stayed there for hours to take exams… But how am I going to get back? », deplores the sexagenarian. Mody was made to end the service earlier than usual. Buses and trams must be back at the depot before 10 p.m., compared to 12:30 a.m. normally. The previous five days it was even 9 p.m.

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This measure of ” security “ was taken by Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) in the face of the conflagration in the Parisian suburbs caused by the death of the young Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a police officer on June 27 in Nanterre (Hauts-de Seine) . This arrangement is due to end on Wednesday, July 5, although “localized exemptions may apply depending on the situation”declared the Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune.

A few hours earlier, further on this same T4 line, Rachid is waiting on the Gargan station platform with his daughter. “Fortunately, I have been on vacation for a week”, laughs this father who works at night. If the night traffic restrictions had lasted, “I should have extended my vacation”, he explains. This Tuesday evening, he looks nervously at the display screen. “I think we will have to go there on foot”, apprehends the 47-year-old dad. However, it is only 7 p.m. and there are three hours left before the end of the service. But Rachid is scalded. “Last week, a bus dropped us all in the middle of the line, around 6:30 p.m., because it had been ordered to return to the depot. I had the stroller, the baby… It surprised me. »

Sleep with relatives to avoid the galleys

At the end of last week, the young Nessrine did not even have time to get on the bus that she usually takes morning and evening. “The last one walked past us around 7pm and said he couldn’t pick us up as he was going back to the depot. We were all there, looking each other in the eye, not knowing what to do. » Fortunately, she sympathized with a comrade in misfortune. “His mother picked us up and dropped me off near my house”smiled the 18-year-old student. Resident of Montfermeil, she confirms that here, without bus or tram, “It’s super complicated to come back”, “because there is no RER station”not to mention a subway line.

The D system imposed itself. “It’s a headache for everyone”, confirms Levana, who is busy getting off her tram. For a few days, she got into the habit of running. This student lives in Raincy (Seine-Saint-Denis) and works in a crèche in Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine), i.e. “two hour commute per day”. But to reach the RER station, the young woman must generally take the bus.

“We wanted to carpool with my colleague to get home from work, but her car was set on fire during the riots. »

Levana, student

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The carpooling option ruled out, Levana manages to sleep here or there, with friends or cousins, who live closer to her work. For three nights, Ahou, a caregiver, has also been sleeping with a friend. “But there, it was starting to do a lot”she slips. “I’m not too up to date. So last Thursday, when I arrived at the dock, there was simply no more transport”, she said, laughing. This Tuesday evening, she is taking her time, taking advantage of this precious extra hour of tram and bus traffic.

Adapted hours and shortened days

As the hours go by, the trams become less frequent, and so do the users. Many have changed their working hours. “I usually finish at 8 p.m.. In recent days, it was more like 6 p.m. to have time to take the bus”explains Levana.Not ideal for this student who was counting on her overtime in July. “There are studies to pay.

At the République Marx-Dormoy bus stop in Livry-Gargan, Anis draws feverishly on her cigarette. For this evening worker in the restaurant business, there is no question of being trapped again. “I start my shift at 9 p.m. Usually I prfinish the bus 30 minutes early and that’s enough. But I got screwed the other day, so now it’s 6:30 How will he get home at the end of his night’s work? We won’t know, his bus is there, and he can’t afford to miss it.

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