The October 31, 2026 demonstration in Paris will severely disrupt the network this Saturday, Halloween. On orders from the Paris police prefecture, RATP has announced that 40 metro stations will be closed, from the Champs-Élysées (8th arrondissement) to Bastille (4th, 11th and 12th arrondissements), and including République, Châtelet, Opéra, the area around the National Assembly (7th arrondissement) and the Left Bank (5th and 6th arrondissements).
Closures will take place between 5:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., and several sections of metro and tram lines will be shut down. Here is the list, hour by hour, updated as announcements are made.
From the start of service, these stations will not be served at the request of the Paris police prefecture:
Service is also suspended from the start of the day on line 6 between Kléber and Charles de Gaulle–Étoile, and on line 12 between Rennes and Saint-Lazare. As for the RER, RER A trains are passing through Charles de Gaulle–Étoile without stopping, according to the RER A’s X account. At Invalides, RER C trains are stopping and connections remain available, but passengers cannot enter or leave the station, SNCF says on the RER C’s X account.
From 9 a.m., the Bastille–République area is also closed:
From 10 a.m., Châtelet and Les Halles will close, and service will be suspended between Châtelet and Hôtel de Ville. From 11 a.m., Opéra, Chaussée d'Antin-La Fayette and Pyramides will close in turn.
At 12 p.m., closures are spreading across eastern Paris and the Left Bank:
Finally, at 8 p.m., the Châtelet-Les Halles RER station closes as well, ahead of the 11 p.m. curfew. All these stations will reopen with authorization from the Paris police headquarters. Details by line have also been posted on RATP’s X accounts, including those for Line 1 and Line 13.
To see at a glance whether your journey is affected, here is a summary of closures by line, with the time from which each station will no longer be served. All 14 metro lines are affected.
From 11 a.m., tram line T3 service is suspended along a large section of the Boulevards des Maréchaux:
The route was changed on Friday evening. The Paris police prefecture had banned the CGT’s Bastille–Nation route and the Gilets jaunes’ Bastille–Concorde route, under order no. 2026-01481 and order no. 2026-01484, to impose a march between the Porte de Bagnolet and the Porte de Charenton. After an application by the inter-union coalition, the Paris Administrative Court suspended the ban on the CGT route between Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation, franceinfo reports.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced that the Paris police chief would appeal the decision. The Yellow Vests’ Bastille–Concorde route remains banned, as does their sit-in outside the National Assembly. The closures announced so far cover both scenarios, around Bastille and along the boulevards of the Maréchaux: more stations could be added toward Nation, depending on the outcome of the appeal. We take a look at the route in our article on the October 31 protest in Paris.
Gare du Nord and Gare de Lyon are under a security perimeter from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., under Order No. 2026-01482. Trains are running, but with enhanced checks: here’s the latest on the stations under protection.
At night, a curfew is in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. around Place de la République and Les Halles on the nights of October 31 to November 1 and November 1 to 2 (order No. 2026-01485). Since République and Châtelet are already closed during the day, it’s best to plan an alternative route home.
Further closures may be announced by Saturday morning. Before setting off, check your route on Bonjour RATP, the RATP traffic updates page or the Île-de-France Mobilités app. On most lines, you just need to get off one stop earlier or later: for the Arc de Triomphe, Kléber (line 6) or Ternes (line 2) are still open for now.
Take care on your bike, too: at the request of the police prefecture, Vélib' Métropole is closing 110 Vélib' stations from this Friday, October 30, from Châtelet-Les Halles to the Champs-Élysées, including Opéra, République, the area around the National Assembly and Place de la Nation. A closed station cannot be used to pick up or return a bike, and stations will gradually reopen overnight from Sunday into Monday. The full list is in our article on the 110 Vélib' stations closed this weekend.
For comparison, on October 24, more than 30 stations had closed as early as 9 a.m. Our tips on getting around despite the demonstrations and all the latest news about the network on our Île-de-France public transport page may also help.
If you’re heading out for Halloween, take a look at the Halloween events that could be disrupted, and plan your journey home in advance if you’ll be passing through the city center.
