Paris 2024: 17 metro stations closed a week before the opening ceremony

If you can telecommute, go on vacation and leave the capital during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, it's highly advisable! Several metro stations will be closed for the duration of the competition and even earlier, as early as May for Concorde station, for example, due to the assembly of Olympic venues. In addition, some fifteen stations will be inaccessible to the public from July 18, a week before the opening ceremony, scheduled for the 26th.

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These closures are part of the security measures deployed for the occasion, unveiled on Thursday by Laurent Nuñez, Prefect of the Paris Police. Although they are due to reopen on July 27, many Parisians will be affected in their day-to-day lives, if they are accustomed to traveling around the Seine on public transport. All metro stations leading into the anti-terrorist protection perimeter are affected, as the perimeter must remain"watertight".

During these eight days, the authorities will be clearing the river of mines. Bus routes will also be diverted, while on the day of the ceremony, no one will be allowed near the perimeter.

The stations concerned

Line 1

• Tuileries
• Concorde
• Champs-Elysées Clémenceau

• Trocadero
• Passy

• Chatelet
• Pont Marie
• Pont Neuf
• Sully Morland

• Alma Marceau
• Jena
• Trocadero

RER C

• Musée d'Orsay
• Champ de Mars Eiffel Tower
• Alma Bridge

RATP & Olympic Games Paris 2024: the schedule of metro stations closed during the Olympic Games.
For the duration of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, some metro stations will be closed to passengers this summer. Here we reveal the schedule of closures according to RATP information on the Paris public transport network to help you prepare for Paris 2024. [Read more]