Between concerts, jams, nightclubs, and bars, the night will be long and musical this Friday, June 21. On the occasion of the music festival, gatherings and events will take place throughout the capital, until late at night. The SNCF and the RATP have adapted their system to allow users to return home: several lines of the Île-de-France Mobilités network will be open all night, according to the authority.
Four RER lines connecting Paris to the rest of the region will remain open beyond the usual end of service time: lines A, B, C, and D. Lines A and B will serve all stations in their journey, specifies Île-de-France Mobilités. Likewise, six metro lines will welcome users: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 14. However, not all the entrances to these stations will necessarily be open.
The Transilien network will also be accessible all night, with lines H, J, L, N, P, and R remaining operational. Line R will only operate between Melun and Montereau. Line T4 will also be functional. A map summarizing the accessible stations has been produced to help travelers organize themselves.
The night bus network, in service from 12:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., will be adapted according to traffic constraints and security perimeters, in addition to the rail network. Be cautious, as waiting times will be longer, with a train every 18 minutes in inner Paris, a train every 35 minutes in the inner suburbs, and one train per hour for the ends of the line.
Last year's music festival saw a similar transport plan, with some changes for this year. For example, Concorde station on line 1 remains closed the night of June 21 to 22. Line 5 is not included in this year's system and is replaced by line 4, which has been fully automated.
Users without a subscription can purchase a 'Music Festival' package for 4 euros, allowing unrestricted travel throughout the Île-de-France network from 5 p.m. on Friday to 7 a.m. on Saturday. This exceptional transport plan ensures that festival-goers can enjoy the night without worrying about returning home.
- No need to rush, even before the end of the concerts or encores, to catch the last metro. During the night from this Friday to this Saturday, some of them will run continuously! For the 2024 Music Festival, Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) has asked the operators RATP and Transilien SNCF to renew the nighttime opening system for the most 'structuring' lines already put in place during previous editions.
- This 'exceptional' transport plan is almost identical to those organized for June 21, 2023, or for New Year’s Eve. Some changes should be noted, particularly on the metro network where certain closures linked to the installation of the Olympic sites have already taken place. This is the case of Concorde station on line 1, closed until the end of the Paralympic Games at the beginning of September.
- Another major change: line 5 (Bobigny/Place-d'Italie) which remained open all night during previous Music Festivals is no longer included in the exceptional system this year. It is replaced by line 4 (Porte-de-Clignancourt/Bagneux - Lucie-Aubrac), which has been fully automated since the start of the year and whose opening hours can now be extended more easily than on lines with drivers.
- With the exception of these modifications, those accustomed to late returns from the Fête de la Musique by public transport can rely on the exceptional transport plan from previous editions. However, keep in mind that the 'night' trains will not serve all the stations on the lines concerned. In the metro, only line 14 will be fully open, from Olympiades to Mairie-de-Saint-Ouen. On other lines, trains will only stop at the most important stations.
- The RER will run at the rate of one train every 18 minutes in inner Paris, one train every 35 minutes in the inner suburbs, and one train per hour for the ends of the line. On the Transilien network, the passage intervals will range from 30 minutes for the best-equipped lines to several hours for others like line L where only 3 trains are scheduled for the entire night.
- Night transport services will be freely accessible to all Navigo subscription holders. Others can obtain the special 'Music Festival' package for 4 euros, allowing unlimited travel on the network from Friday at 5 p.m. until the next day at 7 a.m.
