Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony: metro stations and lines closed on July 26

For metro users, particularly those using the Concorde station, the ordeal had already been underway for several weeks, but it was only just beginning! From July 18, 2024, a dozen stations became inaccessible, just one week before the opening ceremony of the two-week Paris Olympic Games, followed by the Paralympic Games. Fortunately, the closures that are being added on D-Day, July 26, will only last one day, unlike some that go on until September!

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On July 26, two lines will be heavily impacted, even though they are central to getting around the capital and visiting places of interest. Line 6 will not be taking passengers between Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile and La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle from the morning of the ceremony, and line 9 will not be running between the temporary terminuses at Miromesnil and Porte de Saint-Cloud!

Between 6 and 10 p.m., the situation is even worse, with the closure of all lines running along the Seine, forcing spectators to walk to safety perimeters. On the other hand, the number of subway trains on the other lines will be increased for the arrival and departure of spectators, scheduled for around 11pm. As soon as the ceremony is over, the eastern section of line 6 and the viaduct of line 5 will reopen, as will the Paris section of the RER C, and you can count on automated lines 1, 14 and 4, which will run all night for the occasion.

Closed stations

Line 1

• Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau
• Concorde
• Tuileries
• Hôtel de Ville (from 1pm)
• Saint-Paul (from 1pm)

Line 4

• City

Line 5

• Quai de la Rapée
• Gare d'Austerlitz (from 6pm to 9:30pm)
• Saint-Marcel (from 6pm to 9:30pm)
• Compo-Formio (from 6pm to 9:30pm)
• Place d'Italie (from 6pm to 9:30pm)

• Traffic disrupted between Charles de Gaulle-Etoile and La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle
• Line 6 completely closed (from 6pm to 9:30pm)

• Traffic disrupted between Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre and Jussieu
• Place d'Italie (from 6pm to 9:30pm)

• Concorde
• Invalides (from 1pm)
• La Tour-Maubourg (from 11pm)
• École Militaire (from 11pm)

• Michelangelo-Molitor
• Michel-Ange-Auteuil
• Javel-André Citroen (6pm to 11:15pm)

• Châtelet
• Rambuteau (from 1pm)
• Hôtel de Ville (from 1pm)

Line 12

• Concorde
• Assemblée nationale (from 1pm)
• Rue du Bac (from 11pm)
• Solférino (from 11pm)

• Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau
• Invalides (from 1pm)
• Saint-François-Xavier (from 11pm)
• Varenne (from 11pm)

• Champ de Mars - Eiffel Tower
• Pont de l'Alma
• Musée d'Orsay
• Invalides (from 1pm)
• Javel (from 6pm to 11:15pm)
• Saint Michel - Notre Dame (from 6pm to 11:15pm)
• Boulainvilliers (from 6pm to 11:15pm)
• Avenue du Président Kennedy (from 6pm to 11.15pm)

• Porte d'Issy
• Porte de Versailles

• Baron Le Roy (from 1pm to 10pm)
• Traffic disrupted between Porte d'Ivry and Porte de Vincennes (from 6pm to 10pm)

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