In Strasbourg, the metropolitan RER is finally convincing

Until recently, the Reme, the European metropolitan express network that connects Strasbourg to the rest of the Bas-Rhin , was a train named desire. That has changed. "I'm only a six-minute train ride from the city center, which makes life relatively easier," admits Marine. Every day, the young woman boards the train with her bike from Mundolsheim station, heading for Strasbourg, about ten kilometers away. Saving herself a twenty-minute drive in the process, and even then, when traffic is good. "I experienced the initial glitches: trains canceled, no announcements, or only at the last minute, and I can't count the number of times I've turned up at the station and the train hadn't passed," adds the thirty-year-old.

Launched with great fanfare in December 2022, the first metropolitan RER experienced chaotic beginnings with cancellations