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PARIS
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Paris, the capital of France (9 million inhabitants in Greater Paris), is one of Europe's metro flagships. After London (1863), Glasgow and Budapest (both 1896) this is the continent's fourth oldest metro system and probably the densest.
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The first line (ligne 1) was opened exactly in 1900 (see map above) as part of a planned six line network. In 2007 Paris has 14 Métro lines and 2 branches (see full map here) that are operated as separate lines. The total length of the network is 215.5 km (169.5 km within Paris):
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19/07/1900:
Porte de Vincennes - Port Maillot (8 stations of 18, the rest were
opened between 06/08/1900 and 01/09/1900);
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13/12/1900:
Porte Dauphine – Charles de Gaulle Etoile;
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10/10/1904:
Père Lachaise - Villiers;
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27/11/1921: Gambetta - Porte de Lilas (part of line 3, since 1971 separate)
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21/04/1908:
Porte de Clignancourt – Châtelet; Les Halles station reconstructed and reopened on 03/10/1977 with new RER station. The first step of the southern extension from Porte d'Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge (0.8 km, 1 station) is scheduled to be finished by late 2012, after construction started in early 2007. Later, 2014-2019, two more stations, Verdun-Sud and Bagneux will complete the 2.7km extension.
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02/06/1906:
Place d'Italie – Gare d’Orléans (now Gare d’Austerlitz);
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02/10/1900:
Étoile - Trocadéro; At Étoile - Charles de Gaulle trains reverse in a loop, there is also such a loop at Nation which is only used during rush hours.
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05/11/1910:
Porte de la Villette – Opéra; Pierre Curie station renamed Pierre et Marie Curie on 8 Mar 2007.
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18/01/1911: Pré-St.Gervais - Louis Blanc (line 7 branch, separate line since 1967) |
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13/07/1913:
(Charles Michels on today's Line 10) - La Motte Picquet Grenelle
- Opéra; At
Commerce platforms are not opposite each other, but staggered. |
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08/11/1922:
Exelmans - Trocadéro; |
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13/07/1913:
La Motte Picquet Grenelle – Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels)
(as a branch of Ligne 8); 09/1913: - Porte d'Auteuil; |
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28/04/1935:
Châtelet – Porte des Lilas There are plans to extend Line 11 to Rosny-Bois-Perrier via Noisy-le-Sec, Montreuil and Romainville (6 stations). Construction 2013 - 2019. |
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05/11/1910:
Porte de Versailles – Notre Dame de Lorette;
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26/02/1911:
St.Lazare - Porte de St.Ouen; At Liège platforms are not opposite each other, and at La Fourche the trains coming from St.Denis stop on the lower level. Line 13 is planned to be further extended from Asnières-Gennevilliers Les Courtilles to Port de Gennevilliers.
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Finally in the 1990's Paris started to build a new metro line, the so-called METEOR (Métro Est Ouest Rapide) although from the day of inauguration (15/Oct/1998) it is called ligne 14. This line is meant to alleviate ligne 1 and RER ligne A in the central area and starts at Maison Blanche in the south, then runs parallel to ligne 1 and A between Gare de Lyon and Châtelet-les Halles and finally turns north to St. Lazare from where it will be connected to the western branch (Gabriel Péri) of ligne 13. After some years of delay the first stretch from Bibliothèque F. Mitterrand (planned as Tolbiac-Masséna) to Madeleine was finally opened in October 1998. In summer 1998 construction work for the second section to St. Lazare started, which was finished in Dec. 2003. In autumn 2000, construction of a small workshop began, which was necessary to rebuild the original workshop into Olympiades station that was finally completed in June 2007. 15/10/1998:
Madeleine - Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Ligne 14 may be extended to Maison Blanche, M7, with a possible connection to the Villejuif branch of line 7; projects of further extension to Orly Airport seem to be dropped, a tram line may be built instead) Ligne 14 could be later extended north to Place de Clichy and La Fourche and connected to the north-western branch of ligne 13 extended to to Asnières-Gennevilliers and Port de Genevilliers or to the north-eastern branch to Saint-Denis.
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After World War II actually only metro extensions outside the city limits were built (apart from St.Lazare - Invalides). In the 70's and 80's special emphasis was put on the RER System (Regional Express Network) which currently consists of five lines (A, B, C, D, E) crossing the city underground (line C only partly) and connecting formerly existing suburban rail lines. This network is operated jointly by RATP (Métro and buses) and SNCF (French National Railways). The last of these lines, which was formerly referred to as EOLE, now ligne E, opened in July 1999 between St. Lazare and Magenta. On 3 Dec 2000, a new station was opened on Line C at Bibliothèque François Mitterrand to provide transfer to Line 14. This new station replaces the former Masséna station.
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Besides its dense metro system and extensive RER network, Paris now has a total of four tram lines which, however, do not form a proper network, but each line operates separately and has its own characteristics, though all share the standard gauge of 1435 mm. Click here for more details. |
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| Books |
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Mark
Ovenden: Paris
Metro Style: In Map and Station Design Christoph Groneck: METROS IN FRANKREICH / METROS IN FRANCE. Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen & Laon. - Aug. 2006, Robert Schwandl Verlag, ISBN 3 936573 13 1 (More info) Arnold Delaney: PARIS BY METRO. An Underground History. - 2006, 100 p., Interlink Publishing Group, ISBN 1566566460 - explains origin of all station names with several colour photos Larry Yust: METRO. - Oct. 2004. 136 p., Gingko Press, ISBN: 1584231742 Spectacular photos of Paris metro stations F. Descouturelle, A. Mignard, M. Rodriguez: Le Métropolitain d'Hector Guimard . - Oct. 2003, 152 p., Somogy, ISBN 2850566691 Jean-Pierre Rigouard: Le Métro de Paris. Tome 2: Les lignes complémentaires (Lignes 7 - 13). - Feb. 2003, 128 pages, Alan Sutton; Collection : memoire en images, ISBN 2842538471 (Also available here) Jean-Pierre Rigouard: Le Métro de Paris. Tome 1: Les premières lignes.- 2002, 128 pages, Alan Sutton ISBN 2842537777 (Also available here)
Gérard Rolland: Stations de métro Le dictionnaire des 366 stations. - Christine Bonneton Éditeur, Paris, 2003 (new edition). - Explains origin of station names. Jean-Paul Carminati: Dictionnaire imaginaire des stations de métro Clive Lamming: Paris Ferroviaire. - 2002, Parigramme, ISBN 2840962926 Clive Lamming: Paris Tram. - 2003, Parigramme, ISBN 2840961962 Jean Orselli: Les nouveaux tramways: Comment ne pas rater son tram. - 2004, Paradigme, Collection: Transports et communication, 268 p., ISBN 2868782388 Christoph Groneck: Neue Straßenbahnen in Frankreich. - 2003, 167p., Ek-Verlag, ISBN 388255844X Plotkin, Susan L.: The Paris Metro - A Ticket to French History. - ISBN 0738852473, April 2001 (US orders) Roland,
Gérard: PARIS
METRO RETRO
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Bonneton, 2001. ISBN 2862532797 Hardy, Brian: PARIS METRO HANDBOOK. - Capital Transport, new 1999 edition. Lamming, Clive: MÉTRO INSOLITE. - Parigramme, Paris, 176 p., many photos (March 2001). ISBN 2840961903 Various:
Le
kiosque des noctambules, une oeuvre de Jean Michel Othoniel.
Chansons Metropolitains. (CD) - 48 songs from 1900-2000 related with the Métro (leaflet included). Feb. 2001 Jean Tricoire: Un Siècle de Métro en 14 Lignes - Best book on Paris Metro Jean Tricoire: Le métro de Paris: 1899-1911 : images de la construction Game/Michaud: Métro histoires illustrees des stations Je travaillais dans le métro... Satoshi Kako: Les travaux du métro Sheila Hallsted-Baumert, a.o.: Métro-cité : le chemin de fer métropolitain à la conquête de Paris, 1871-1945 Jean-Claude Demory: Le métro de chez nous Le métro a cent ans - agenda 2000 Berton, Claude and Alexandre Ossadzow: FULGENCE BIENVENÜE et la construction du Métropolitain de Paris. - Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris, 1998. Bruno Latour: ARAMIS ou l'amour des techniques. - La Decouverte (Textes a l App); ISBN 2707121207. Explains a former MATRA project of a small automatic metro tested in Paris in the 1980's. Richard Whittaker's Métro Experience with many photos |
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Paris Metro Extension Projects Transilien - SNCF Suburban Rail in Ile-de-France STIF - Syndicat des Transports Ile-de-France AMATUIR.org (Association pour le Musée des Transports Urbains, Interurbains et Ruraux) incl. large metrpo history section Paris Metro at Wikipedia and Wikipedia.fr SymBioz - Transport en Commun à Paris Carto.metro - Fantastic track maps, for Métro, RER and Tram A Railfan's Guide to the Paris Métro by David Pierman Closed Metro stations in Paris Paris Metro Pictures on Railfan Europe Metrorama Photos panoramiques du métro de Paris PlanètePixel - incl. great panoramic metro station photos UrbanRail.Net - full Paris Métro map (1770 x 1700 pixels, 116 K) All Guimard station entrances at Paris Inconnu MetroNexCo: Collection of historic Paris Metro Maps by Peter B. Lloyd Trams in Paris by Christoph Groneck
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