Métro stands for Métropolitain and RER for Réseau
Express Régional.
The metro has almost a century of history (it opened on July 19 th 1900).
The system is vast and effective. Its first line was Porte de Vincennes
to Porte Maillot (line n°1). Fulgence Bienvenüe was the engineer
in charge of the construction and the architect Hector Guimard was responsible
for the "Art Nouveau" entrances which you can see an example of
at Abesses station.
The system has 199 km (124 miles) of tracks and 14 lines (numbered 1 trough
14), which runs in downtown Paris. There are 368 stations (not including
RER stations), 87 of these being interchanges between lines.
6 million passengers are transported by 3500 cars everyday, so that you
can imagine what a powerful network it is (this network is managed by the
RATP Company). When discussing a location, Parisians always mention the
name of the nearest Metro station. It is the easiest and fastest mean of
transportation, even if you are new to Paris.
The RER has 4 lines lettered A trough D and runs trough both downtown and
the suburbs (included Airports, see below "Links Paris Airports").
RATP Company. When discussing a location, Parisians always mention the name
of the nearest Metro station. It is the easiest and fastest mean of transportation,
even if you are new to Paris.
The RER has 4 lines lettered A trough D and runs trough both downtown and
the suburbs (included Airports, see below "Links Paris Airports").
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-- Links PARIS-Roissy Airport --
To and from / ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE
RER line B3
- From Paris, reaches Roissy CDG Airport Terminals 1 and 2.
- From the airport, the B3 RER line reaches Paris city centre with connections
to the metro at following stations: (see the map)
RER connecting stations to the metro :
Gare du Nord, Châtelet-Les Halles, St Michel, Odéon and Montparnasse
Bienvenue.
ROISSYBUS :
From Opéra metro station to Roissy CDG Terminals 1, 2 and T9 and
vice versa.
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-- Links PARIS-Orly Airport --
To and from/ Orly
RER line C2 :
- From the airport, reaches Paris city centre with connections to the
metro at following stations:Gare d'Austerlitz, St Michel N. Dame,
Musée d'Orsay, Invalides, Pont de l'Alma, Ch. de Mars-Tour Eiffel,
Javel.
From Paris, get out at "Pont de Rungis" station, then take
the shuttle bus which serves both Orly ouest and Orly Sud.
RER line B4 :
- From the airport, take first the ORLYVAL automatic shuttle until Antony
RER station. There take the RER train which leads you to downtown. Main
connections to the metro network at following stations:
- From Paris take the RER B till Antony Station, then take the Orlyval
towards Orly Sud and Ouest.
ORLYBUS :
From Paris at Denfert-Rochereau Station, you can take the Orlybus towards
Orly Sud and Ouest.
BUS : lines n°285, n°183A, n°292 and Noctambus Line 1.
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