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The Paris Métro runs mostly underground; surface sections include sections on viaducts in Paris (Lines 1, 2, 5, and 6) and at the surface in the suburbs (Lines 1, 5, 8, and 13). In most cases, both tracks are laid in a single tunnel. Almost all lines follow roads, having been built by the cut-and-cover method near the surface (the earliest by ...
At 12.4 km (7.7 mi) in length, it is the ninth-busiest line of the system, with 105.2 million riders in 2017. Slightly over 2 km (1.2 mi) of the line is built on an elevated viaduct with four aerial stations. In 1903, it was the location of the worst incident in the history of the Paris Métro, the fire at Couronnes.
Saint-Ouen station (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿wɛ̃]) is a station on the Paris Métro, serving Line 14 and offering a transfer to the RER C via Saint-Ouen RER station. It is located at the limits of the territories of the communes of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine and Clichy .
The MP 14 (French: Métro Pneu appel d'offres de 2014; English: Rubber-tyred metro ordered in 2014) is a rubber-tyred electric multiple unit for the Paris Métro. Manufactured by Alstom as part of the Alstom Metropolis family of units, it is the seventh generation of the rubber-tyred class of trains to be used on the system and is used on Line ...
The Navigo pass (French: Passe Navigo) is a family of contactless smart cards that can be used for payment in public transportation in Paris and the Île-de-France region.It was first introduced on 1 October 2001.
Châtelet station (French pronunciation:) is a station of the Paris Métro and Île-de-France's RER commuter rail service, located in the centre of medieval Paris, on the border between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It serves RER A, B and D, as well as lines 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 of the Paris Métro; it is
During the 18 days the station was open at the end of 2020, 112,229 passengers entered it, which places it in 302nd position among metro stations for its attendance out of 304 for this year. [ 11 ] In 2021, the first full year of operation, attendance stands at 4,168,538 passengers entering, which places it in 50th position among metro stations ...
Stations are often named after a square or a street, which, in turn, is named for something or someone else. A number of stations, such as ‹See TfM› Avron or ‹See TfM› Vaugirard, are named after Paris neighbourhoods (though not necessarily located in them), whose names, in turn, usually go back to former villages or hamlets that have long since been incorporated into the city of Paris.