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Paris Métro Line 19 is a new line of the Paris Métro that is planned as an expansion of Grand Paris Express. Officially announced on 22 November 2023, it is planned to connect Nanterre–La Folie at the west of La Défense business district to Charles de Gaulle Airport and the new area to be developed at Triangle de Gonesse [ fr ] . [ 1 ]
Unlike a ticket t+, users can transfer from the métro/RER to the bus/tram network (or vice versa) within 90 minutes (bus/tram) or 2 hours (Metro/train/RER) without paying a second fare (if transfering to or from the Metro/train/RER systen, it is the tarif of that system, €1.99, that applies). [3]
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.
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 ...
Its roots are in the 1936 Ruhlmann-Langewin plan of the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (Metropolitan Railway Company of Paris) for a "métropolitain express" (express metro). The company's post-war successor, RATP, revived the scheme in the 1950s, and in 1960 an interministerial committee decided to go ahead with the ...
The pass can be bought for 1, 2, 3 or 5 consecutive days for public transport zones 1-3 or 1-5 (includes airport transport). [1] [2] [3]Once purchased, it allows free travel on the Paris Métro, RER and Transilien trains (within the chosen fare zones), Buses (both the RATP bus network, which covers Paris and its near suburbs, and the Optile network, which covers the wider Grande couronne area ...
Alexandre Dumas is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is the style used for most metro stations, the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits, and the outlets of the ...
The platforms of the two lines are of a standard configuration. There are two per stopping points, separated by the metro tracks located in the centre and the vault is elliptical. Line 2 station is fitted out in the Andreu-Motte style with two light canopies and orange Motte seats. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the tunnel ...