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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.
The Navigo pass is available to those who live or work in the Île-de-France region. The name and a photograph of the holder are printed on the card. It is available for free. The card can be loaded with daily, weekly, monthly, and annual passes. The cards can also be used for identification on the Vélib' bicycle rental system. [1]
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 ...
Ticket Acces À Bord €2.50 – valid only on the bus the ticket was purchased for; sold by SMS text message and bus drivers; Airport Paris Region ticket – valid to enter or exit the network at either of the Charles de Gaulle Airport RER stations, Orly Airport Metro station on line 14, or to transfer to or from the Orlyval at Antony station.
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 ...
As part of the RATP Renouveau du métro programme, the station's corridors and the platforms on Line 5 were modernised on 28 June 2010, [1] which notably allowed the renewal of lighting and earthenware tiles, the installation of new signage, a sales and comptoir-club counter, as well as the creation of four automatic ticket machines ...