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The Grand Paris Express is a project consisting of new rapid transit lines and the extension of existing lines being built in the Île-de-France region of France. The project comprises four new lines for the Paris Métro, plus extensions of the existing Lines 11 and 14. A total of 200 kilometres (120 mi) of new tracks and 68 new stations are to ...
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 ...
Paris Métro Line 16 is one of four new lines of Grand Paris Express, a major expansion project of the Paris Métro. Currently under construction, the line will connect the suburbs north and east of Paris in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, [ 1 ] and is planned to open in two phases in 2026 and 2028. [ 2 ]
Delays (partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the opening is now planned for 2026. [2] It is planned that the station Le Bourget - Aéroport will be opened together with the common trunk shared with Line 16. [3] In May 2023, it was announced that the line will be operated by Keolis, while the infrastructure is managed by RATP. [4]
Le métro de Paris – 1899 – 1911 : images de la construction [The metro of Paris – 1899–1911: pictures from the building site] (in French). Paris: Paris Musées. ISBN 2-87900-481-0. Zuber, Henri (1996). Le patrimoine de la RATP [The Patrimony of the RATP] (in French). éditions Flohic. ISBN 2-84234-007-8.
Paris Métro Line 11 (French: Ligne 11 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It links Châtelet to Rosny–Bois-Perrier in the northeastern suburbs. This line was one of the last to be put into service in 1935; it was then intended to replace the Belleville funicular tramway , which closed in 1924.
Paris Métro Line 15 is one of four new lines of Grand Paris Express, a major expansion project of the Paris Métro. Currently under construction, the line will provide a new orbital route through the suburbs of Paris, servicing the departments of Hauts-de-Seine , Val-de-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis . [ 1 ]
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 ]