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Saint-Lazare station. The RER plan initially included one east–west line and two north–south lines. RATP bought two unprofitable SNCF lines—the Ligne de Saint-Germain (westbound) and the Ligne de Vincennes (eastbound) with the intention of joining them and to serve multiple districts of central Paris with new underground 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 Avron or 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.
Original abandoned route (black) and built route (red) of Line 4 through the île de la Cité. Line 4, opened in 1908, was the last line of the original concession of the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris and the first to cross the Seine underground ( Line 5 —now Line 6 at this point—crossed the river on the Passy bridge ...
To ensure better commuter service to the inner northeastern suburbs, a six-station, 5.4-kilometre (3.4 mi) eastern extension of Line 11, not considered part of the Grand Paris Express project, opened from Mairie des Lilas to Rosny-sous-Bois. The scheme was initially lobbied for by the local authorities of these suburbs, and was adopted during ...
Paris Métro Line 1 (French: Ligne 1 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects La Défense in the northwest and Château de Vincennes in the southeast. With a length of 16.5 km (10.3 mi), it constitutes an important east–west transportation route within the City of Paris.
Paris Métro Line 8 (French: Ligne 8 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects Balard in the southwestern part of Paris to Pointe du Lac station in the southeastern suburbs, following a parabolic route on the Rive Droite of the Seine .
The agreement approved by the STIF on 7 October 2015 set the financing requirement at €1,084m (Île-de-France region €500.3m; SGP €305.3m; State, €214.4m; Seine-Saint-Denis €64m) for the extension, to which must be added €214m (RATP €73m; Paris City €61m; Region €56m; State €24m) for the adaptation of existing stations and ...
Paris 63 Bagneux: 3 Bagneux, Cachan 197/297; N21 Ballancourt D4 6 Bibliothèque François Mitterrand: 1 Paris 62/89/132/323; N131 Bièvres C8 4 Boigneville D4 5 Boissy-Saint-Léger A2 4 Boissy-Saint-Léger: SETRA 6/11/12/21/22/23/101; SITUS 5/6; STRAV J1, J2 Bondy E2 3 Bondy: TRA; Boulainvilliers C1 1 Paris 22/32/52 Bouray C6 6 Lardy N131