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It will enable direct journeys between the suburbs, bypassing central Paris. [23] [24] The configuration of the line is very similar to that of the Arc Express, proposed by the RATP in 2006. It was later included in the red line project of the Grand Paris public transportation network, introduced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.
Besides the Métro, central Paris and its urban area are served by five RER lines (602 km or 374 mi with 257 stations), fourteen tramway lines (186.6 km or 115.9 mi with 278 stations), [9] nine Transilien suburban trains (1,299 km or 807 mi with 392 stations), [10] in addition to three VAL lines at Charles de Gaulle Airport and Orly Airport ...
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.
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system.
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 17 is one of four lines of the Grand Paris Express. It is planned to open in phases from 2027 through 2030. [ 1 ] Sections will be above ground, including Parc des Expositions station .
La Défense station (French pronunciation: [la defɑ̃s]) is a station of the Transilien (Réseau Saint-Lazare) suburban rail lines, RER commuter rail network, Paris Métro, as well as a stop of the Île-de-France tram network. In the future, Paris Metro Line 15 of Grand Paris Express will pass through
The SDAURP (Schéma directeur d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la région parisienne, "Master plan for development and urban planning of the Paris region"), published in 1965 under the leadership of Prefect Paul Delouvrier, provided for the creation of a large-gauge regional rail transport network on the scale of the urban area.