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several "urban" line services numbered in the 500 series but generally designated by a trade name, covering small suburban shuttle services and often subsidized by covered cities; 2 direct bus lines from Paris to CDG and ORY airports: Orlybus & Roissybus the "Opentour" tourist lines; the lines of the "Titus" and "Valouette" networks
These stations are the terminal stations of major lines (trains going beyond the Île-de-France region), and, except for Bercy, the suburban Transilien lines. Austerlitz, Saint-Lazare, Lyon and Nord are also stations on the RER network. All stations connect to stations of the Paris Métro. Gare d'Austerlitz:
Local train in the south between Massy and Paris, then non-stop/direct train between Paris and CDG2; Mission E, (EFLA, ERGE, etc.) for CDG2 Local train between St Remy and Massy, rapid/semi-direct train between Massy and Paris, then local train from Paris to CDG; Mission I, (IBIS, IMRE, etc.) for Mitry-Mory Local train on the whole line
The RER contains 257 stations, 33 of which are within the city of Paris, and runs over 602 km (374 mi) of track, including 81.5 km (50.6 mi) underground. Each line passes through the city almost wholly underground and on tracks dedicated to the RER, but some city center tracks are shared between line D and line B.
In December 1981, the Roissy Rail line became part of the RER B, a line of the Réseau Express Régional (RER), a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit system serving Paris and its Île-de-France suburbs. The airport began a major expansion project in the 1980s, with the first section of Terminal 2 opening in 1982.
Gare du Nord, one of Paris's seven large mainline railway station termini, is the busiest train station outside Japan. [1] Paris is the centre of a national, and with air travel, international, complex transport system. The modern system has been superimposed on a complex map of streets and wide boulevards that were set in their current routes ...
The station platforms were established under Rue Auber for line 3; under Avenue de l'Opéra for line 7; and under Boulevard des Capucines for line 8. The platform lie partially under the Place de l'Opéra. The three lines cross on the levels at the same point, using a common underground structure located under the square.
A four-letter code system is in use throughout Line L. These codes do not display on trains, but they are displayed on passenger information display systems. [4] The destination of the train is indicated by the first letter. B: Bécon-les-Bruyères; D: Saint-Cloud; F: Maisons-Laffitte; N: Nanterre-Université; P: Paris Saint-Lazare; R: Marly-le-Roi