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Initially planned to open in 2006, work was delayed by the collapse of a primary school courtyard during the night of 14–15 October 2006. [14] [15] Since then traffic has grown again: at the end of 2007, an average of 450,000 passengers used the line on a working day. Due to its use as a train maintenance area, a new maintenance area was ...
Paris was among the world’s first cities to have a metro system. Its first line opened in 1900 as part of the city’s construction efforts to host the Olympic Games that same year.
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 ]
A revised plan for the proposed Grand Paris Express subway system was unveiled on 6 March 2013, and calls for a second extension of Line 11 to be built towards Noisy–Champs, this second extension being considered part of the Grand Paris Express project. The target opening date is 2030, but might be pushed back.
RATP Group was established in 1949 with the express purpose of operating Paris's public transport system. During the twentieth century, it focused solely on the provision of the capital's various forms of transit, from the Paris Métro , Île-de-France tram , and the RATP bus network , as well as part of the regional express rail (RER) network.
Paris Métro Line 18 is one of four new lines of Grand Paris Express, a major expansion project of the Paris Métro. Currently under construction, it will link Orly Airport to Versailles via Massy-Palaiseau, the Saclay Plateau, and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. The line will be 35 kilometers (22 mi) long and will be fully automated (along with all ...
Aéroports de Paris (ADP) planned to overhaul the transport system within the airport perimeter by introducing an internal train link. The VAL metro system project was launched and project specific infrastructure work commenced shortly afterwards.
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