PARIS | Métro

[Minato ku]

Paris Metro



Facts

• Opened in July 1900
• Last extention opened in December 2012
• 16 lines (14 main lines and 2bis lines)
• 302 stations
• 218.4 km
• 1.524 billion passengers in 2012

Rolling stocks
MF for steel and MP for rubber tired

• MP59: (1963 - 1974)
• MF67: (1968 - 1978)
• MP73: (1974)
• MF77: (1978 - 1986)
• MF88: (1992 - 1994)
• MP89: (1996 - 2000)
• MF01: (2008 - ......)
• MP05: (2011 - ......)

Extension under in construction

• 
  Porte d'Orleans to Mairie de Montrouge (2012): 800m, 1 station
  

[iampuking]

Nice photos, though the quality could have been better.

I love Paris though, and I love the French people's class, you can easily tell which lot are tourists!

I don't know why it took so long before a Paris Metro thread was made though.

[Frog]

Nice pics, PAris's metro is definately up there on my list. I liked the old lines which have a lot of character and the modern line 14 was excellent too. While its not the cleanest or most spacious it still has its character which I like. And in combination with the RER its a very good system for getting around.
btw the woman in pic 7 doesnt seem to happy

[Minato ku]

Originally Posted by iampuking

Nice photos, though the quality could have been better.

I love Paris though, and I love the French people's class, you can easily tell which lot are tourists!

I don't know why it took so long before a Paris Metro thread was made though.

No There was not a lot of tourist here because I was not in the tourist districts. I saw only three blond americans the 14th picture.

[iampuking]

Originally Posted by minato ku

No it was not a lot of tourist her because I was not in the tourist districts. I saw only three blond americans the 14th picture.

That's who I was on about!

Tourists always do this: they either push on if they're European, or they stand near the door and get in everyones way without realising it, if they're American/Australian, the American/Australians then look around trying to find a seat, and then they spend the rest of the time staring at people, a lot of the time they don't sit down and just stand around. Latinos tend to be similar to the Europeans, yet they seem to always sing about something or laugh loudly, the Europeans are too 'cool' for that. they usually don't do it in a rude way but just seem interested/freaked out. The Europeans just talk loudly and not really care. Latinos tend to be similar to the Europeans, yet they seem to always sing about something or laugh loudly, the Europeans are too 'cool' for that. The Londoners are always the ones that stare at the ground and not make eye contact, or read a newspaper or a book. And the Londoners ones never talk loudly either...

This is of course all stereotyping, but it's mostly my experience...

[Minato ku]

No American. I know the nationality with the accent.

[iampuking]

Originally Posted by minato ku

No American. I know the nationality with the accent.

That puts my essay to shame.

But I can always tell without even listening to them, if you're on the vic it's too loud to hear their accents anyway...

I'm going to Paris sometime at the end of the year, apart from how it looks, what is the Paris Metro like?

[Minato ku]

I took pictures of five trains types.

MF 67 : pics 14, 15 and 23 (1967 - 1976)
MP 73 : pics 7 and 9 (1974)
MF 77 : pics 2,3,4,25 and 26 (1978 - 198?)
MF 88 : pic 19 (1993)
MP 89 : pics 12 and 13 (1995 - 1999)

[iampuking]

Originally Posted by minato ku

I took pictures of five trains types.

MF 67 : pics 14, 15 and 23 (1967 - 1976)
MP 73 : pics 7 and 9 (1974)
MF 77 : pics 2,3,4,25 and 26 (1978 - 198?)
MF 88 : pic 19 (1993)
MP 89 : pics 12 and 13 (1995 - 1999)

What annoys Parisians?

[iampuking]

Is that bloke in pic 26 singing to himself?

[Minato ku]

Paris is a big city, not really the city of love here. It is like London.
So Paris is big, pollued, crowed, dirty and the weather was bad this afternoon.

Originally Posted by iampuking

Is that bloke in pic 26 singing to himself?

He is not the worst, some people listen music with mobile phone, but without ear-phone.

[De Snor]

You missed me , I rode on a few métro's yesterday

- Gare de l'Est > Montparnasse
- Montparnasse > Bir Hakeim
- Saint Michel > Gare du Nord

Nice pictures

[iampuking]

Originally Posted by minato ku

Paris is a big city, not really the city of love here. It is like London.
So Paris is big, pollued, crowed, dirty and the weather was bad this afternoon.

It's like London, though people are different in different cities, Americans tend to be brash yet welcoming, Japanese are really polite and courteous but Parisians seem to have a reputation for being rude! I'm not going to judge until I see it, but I don't want the Parisians to hate me!

Originally Posted by minato ku

He is not the worst, some people listen music with mobile phone, but without ear-phone.

It's mostly youths, though there was American woman on the tube who was doing it, playing bloody Justin Timberlake...

[Tcmetro]

Originally Posted by iampuking

That's who I was on about!

Tourists always do this: they either push on if they're European, or they stand near the door and get in everyones way without realising it, if they're American/Australian, the American/Australians then look around trying to find a seat, and then they spend the rest of the time staring at people, a lot of the time they don't sit down and just stand around. Latinos tend to be similar to the Europeans, yet they seem to always sing about something or laugh loudly, the Europeans are too 'cool' for that. they usually don't do it in a rude way but just seem interested/freaked out. The Europeans just talk loudly and not really care. Latinos tend to be similar to the Europeans, yet they seem to always sing about something or laugh loudly, the Europeans are too 'cool' for that. The Londoners are always the ones that stare at the ground and not make eye contact, or read a newspaper or a book. And the Londoners ones never talk loudly either...

This is of course all stereotyping, but it's mostly my experience...

Sounds like me... or I stare out the window

[STEFER]

Please , Someone Has some pics about the first years of RER with the Firsts MS 61 (Materiel Suburban) on the RER Line A and B ? Thank You very much.

[Minato ku]

I have the 2006 journey of Paris metro line with the growth between 2005 and 2006


-- + 4% --165,921,408 -- 16.6 km
-- + 1.5% -- 95,945,503 -- 12.3 km
-- + 2% -- 91,655,659 -- 11.7 km + 1.3 km
-- + 2% -- 155,348,608 -- 10.6 km
-- + 2% -- 92,778,870 -- 14.6 km
-- + 1% -- 104,102,370 -- 13.6 km
-- + 2% -- 121,341,833 -- 22.4 km + 3.1 km
-- + 1.5% -- 92,041,135 -- 22.1 km
-- + 1% -- 119,885,878 -- 19.6 km
-- - 1% -- 40,411,341 -- 11.7 km
-- + 4% -- 46,854,797 -- 6.3 km
-- + 5% -- 81,409,421 -- 13.9 km
-- + 4% -- 114,821,166 -- 22.5 km
-- + 10% -- 62,469,502 -- 7.9 km


Busiest line in Paris metro

14,655,529 pax/km
9,995,265 pax/km
7,907,532 pax/km
7,800,447 pax/km
7,654,586 pax/km
7,437,269 pax/km
7,050,435 pax/km *
6,354,717 pax/km
6,116,626 pax/km
5,856,793 pax/km
5,103,163 pax/km
4,739,915 pax/km *
4,164,757 pax/km
3,453,960 pax/km

* Line 3 and 7 bis are the least busy in Paris, so the number of passengers per kilometer of the line 3 and 7 is higher.

[iampuking]

Originally Posted by Tcmetro

Sounds like me... or I stare out the window

Most natives of the city are.

I think it's because they don't want to annoy any nutters or invade anyone's personal space...

[Metropolitan]

Originally Posted by minato ku

I have the 2006 journey of Paris metro line with the growth between 2005 and 2006


-- + 4% --165,921,408 -- 16.6 km
-- + 1.5% -- 95,945,503 -- 12.3 km
-- + 2% -- 91,655,659 -- 11.7 km + 1.3 km
-- + 2% -- 155,348,608 -- 10.6 km
-- + 2% -- 92,778,870 -- 14.6 km
-- + 1% -- 104,102,370 -- 13.6 km
-- + 2% -- 121,341,833 -- 22.4 km + 3.1 km
-- + 1.5% -- 92,041,135 -- 22.1 km
-- + 1% -- 119,885,878 -- 19.6 km
-- - 1% -- 40,411,341 -- 11.7 km
-- + 4% -- 46,854,797 -- 6.3 km
-- + 5% -- 81,409,421 -- 13.9 km
-- + 4% -- 114,821,166 -- 22.5 km
-- + 10% -- 62,469,502 -- 7.9 km

Thanks for these new figures Minato. Could you tell me your source ?

Busiest lines in Paris metro

14,655,529 pax/km
9,995,265 pax/km
7,907,532 pax/km
7,800,447 pax/km
7,654,586 pax/km
7,437,269 pax/km
7,050,435 pax/km *
6,354,717 pax/km
6,116,626 pax/km
5,856,793 pax/km
5,103,163 pax/km
4,739,915 pax/km *
4,164,757 pax/km
3,453,960 pax/km

I'm not that sure that dividing the annual ridership of each line by its length is really the best way to determine how busy a line is.

This necessarily gives a higher figure for the shortest lines which serve only the center rather than to the lines which go deeper into the suburbs. The best evidence of this are lines 8 and 13... which are both definitly busier than line 11 in their central section.

[juanico]

Originally Posted by Metropolitan

This necessarily gives a higher figure for the shortest lines which serves only the center rather than to the lines which goes deeper in the suburbs. The best evidence of this are lines 8 and 13... which are both definitly busier than line 11 in their central section.

I second this.

[Minato ku]

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