PARIS | RER & Suburban Rail

[domcovkid]

For those interested, a video about the renovation of the MS61 on RER A

http://vimeo.com/34957376

[HARTride 2012]

So the MS 61 was recently renovated, at least many of them have.

When I have seen the various photos of the stock in the current livery I had always thought that they had been recently renovated.

[Minato ku]

This is how were the MS61 prior to refurbishment.

Originally Posted by Minato ku

MS 61.


Pictures of Wikipedia

[HARTride 2012]

Each end of the train had a different design?

[Minato ku]

No, the MS61 stock had two front design but each end had the same design.

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Evening Rush Hour, the last monday.
A sick passenger in a train between Chatelet-les-Halles and Gare du Nord paralyzed the line B and D.
Obviously the whole network was affected.

Here, passengers triying to take the metro line 4 at Chatelet-les-Halles.








The RER C

Pictures by Indy G

[HARTride 2012]

WOW! I bet Line 4 was three times as crowded than normal.

[trainrover]

Wow? Where's the wow factor anywhere in that crush? Montreal closes the affected station(s) by booting its passengers outdoors when the load scale becomes critical ... more like "Woah", what with that having been overly dangerous (nowhere to go), lucky there hadn't been any other simultaneous emergency.

[Minato ku]

The departure of the RER E at Haussmann Saint Lazare station are now indicated on the hall of Saint Lazare railway terminal.


No need to rush anymore.
Rectification: more than 3 minutes are required to do the transfer between Saint Lazare and Haussmann Saint Lazare platforms, so you need to rush.

[Minato ku]

Châtelet-les-Halles


A refurbished MI79 of the RER B and a Z2N of the RER D


Gare de Lyon

[HARTride 2012]

Originally Posted by Minato ku

The departure of the RER E at Haussmann Saint Lazare station are now indicated on the hall of Saint Lazare railway terminal.


No need to rush anymore.
Rectification: more than 3 minutes are required to do the transfer between Saint Lazare and Haussmann Saint Lazare platforms, so you need to rush.

MY TRAIN LEAVES IN 3 MINUTES! RUN!

[IanCleverly]

During this video (taken from a Transillien train), you'll see quite a bit of construction going on with the planned Tangentielle Nord



(This is the nearest thread linking Regional trains, with Paris' suburban network)

[Minato ku]

Maybe we could add the non-RER suburban lines in this thread.
About the Tangentielle Nord, I don't know where to put it.
In suburban trains or in tram as it will use Tram-Train rolling stock ?
No T number are planned for this line.

[trainrover]

Although subway, London's station-closure policy's probably more solid than Montreal's:

Originally Posted by andysimo123

Some of Londons busiest stations have safety issues of capacity. Stations can very easily be full in minutes and closed for short periods of time. The main reason why are closed is because someone could be forced on to the tracks.

[Minato ku]

Aulnay-sous-Bois
They increased the height of the platforms to ease the flow of passengers and to be step free.
This is part of the major renovation of the northern RER B, called RER B+ Nord.
The northern section of the RER B was known for its low platform heights.







This is how was the station in September 2010.

Originally Posted by Minato ku

[HARTride 2012]

I can definitely see the differences. Great improvement!

[Minato ku]

Châtelet-les-Halles
I met a MI09

[Minato ku]

Châtelet-les-Halles
Eastbound platform screen. High frequency ?

Train à quai = train at the platform
Train à l'approche = train approaching

[Svartmetall]

Originally Posted by Minato ku

Maybe we could add the non-RER suburban lines in this thread.
About the Tangentielle Nord, I don't know where to put it.
In suburban trains or in tram as it will use Tram-Train rolling stock ?
No T number are planned for this line.

Changed the name of the thread for you.

Perhaps we can merge the trams with the metro thread as the trams are for shorter distances like the metro, right?

[Minato ku]

No, keep the trams with bus as it is now.
RATP sees the tram like heavy bus line, it is possible to do a transfer between bus and tram with a same ticket but it is not possible to do a transfer between bus or tram with metro.

[Svartmetall]

Originally Posted by Minato ku

No, keep the tram with bus as it is now.
RATP sees the tram like heavy bus line, it is possible to do a transfer between bus and tram with a same ticket but it is not possible to do a transfer between bus or tram with metro.

Okay, will do. As for the tram-train, you can classify it as you see fit. I'd probably put it in here as a "suburban railway" from the sound of it though.

Great work with all these Parisian threads though, Minato!