Paris
Subway, Light Rail, Commuter Subway

(also see St. Etienne)


Subway (Metro)

Simply known as "the Metro",  Paris' subway system opened its first line in 1990. As of 2009, it covers 214 km and has 16 lines and 300 stations, most of which are underground.  It is considered the second busiest subway system in Europe after Moscow.

Lines 1, 4, 6, 11 and 14 use rubber tires. Most of the lines were built using cut and cover, and so follow the main roads. The Paris metro is also known for having stations paced at close distance to one another.

Painting by Ashley Wells

Paris Metro Home Page
Welcome on the RATP server
Metro de Paris
@Paris Network ~ @
Paris City ~ Transport ~ Metro
Closed stations of the Paris Metro
Brief Bombardier Page on the MF88 Metro Car A Map including the new LRT
Private Paris pages on RER and the Metro, with links,a brief history and maps
Le Métro de Paris
Mercurio links to Paris Metro images New RATP page on Paris's new ligne 14 (Thanks to Frederic Deltaire)
Unofficial Paris Metro Site
ERS images of the Paris Metro and RER
Le Métro de Paris 100 Year Anniversary of the Paris metro by RATP (thanks to Frederic Delaitre)
The missing Victor Hugo station (also thanks to Frederic Delaitre)
A Jan 2000 page about the Paris metro, direct from the City of Light, with both French and English versions. Be sure to check out the photo of the month.

Select Youtube videos

T1. Paris LRT (Isle de France)
 The Saint-Denis Bobigny LRT line is 11 km long, it serves 26 stations and carries more than 80,000  passengers daily . Commissioned in 1992, it wass the first step of an overall transport plan to develop  a public transit system inter-connecting suburban areas around Paris.

T2. Paris (Tram Val-de-Sein)
 This second step is materialized by an 11.3 km long tram line including 13 stations. It runs on an existing track between Issy-Plaine and Puteaux and then on a new section between the station of Puteaux and that in the business district of La Défense. It entered service in July 1997 and carries 25,000 passengers daily.

T3. Paris (Tramway de Marechaux)