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31, rue du Roi de Sicile, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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Hi,
I arrive with the Eurolines bus at Gallieni metro with two young teenagers on Monday.
Unfortunately the bus stops just outside zone 2 which means we have to use two metro tickets each (so I've heard)to get into zone 1 and our appartment. Just by crossing the road and using Port du Bagnolet metro instead of Gallieni we can avoid this. It's just that the road looks horrific!
The map sites seem to show that the roads (Avenue Ibsen etc) can be crossed using the flyover! I'd prefer not to do this...
Where is the best place to cross?
OK. It only means saving a few euro, but we can use our savings to get a 'free' trip on the metro if we can just cross that road!
Thank you
Sarah
You know, I just took a look at Port du Bagnolet on google satellite view and could see clearly crosswalks indicated on all sides of it so I can't imagine you'll have any issues.
Just so I'm clear: it IS crossing the roundabout at Port du Bagnolet to one of the other sides you're concerned about?
As for the metro, you need only one ticket per person and per journey (as long as you don't exit the system) (the ticket covers zone 1-2)
Mariev is completely right,there is no problem with taking the metro at Gallieni, only need one ticket p.p.
No, I meant I arrive at the metro station Gallieni and want to get across the group of roads and flyovers where roads such as the Avenue Cartellier and Avenue Ibsen are. Right on the eastern edge of town.
Then we can just walk into town if we want or get the metro at Port de Bagnolet.
In other words how easy is it to walk (and cross roads) from Gallieni to Port de Bagnolet.
Thanks
Forgot to say...this is with the idea that Gallieni isn't counted as being in zones 1 and 2. On the metro maps it's showed as being in a darker colour meaning it's in zone 3?
But we'll probably walk anyway if the weather's good as our appartment isn't too far from Pere Lachaise. It's getting across that road I'm worried about.
Nice work, Pedmar - I misinterpreted the original question.
Sorry Kate and Pedro, but his new take on the original post seems to have nothing to do with the metro at all, he seems to want to cross from Gallieni into Paris via the tunnels or whatever there is under the 'Periph and then carry on walking down to his hotel naear Pere Lachaise. I really don't know how the road is there so can't advise.
Quite agree Pedro, much safer to do it that way and time saving.
thanks for all your help!
because gallieni is outside the 'light yellow' zone on the metro maps i thought it was in zone 3. which makes a trip between 1 and 3 cost, according to the website, two t+ tickets per person.
now i see gallieni is in zone 2, which means we only have to supply one ticket each. my thought was that i cut out the extra ticket by either walking to the nearest metro inside the periphery road, or just walk.
now i see that getting to the other side of the road isn't an easy option, and that the cost of the metro doesn't change because we leave from gallieni. so we'll just take the metro to the appartment.
thank you all VERY much!
btw i'm a 'she'!
sarah
ok! we're back.
it would have been near impossible to cross that road. so we got the metro tickets and just got on the tube. it definitely doesn't cost extra because gallieni's in the dark yellow bit of the map, if anyone's interested! and we had a brilliant time!!! friendly, safe, and loads to do. and eat.
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