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The Métro in Paris is indisputably the best! It is cheap, fast, safe, frequent, and incredibly punctual. There are 13 long lines and 2 short supplemental lines that cover the city from east to west, north to south, and diagonally. Within the city, it is a flat rate fee. As long as you stay inside the station, you can jump from one train to another for the price of one very cheap ticket. To save money even further, buy a carnet of 10 tickets for €9.60 instead of individual tickets at €1.30. Tickets can be bought from either the station or tabacs shops. The same ticket is good for the RER (except suburb lines), bus and metro. Few tourists need anything else, unless they plan to stay longer than a week or they tend to use the metro extensively. As a point of attraction, most hotels advertise that they are within walking distance from a métro stop. It is rather clever, as it would be very difficult to find *any* part of the city that is not within walking distance of the métro. The earliest métro run is at 5:30AM and the latest is around half past midnight. On New Year's Eve, all the major lines run continuously all night long and no ticket is needed. For tourists who want to stay for a longer period and travel out to the suburbs (CDG, Versailles, Disneyland, etc), Carte Orange is a good buy. The cost of Carte Orange varies depending on the number of zones you wish to travel. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/MetroWebsite: http://www.ratp.fr
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| | | | Métro: Getting about on the Métro | Tip Rating: | | | | |
This tip is intended for first time visitors to Paris, as simple advice on using the Métro. If you’re a seasoned Métro traveller, skip it! - First step – get yourself a free map of Paris, it also will have the Métro map on it. But you scarcely need your own map, they are displayed in most stations. - Each line has its own number and colour coding, eg line 12 is green, line 5 orange. - Not surprisingly, there are two ends to a line and these are displayed on notice boards (see photo 2), so for line 5 the ends are Bobigny and Place d’Italie. Each line has a separate platform for each direction: so look at the map, find the direction to the station you want from where you are, then head for the platform identified by the line end in that direction, eg go to 5 Bobigny if you wish to go from Bastille to Oberkampf. - On the train, there is a strip map showing the sequence of stations on that line for that train, so check that you are headed the right way after you get on. - A nice feature of the Métro is that, in general, you could travel all day on one ticket – provided you don’t exit through the gate labelled “Sortie”, so making a mistake can be easily corrected. - Unless there is some dire urgency, don’t fret about missing a train, they run at a frequency of four to five minutes. - It’s worth noting that the Métro does tend to become hot and stuffy. - It can become crowded, so be very careful of pickpockets: apart from that (and exercising some caution late at night), as a general statement it is very safe. - It may seem strange to mention how to open carriage doors, but you need to know that they are electronically held shut until the train is almost stopped. At that stage, for the older carriages, lift upward on the handle and the door should fly open: later carriages have push button opening. Theme: Subway/MetroWebsite: http://www.ratp.fr
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| | | | Métro: METRO ~ TICKETS | Tip Rating: | | | | |
To pass through the turnstiles, insert the ticket into the small slot in the metal divider just to your right as you approach the turnstile. It disappears for a moment (so don't panic!), then pops out about a foot farther along, and a little green or white circle lights up, reminding you to retrieve the ticket. ~ If the turnstile makes a whining sound and a little red circle lights up, your ticket is not valid; take it back and try another. When you have the right light, push through the gate and retrieve your ticket. Hold onto your ticket until you exit the métro, and pass the point marked 'Limite de Validité des Billets'; a uniformed RATP 'contrôleur' (inspector) may request to see it on any train. If caught without one, you must pay a hefty fine. ~ Also, any 'correspondances' (transfers) to the RER require you to put your validated (and uncrumpled) ticket into a turnstile. Otherwise you might need to buy a new ticket in order to exit. LATE AT NIGHT: ~ Do not count on buying a métro ticket home late at night. Some ticket windows close as early as 10 p.m., and many close before the last train is due to arrive. ~ Always have one ticket more than you need, although large stations have ticket machines that accept coins. ~ Avoid the most dangerous stations (Barbès-Rochechouart, Pigalle, Anvers, Châtelet-Les-Halles, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est). ~ Despite the good neighborhoods in which some of these stops are located, they are frequented by criminals looking to prey on tourists. When in doubt, take a taxi. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/MetroWebsite: http://www.ratp.fr
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