Paris Transit Thread

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by twister244

I spent a month in Paris in October, 2021, and one of the biggest things I noticed with the transit systems in Paris was the diversity of rail options.

London has the Tube... Chicago has the L and Metra for regional rail transit.

But in Paris, I noticed:
1 - The Metro for subway transit within the city limits
2 - RER (akin to Chicago's Metra) for metro transit.
3 - Tram for..... above ground region transit?

I stayed in the Puteaux area just south of La Defense, and it took me a while to get used to the different train offerings and now to navigate them. Definitely one of the most impressive metro-wide rail offerings I've ever seen.

Doesn't London have just as many different things though? In addition to the tube (underground) there the overground, the Docklands light metro, the Croydon tramlink (LRT), and various kinds of commuter rail including Crossrail and Thameslink which are basically their version of RER.

Not saying it's better than Paris, but I wouldn't say they're in separate leagues.

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by ardecila

Boring Company

Seriously, do you know of any place actually funding that thing outside wannabe city Las Vegas?
People would not only be stuck in their cars. They would also be in tunnels.
That is a fantastic idea...

So, to summarize it, you are going to sit in your car stuck in a tunnel.
Who will buy this? Idk. I would turn mad in 10 minutes.

Boring indeed.

[twister244]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Doesn't London have just as many different things though? In addition to the tube (underground) there the overground, the Docklands light metro, the Croydon tramlink (LRT), and various kinds of commuter rail including Crossrail and Thameslink which are basically their version of RER.

Not saying it's better than Paris, but I wouldn't say they're in separate leagues.

Maybe? I also spent a month in London, but I was in SoHo. In Paris, I was west of the city limits in Puteaux. The stop there had Transilien and Tram. I would take one of those up to the La Defense station and usually hop onto the RER to central Paris. So maybe I was just exposed to more options in Paris as opposed to London, but those options seemed to penetrate close to the core of the city, whereas in London, I barely saw anything other than the Tube unless I was at one of the major train stations.

My biggest complaint about Paris though was they didn't have a solid pass system. I had to go to an office, print off a passport-sized photo to get a monthly pass that would cover all systems. Not sure if that's still the case, but it was a pain to get that.