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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.
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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.
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