Paris Transit Thread

[Minato Ku]

Noisy-le-Grand - Mont d'Est
A new entrance was built with a new bus station.







Platforms

The older and other entrance linked to the shopping mall.

[Minato Ku]

Chatelet-les-Halles
Construction of a big new entrance, Marguerite de Navarre square.
With one of the biggest entrance of the hub, Place Marguerite de Navarre will no longer be a backyard square.











Les Halles
They moved the fare gates of Place Carrée ticket hall.

[Minato Ku]

First day of services
Yesterday, the sixth tram line of Paris opened
This is a rubber tired tram guided by a single central rail, a system called Translohr. T5 is 6.6 km long and has 16 stop.

Paris tram network has now 6 lines (T1, T2, T3a, T3b, T4 and T5) 71.1km and 127 stations.
Note that there is only three stations wich provides connection between two tram lines because the lines are dispersed all around the city.
The next opening of a tram line will be the T7 in southern suburbs at the end of the year.

[mousquet]

Thanks for the update, Minato. Those trolleys seem hardly larger than a double-articulated trolleybus, so I don't really get it.
Let's see... In Zurich, Switzerland:


http://www.railforthevalley.com/late...-for-the-99-b/

Pretty much the same capacity per vehicle, same kind of power supply, the only benefit on T5 is the dedicated lanes, which is still significant but I bet Zurich's thing is inexpensive compared to the T5 costs, and maybe even more reliable.

That's gonna be too small anyways. People already can't find a seat on your pictures.

EDIT: the T5 vehicles also look more easily low floor, though...

[Minato Ku]

Line 15 South first post

The line 15 south is the south part of the new pan-shaped loop line 15 of the major Grand Paris Express project.
Grand Paris Express is the creation of new metro lines and the extension of two existing lines, note this project is not all the metro extension planned.
Most of the Grand Paris Express should open between 2020 and 2030 (minor part may open later or maybe never)

The is a map the Grand Paris Express project (parts that are planned after 2030 are dotted).


What interest us here is the south part oif line 15 between Pont de Sèvres (not visible in the previous map) and Noisy Champs.


Line 15 south characteristic
-33 km
-16 stations
-Completly underground
-Driverless
-Estimated average speed of 56 km/h
Rolling stock
-Steel train
-2x60m long with 3 or 4 cars. 120m as whole
-2.8m or 2.9m wide
-120 km/h max speed
-1,000 passengers for a 120m long train with 4 people per sq meter.

Start of construction in 2015 for an opening in the end of 2020.


Map of the line

Gare: station
Tracé du project: Line route
Site maintenance des infrastructures: Infrastructure maintenance site
Site de maintenance et de remisage du materiel roulant: Maintenance and storage site of the rolling stock.
Limite de commune: Communal limits
Limite de departement: Department limits


Distance between stations

-The largest distance between station is 5.5 km between Bry - Villiers _ Champigny and Noisy - Champs (a station between was asked by local elected)
-The lowest distance between two stations is 1 km between Bagneux M4 and Arcueil - Cachan (note that Bagneux M4 is only the project name)


Transfers with the line

An extension of the line 12 to Issy RER is planned, you can see it on the map.
On the oposite the tram T6 under in construction from Chatillion Montrouge to the southwest is not visible.


The extension of line 4 to Bagneux is visible but not the extension of line 14.
The line 15 will have a transfer with the line 14 at Villejuif institut Gustave Roussy.
The tram T7 under in construction form Villejuif Louis Aragon is not visible (opening in the end of 2013) nore the tram Porte de Choisy - Orly (T9 or T10), this line will have a transfer with the metro 15 at Vitry Centre.




Champigny Centre will be the other end of the line 15 when completed.
A new RER E is planned at Bry - Villiers - Champigny
Noisy Champs will be the eastern terminal stop of the line 11 and 16


To be continued.
Next time, we will going deeper with a closer look on the stations.

[Minato Ku]

Line 15 South second post
A closer look of the section between Pont de Sèvres and Châtillon Montrouge.

Map and depth of this section





Pont de Sèvres
The station is located 29m undergound, it will provide an interchange with the metro line 9.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Line 9 station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Quai M9 = Platforms of the line 9
Gare routière = Bus station
Accès Pole transports GPE - M9 = Main new entrance of the station (note GPE is for Grand Paris Express)
Accès Trapèze = Entrance in Trapèze district (a district in redevelopment in Boulogne Billancourt)
Quai GPE = Platforms of the line 15


Issy RER
The station is located 21m under the ground, it provides an interchange with the RER C, the station is also made in prevision of an extension of the line 12


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER C station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Gare Grand Paris Express = Station of the line 15
Batiment Gare : Main entrance building
Couloirs de correspondance = Transfer corridors
Quais RER C = RER C platforms


Fort d'Issy - Vanves - Clamart
The station is located 27m under the ground, it will provide an interchange with the Transilien N suburban railway.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Clamart Transilien N station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors
Bâtiment voyageurs existant = Current entrance of Clamart suburban railway station


Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Quais Transilien = Suburban railway platforms
Quai Grand Paris Express = Platforms of line 15


Châtillon-Montrouge
This station is located 37m under the street level, it will provide an interchange with the metro line 13 and the tram T6


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Line 13 station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Gare routière = Bus station
Bâtiment Gare = Main entrance of the line 15 station
Ligne 13 = Line 13 station

To be continued.
Next time, the section between Châtillon-Montrouge and Villejuif Institut Gustave Roussy

[Minato Ku]

Line 15 South third post
This time, the section between Bagneux and Villejuif Institut Gustave Roussy.

Map and depth of this section



Bagneux M4
The name is provisional to not confuse with the Bagneux station of the RER B, M4 stands for metro line 4.
The station is located 39m underground and it will provide a connection with the metro line 4.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Line 4 station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Bâtiment d’accès metro ligne 4 = Entrance building of metro line 4
Bâtiment d’accès metro Grand Paris = Entrance building of metro line 15
Zac Victor Hugo = Redevelopment area


Arcueil - Cachan
The station is 25m under the ground, it provides a transfer with the RER B.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER B station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Correspondance GPE/RER B = Transfer between line 15/RER B
Quais RER B = RER B platforms
Place de la Gare = Station plaza
Poste de redressement = Traction and distribution sub-station
Mezzanine = Mezzanine
Quais GPE = Line 15 platforms


Villejuif Institut Gustave Roussy
The platforms will be 52m below the ground, it will make Villejuif Institut Gustave Roussy the deepest station of the line 15 and the deepest of the metro network.
The station will provide an interchange between the lines 14 and 15.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 platforms
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the station
Gare de Correspondance = Line 14 platforms
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms
Note that "ligne bleu" is the line 14 and "ligne rouge" is line 15.

You wanted a 3d view of the deepest station, this is what you've got.


To be continued.
Next time, the section between Villejuif Louis Aragon and Les Ardoines

[Minato Ku]

Line 15 South, fourth post
Section between Villejuif Louis Aragon and Les Ardoines.
This section includes the facilities maintenance workshop of Vitry near Les Ardoines

Map and depth of this section


Villejuif Louis Aragon
This station will be located 31m under the ground, the line 15 will have an interchange with the metro line 7 and tram T7


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Line 7 station, T7 station dotted
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors



Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms




Vitry Centre
This station will be built 28m under the street surface, the tram between Porte de Choisy and Orly (T9 or T10) will have a stop at this station.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Tram station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors
This is dotted because it is a further possibility.


Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms

Entrance of the station



Les Ardoines
The station will be 25m under the ground and will provide an interchange with the RER C.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER C station
In brown, the tunnel to the workshop.


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms



To be continued with the section between Le Vert de Maison and Saint-Maur Creteil.

[Minato Ku]

Line 15 South, fifth post
In this post, the section between Le Vert de Maisons and Saint-Maur - Créteil

Map and depth of this section



Le Vert de Maisons
This station will be located 37m under the street level, it provides an interchange with the RER D.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER D station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Créteil l'Echat
The station of the line 15 will be 17m below the ground, there is a transfer with metro line 8.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Metro line 8 station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms




Saint-Maur - Créteil
This station is 28m bellow the ground, this statioon will provide a transfer with the RER A.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER A station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


To be continued, next time the last section between Champigny Centre and Noisy - Champs

[Minato Ku]

Line 15 South, sixth post
The section between Champigny Centre to Noisy - Champs, the last part.

Map and depth of this section





Champigny centre
This station will be 22m under the ground, it will provide an interchange with the east side of the line 15 (note the east side of line 15 is called ligne Orange in the document).


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 south station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = Line 15 east station
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Bry - Villiers - Champigny
Platforms are 21m below the street, this station will be made in anticipation of a new station RER E.
A BRT called ALTIVAL is also planned.


Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 south station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER E station and BRT ALTIVAL
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms






Noisy - Champs
The platforms of line 15 will be built 14m under the ground. The line 15 south will have a transfer with the RER A, metro line 11 (ligne Orange in the documents) and the new metro line 16.
These three metro lines will have Noisy Champs as last stop.

Line 15 and 16 will be built in the same complex. Line 15 in upper level and line 6 is lower level.



Emprise de la Gare Grand Paris = Line 15 and 16 station
Tunnel Grand Paris = Tunnel of the line 15 and 16
Emprise du bâtiment gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15 and 16 station
Gare de Correspondance = RER A and metro line 11
Cheminement de correspondance et d’accès = Transfer and access corridors


Bâtiment Gare Grand Paris = Main entrance building of the line 15/16 station
Quais Grand Paris = Platforms of the line 15 and line 16
Circulation vertical = Lifts, escalators and stairs
Locaux technique = Technical rooms



This may seem weird to see that the east side of line 15 is treated as a different line while the line 16 is threated as the same line.
This is due to a major change on the project, in the past plan line 16 was the east section of the red line and the line 15 south was the south section of the same red line.
The orange line was a different line serving the eastern inner suburbs with a branch at the south side.

This change as swithed the orange line with the eastern section of the red line.
The south and west section of red line and the orange line became the line 15 (the branch of the Orlange line to Noisy Champs became part of line 11) and the east section of red line was separated of the line and became the line 16.

Nothing better than pictures to understand.
From this

to this

[Minato Ku]

First day of service of MF 01 stock.
#098, the first I saw and took, I was lucky as I didn't have to wait several trains.





#097

#096



#099

[Minato Ku]

Paris metro extension planning
This does not include the extension done for Grand Paris Express project

• Line 4 to Bagneux
• Line 12 to Aubervilliers
• Line 14 to Mairie-de-Saint-Ouen
• Line 11 to Rosny-Bois-Perrier

Before 2030

• Line 7 to Bourget RER
• Line 1 to Val-de-Fontenay
• Line 10 to Ivry
• Line 9 to Murs-à-Pêches (Montreuil)
• Line 12 to Issy RER

After 2030

• Line 5 to Place de Rungis (south)
• Line 5 to Drancy (north)
• Merge of line 7bis and line 3bis
• Line 10 to Les Ardoines

Paris metro ridership in 2012

1,541 million (+1.12%) source
We are approaching of the peak of 1946, 2012 was the second busiest years of the network.

This is five busiest years of Paris metro.
1946: 1,598 million
2012: 1,541 million
2011: 1,524 million
1945: 1,508 million
2010: 1,506 million

[Minato Ku]

Extension plan RER

• RER D, new Barreau de Gonesse branch between Villiers-le-Bel - Gonesse - Arnouville and Parc des Expositions.
• RER E, western extension ot Mantes la Jolie.

Before 2030

• RER B/D, new tunnel between Châtelet-Les Halles and Gare du Nord.
• RER C, two new tracks between inner Paris and Juvisy, this sections will have six tracks.
• RER E, eastern extension to Val-Bréon.

After 2030

• RER B, northern extension to Saint-Mard.
• RER C, southwestern extension to Coignières.
• RER E, eastern extension to Meaux.

RER and suburban train ridership in 2012

SNCF RER and suburban train: 713 million (+2.15%)
RATP RER: 477 million (+1.71%)
Total suburban rail network: 1,190 million (+1.97%)

[Minato Ku]

Opening
The 7th line of Paris tram network opened today.
The T7 links Villejuif Louis Aragon with Athis Mons and serves Orly airports and the industrial areas around.
11.2km and 18 stations.
With the T7, Paris tram network has now 81.2km of lines and 145 stations.

Villejuif - Louis Aragon, the northern terminal with a connection to metro line 7 and numerous bus lines.
It was crowded






Athis Mons, Porte d'Essonne, the southern terminal stop.
Right south of Orly, there isn't a lot of thing here, except a mall.
It will stay the terminal until 2018 and the extension to Juvisy a big RER station




Aéroport d'Orly




Saarinen

La Belle Épine

[Minato Ku]

Studies of the extension of metro line 10 to Ivry have been launched
A second further extension to Vitry sur Seine is planned.
The first extension to Ivry should open before 2030.

http://www.iledefrance.fr/prolongeme...ivry-mis-etude

[Swede]

That T7 opening makes me jealous. The extension of Stockholm's line 22 tram (more LRT than tram) was a month ago. Apparently had plenty of people, but that lines isn't ready! They haven't gotten the new trams working right yet nor the signalling system (which is also different from the rest of the line, the rest will be converted in the summer after this bit is working well). Result: 4 trams an hour, going slow, with a change of trains needed at the stop connecting to the older section of the line - and they haven't even synched the schedules there.
GAH!

So.... yeah, jealous of the T7 opening.

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Also:
How's the MF01 compared to the older trains? smoother? better seats? quieter? or mostly just "new"?

[Minato Ku]

The opening ot the T7 wasn't perfect.
There were many stations that weren't fully completed.
Some didn't have the names.

About the ride, except near Villejuif because of the crowd, there weren't any problem. It was quite smooth.
My only criticism, would be the number of curve that slow a but too much the ride.

It is quite different of the T3b that opened last year, the T3b signaling was problematic at the beginning. The tram stopped at every intersection.

Originally Posted by Swede

How's the MF01 compared to the older trains? smoother? better seats? quieter? or mostly just "new"?

The MF01 trains are smoother, quicker, quieter but they haven't better seat, quite the oposite.
Anyway, you need to be lucky to have a seat on line 9 and the MF01 have less seat than the old MF67.

Off peak



Rush hours


MF01 next to MF67 pn line 9.

[mousquet]

Hé! the everyday thing on rush hours.

Originally Posted by Minato Ku

You get used to this. You even end up enjoying it somehow, especially in winter when fellows stuck to you keep you warm.

[Minato Ku]

Londeau-Domus
Rendering of the elevated section of the extension


Opening in 2019.

[Minato Ku]

Porte de la Chapelle
The new entrances have opened.

I don't understand why they have chosen an old style for this stations, Porte d'Orleans new entrances that should open in 2014 have a modern style..
This is quite unusual.

















This new entrance and ticket hall is built cheaply with not too much aesthetic effort.
Just by looking the works, I can say that the new entrances of Porte d'Orleans will be better and unlike Porte de la Chapelle which is in poor state, there are renovating the station as well.

For Porte de la Chapelle, I think that the renovation will come later.