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Transport :

Use the Underground ( www.ratp.fr )as much as you can. It saves time, and it is without a shadow of a doubt one of Paris’s most dependable modes of transport. The Underground network is excellent: there are thirteen lines, easily recognisable by the names of the terminus and the number. Underground trains go every few minutes, from 5.30am to 0.30am. Every inner city district is easily reached. When staying in Paris for a couple of days, it is best to buy a carnet
( underground card for ten rides).

The RER (Réseau Express Régional) is a train network serving the surroundings of Paris. They also function as a backup system to the Underground network.

Consult the posters at bus stops for the numbers of the buses. Timetables are not easy to understand. A number of buses finish their runs at 8.30pm! Expect to queue!

After almost seventy years, a tram will be riding the streets of Paris again. It will ride between the Gariglia Bridge (15) and the Port d’Ivry. The section is eight kilometers long and there will be nineteen stops.

 

 

 

 

 

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