Paris Transportation

The Paris Transportation System

Metro, Trains, Taxis, Buses and Boats

The Paris Transportation System is an integrated network of:

If you are arriving in Paris by one of the Regional Airports or by train from another European destination, you will find that Paris transportation offers a variety of options for getting you into and around the city.

The public transportation system of Paris is efficient, punctual and convenient. And, it is reasonably priced, especially if you follow a few tips that we'll share and use the system the way Parisians do.

The municipal Paris Transportation System consists of four networks, inter-linked to provide access to every quartier of the city and to the surrounding suburbs.

These networks are the:

The RER has 5 train lines that service the city as well as the surrounding suburbs. The RER will bring you in from outside Paris and will take you quickly across town.

It connects with the Paris Metro system, a network of 14 lines with nearly 300 stops so you are never more than 500 meters from a station.

On the streets, the Paris Bus system consists of 266 lines serviced by over 4,000 buses.

The Tramway system has three lines. The newest line, T3, opened in December, 2006.

Within the city limits of Paris Transportation, the same ticket is used by all four of these systems. Tickets can be purchased at Metro and RER stations, on the Bus, or at all of the tobacco shops around the city.

Single-use tickets are available either individually or in packets of ten, called a carnet ("car-nay"), which costs less than ten tickets sold individually.

For door to door Paris Transportation, Paris has 15,900 licensed Taxis.

For sight-seeing, there are two bus services, distinctive in that they use double-decker buses, the top deck being open-air, which on warm days makes for a pleasant way of seeing the city.

There are also companies that offer Boat Cruises up and down the Seine river. These offer commentaries on the many sights along the way. The Bateaux Parisian also offers lunch and dinner cruises.

You can also take a water-taxi that has eight stops along the river, called the Batobus.

Paris boasts over 100 kilometers of bicycle lanes, not including the lanes in the two largest parks, the Bois de Boulogne bordering the western edge of the city and the Bois de Vincennes on the eastern edge. Bicycle rentals can be made at a number of locations. Hourly, daily or weekly rentals are available.

And, of course, there is walking. That's where we come in.

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