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The public transport network of Île-de-France Mobilités was until 2025 divided into 5 zones. Zone 1 covered the city of Paris, and zones 2-5 surround it. Zone 4 included Versailles, and zone 5 includes Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, and Disneyland Paris. Starting 1991, there were 8 zones. On 1 July 2007, zones 7 and 8 were merged into ...
The RER was not fully conceptualised until the completion of the Schéma directeur d'aménagement et d'urbanisme (roughly: "master plan for urban development") in 1965. The RER network, which initially comprised two lines, was formally inaugurated on 8 December 1977 in a ceremony that was attended by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. A ...
TGV inOui (high-speed long-distance trains); Ouigo (high-speed long-distance trains); Eurostar (high-speed long-distance trains); Transport express régional (regional trains from neighbouring regions)
During 2000, the STP was reorganized and superseded by the Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (Stif), at which point the Île-de-France region joined the Stif Board of Directors; four years later, the national government transferred its authority on matters pertaining to public transportation in the area to Stif. [2]
RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The 80-kilometre (50 mi) RER B line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a group of stations in central Paris ...
Extending RER E to Meaux would provide better service to this town, which, with over 50,000 inhabitants, is the most densely populated in the department of Seine-et-Marne. This project would improve service to the north of the department, particularly the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, with a second significant public transport line to ...
Each day, over 531 trains run on the RER C alone, and carries over 540,000 passengers daily, [2] 150,000 passengers more than the entirety of the TGV network. It is the most popular RER line for tourists, who represent 15% of its passengers, as the line serves many monuments and museums, including the Palace of Versailles. However, the numerous ...
Initially the new RER D was meant to share tracks with the RER A between Paris-Gare de Lyon and Châtelet-Les Halles. But RATP , the company who runs the RER A, objected to such an operation as the number of passengers using the RER A was growing and required running extra trains on the RER A.