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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 zone 6. On 1 July 2011, zone 6 was itself merged into zone 5.
The new Ticket Métro-Train-RER costs €2.50 and allows trips on the rail networks in all zones, except for the airports, a much larger coverage area than provided by the ticket t+. Historically, the ticket t+ was the main single trip ticket, and was also available as a pack of 10 (a carnet ) at a price reduced by about 20%.
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)
December 1981: The RER B is extended north 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from Châtelet-les Halles station to Gare du Nord connecting with trains to Mitry-Claye and the airport. Because the lines north of Gare du Nord used a different electrification system (1.5 kV DC to the south, 25 kV AC to the north), passengers need to make a cross-platform transfer ...
RER E, which opened on 14 July 1999, was built on a route that would also serve the eastern suburbs of Paris, and an 8 km (5.0 mi) tunnel has been built under central Paris that connects the RER E to La Défense. The extension will continue past La Défense to allow the RER E to take over the branch of the RER A to Poissy.
12 trains per hour (1 train every 5 minutes) to Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy or Torcy, from Monday to Friday. 9-10 trains per hour (1 train every 6-7 minutes) to Saint-Germain-en-Laye or Le Vésinet - Le Pecq, from Monday to Friday. 2-3 trains per hour (1 train every 20-30 minutes) terminating at Rueil-Malmaison. On weekends:
Vincennes is served by both eastern branches of the RER A line, the A2 towards Boissy-Saint-Léger, and the A4 towards Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy. It is the only station on the RER A in zone 2 and the last before the line splits into the A2 and A4.