theaveragejoe Posted March 18, 2013 Share #151 Posted March 18, 2013 I wish I knew more french! This pics are making me want to go fan Paris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share #152 Posted March 19, 2013 Jean Nouvel to renovate train hub in heart of Paris By Bryan Pirolli | January 23, 2012 PARIS – The historic train station, Gare d’Austerlitz, is on board to be renovated by Jean Nouvel starting this year. The 600 million euro project, designed to upgrade the station and its surroundings, is projected to continue through 2020. The Gare d’Austerlitz is one of Paris’s six main train stations. Originally built in 1840, it serves two metro lines, one Paris regional rail, and multiple national trains to the southwest of France. With 23 million passengers per year, the SNCF, France’s railway company, hopes that the new train station will not only facilitate transportation via new high speed lines, but also rejuvenate the neighborhood. Christian Brézet, director of the project spearheaded by the Gares & Connexions, a branch of SNCF in charge of developing 3000 French stations, shared details with SmartPlanet. During the renovations, traffic will continue across the railways. Buildings dating to the 1860s, classified as historical monuments since 1997, will be preserved and integrated into the new design, conceived by architects Jean Nouvel and Jean-Marie Duthilleul. For example, 200 million euros will be dedicated to renovating the glass roof in the grand hall where hot air balloons were manufactured during the 1870 siege of Paris. The current train station is not the easiest to navigate. Brézet said that a large part of the renovation will be opening up and easing transportation within the station itself. “The renovation of the station will integrate the development of a system that will increase travelers’ comfort and also aid in finding their way in the station,” he said. Improved access to train platforms, including new escalators and hallways, should make navigating the often confusing station easier. Plans also include reorganize the courtyards, creating a grand staircase towards the river, easing access to the adjacent hospital and offering better roads for light traffic including taxis, bikes, and pedestrians. Construction crews will also destroy several SNCF buildings currently on the site in favor of new office buildings and green spaces. More than just easing transportation, Nouvel and his team hope to rejuvenate the neighborhood around the train station, which is located on the bank of the Seine. The adjacent Jardin des Plantes and Natural History Museum are important landmarks but few people are drawn to the streets around the Gare d’Austerlitz. The renovation will eventually draw new stores, cafés, and businesses into the neighborhood. “One of the principal objectives of the renovations is based on the idea of creating an Austerlitz quarter, a train station quarter,” Brézet said. While the stairway towards Avenue Pierre-Mendès France should be constructed as soon as 2013, many plans for the new station remain long-term. Gare d’Austerlitz will welcome a new high speed TGV train to Lyon by 2025, making it an even more important transport hub. Brézet said that SNCF is hoping for 50 million travelers per year by 2030, thanks in part to 15,000 more suburban trains. Certain plans are still undefined, but Brézet said that as part of the Grand Paris urban expansion project, the Gare d’Austerlitz could be a connection point for the new line linking the airport at Orly. “Different propositions are being studied and discussed by the public to consider different ways to connect with the Massy-Orly line, creating a Parisian antenna for this new network,” he said. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/jean-nouvel-to-renovate-train-hub-in-heart-of-paris/3153 In the render in the article, you can see the line 5 station inside the passagers hall. This project started with the demolition of the Buffet de la Gare (old station restaurant) building, the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted March 19, 2013 Share #153 Posted March 19, 2013 I'm sure it would be a beautiful Gare d'Austerlitz if that render becomes a reality. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/jean-nouvel-to-renovate-train-hub-in-heart-of-paris/3153 In the render in the article, you can see the line 5 station inside the passagers hall. This project started with the demolition of the Buffet de la Gare (old station restaurant) building, the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share #154 Posted March 19, 2013 Marché de Saint-Denis T1 is the oldest tram line in Paris, it opened in 1992. The line run in northern inner suburbs and carry over 130,000 passengers per day. The line is segregated of the traffic in most of its route except for few sections in small streets and obviously in the intersections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted March 20, 2013 Share #155 Posted March 20, 2013 Does in Paris, when lightrail that shares streets with cars, but cars behind have to stop when lightrail is discharge/picking up passenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share #156 Posted March 20, 2013 In one section for one station in the line T1. In L'Île-Saint-Denis (a small muncipality located in an narrow island in the middle of the Seine river), the main street wasn't large enough to segregate the car traffic to the tram. It is the only case where this exists in Paris tram network. This is the tram station of L'Île-Saint-Denis. This section opened few months ago in November 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted March 20, 2013 Share #157 Posted March 20, 2013 Now that's a risky drive (car and tram)! In one section for one station in the line T1. In L'Île-Saint-Denis (a small muncipality located in an narrow island in the middle of the Seine river), the main street wasn't large enough to segregate the car traffic to the tram. It is the only case where this exists in Paris tram network. This is the tram station of L'Île-Saint-Denis. This section opened few months ago in November 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share #158 Posted March 20, 2013 Sharing trams and cars traffic in the same space is pretty common for tram networks all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share #159 Posted March 21, 2013 Jaurès Good news: one of the worst platform hall of Paris metro will be closed for renovation during two month between August and October 2013. Jaurès opened as part of the line 7 in 1911. The line 7 had two branch in the north. Because the traffic of this branch was too low compared with the high traffic of the other branch, it was cut off in 1967 and became an "independent" short bis line of 3km and 8 stations. It is managed by the line 7 but the line 7bis is working independly of the line 7. Jaurès is the busiest station of the line 7bis due to its connection with the line 2 and 5 of the metro. The rolling stock is the MF88, in service since 1994, it is the first articulated stock of Paris metro. The MF88 run only on the line 7bis. This stock was pretty much a prototype (9 trains produced) for many new technologies and it aged quite badly, I heard that it could be withdrawn prematurely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted March 22, 2013 Share #160 Posted March 22, 2013 At least it's going for an "autumn" renovation. It looks bad, the ceiling and walls are tattered and the station looks abandoned yet it's in use. Jaurès Good news: one of the worst platform hall of Paris metro will be closed for renovation during two month between August and October 2013. Jaurès opened as part of the line 7 in 1911. The line 7 had two branch in the north. Because the traffic of this branch was too low compared with the high traffic of the other branch, it was cut off in 1967 and became an "independent" short bis line of 3km and 8 stations. It is managed by the line 7 but the line 7bis is working independly of the line 7. Jaurès is the busiest station of the line 7bis due to its connection with the line 2 and 5 of the metro. The rolling stock is the MF88, in service since 1994, it is the first articulated stock of Paris metro. The MF88 run only on the line 7bis. This stock was pretty much a prototype (9 trains produced) for many new technologies and it aged quite badly, I heard that it could be withdrawn prematurely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share #161 Posted March 23, 2013 Mairie de Montrouge Opening of the 303th station of Paris metro. The last extension of the line 4 was opened in January 1910, over 103 years ago. It is also the first time that the line 4 cross the city limits of Paris, Montrouge is a middle class inner suburbs in the south. The station has a high ceiling but quite narrow platform Special livery train, the MP89 #50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share #162 Posted March 24, 2013 Marie de Montrouge Some other pictures of our 303rd station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted March 24, 2013 Share #163 Posted March 24, 2013 I wish I knew more french! This pics are making me want to go fan Paris! That's what I'm saying. Looking at Minato ku's excellent shots and commentary shows us all that this is a vast and very complicated mass transit network. One of the most heavily used transit systems in the world, the second busiest in Europe alone, serving over 1.4 billion passengers annually (very close to recent MTA Subways annual ridership totals) , with over a century's worth of history behind it. Just judging by the pics alone we can see that the Paris Metro is pretty much just as densely populated and alive, bustling with activity, as our transit system here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share #164 Posted March 24, 2013 Thank you very much. Now, the annual ridership of Paris metro is over 1.5 billion. Nanterre Université Nanterre Université was built in 1972 as a temporary station before the construction of a new underground station, cancelled later. So, the temporary station is still in place and it is undersized for its ridership and its projected growth. Nanterre Université is one of the biggest university in France and the district around the station is in redevelopment. So, the station is being rebuilt and the district around the station is in redevelopment. The RER station is operated by the RATP and had two tracks with an island platform, the SNCF suburban station has three platforms, one of them is terminus. The two stations are in the same building but the fare areas are segregated and both are fonctionning separatly. A render of the new station building, opening in 2015 Aerial view of the station and work, the old station building is in the right of the picture. Viaduc: New street viaduct Parvis: Parvis of new station Future bâtiment voyageurs: New passenger building Quai RATP élargi: Broadened RATP platform Quai provisoire: Temporary platform In this picture, you can see a train bypassing the station on an elevated track, this is the Poissy/Cergy branch of the RER A wich doesn't stop at Nanterre Université. New platfoms are planned for this branch. A new provisional platform has been created, to widen the size of the RER A island platform. In this picture, you can see where was the former eastbound track. A SNCF suburban train (Transilien L network) terminating at Nanterre Université arrives in station. I have taken this picture from the RER platform. Nanterre Université RER station had 5,214,188 entries in 2011. I don't have data for the SNCF Transilien L station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share #165 Posted March 26, 2013 La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle The station is big interchange between the lines 6, 8 and 10. La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle opened in 1906 with the elevated platforms of the line 6 (line 2 south back then). Line 8 in 1913 and line 10 in 1937. In 1937 there has been a big major rerouting between the lines 8 and 10. The section west of La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle of the line 8 was transfered to line 10 and the line 8 was extended more to the south. The underground part of the station had major change due to this rerouting in 1937. The island platform served by the line 8 on both directions became a cross-platform interchange between lines 8 eastbound (Créteil) and line 10 eastbound 10 (Austerlitz). Two new platforms opened, one for the line 10 westbound (Boulogne) at the same level as the cross-platform interchange Creteil and Austerlitz bound but separated by a wall and one for the southwest bound (Balard) line 8 under the line 10 Boulogne bound platform because of the lack of space. Cross-platform interchange Line 10 (Austerlitz bound) on the left and the line 8 (Créteil bound) on the right. Line 8 (Balard bound) platform. La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle had 8,099,346 entries in 2011, this number does not include transferts between metro lines. If you are interested, this is a map of the rerouting in 1937 by wikipedia. The line 14 in the map is not the actual line 14, it is a former line that merged with line 13 in 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share #166 Posted March 28, 2013 Lagny railroad crossing, it is the only railroad crossing in service inside the city limits of Paris. It links the tunnel of the line 2 with the maintenance workshop of Charonne where the trains of the line 2 are maintened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted March 28, 2013 Share #167 Posted March 28, 2013 Lagny railroad crossing, it is the only railroad crossing in service inside the city limits of Paris. It links the tunnel of the line 2 with the maintenance workshop of Charonne where the trains of the line 2 are maintened. If possible, can you direct us to see this location on Google Map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share #168 Posted March 28, 2013 If possible, can you direct us to see this location on Google Map? http://goo.gl/maps/pHmh3 La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle I made a post about the line 8, now it is the line 10. Boulogne (west) bound platform Austerlitz (east) bound platform, same part of the station that in the previous post about the La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle with the cross-platform interchange. You may notice that the trains of the lines 8 and 10 don't stop exactly at the same position. The MF67 of the line 10 and the MF77 of the line 8 have the same size but the the right side of the platform (line 8) is longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share #169 Posted March 29, 2013 To finish about this station La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle The platforms of the line 6 opened in 1906 as the line 2 south, this line became the line 5 in 1907. With the big rerouting between the lines 5 and 6 due to the northern extension of the line 5 in 1942, the station is now served by the line 6. Almost half of the line 6 is elevated while over 90% of Paris metro network is underground. Elevated line 6 bridge just before the station, infact I am just standing above the line 8 and 10 platforms, you can see one of the entrance of the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Lexington Ave Posted March 29, 2013 Share #170 Posted March 29, 2013 I read in this article (in Greek) that the French government is planning a metro tunnel that will connect East and West Paris. It says this part of a plan to construct new metro lines that will have a length of 200 kilometres & 72 new stations by 2030 at a cost of 30 billion euros. This is projected to decrease commuting time for around 700.000 daily riders by 30%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share #171 Posted March 29, 2013 I wrote a post about it in the previous page (post #146). Grand Paris Express, it is 200 new km metro and 72 stations that should open between 2020 and 2030. This plan includes the construction of three new lines and the extension of lines 11 and 14. Click on the map to see it in larger scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share #172 Posted April 1, 2013 Saint Michel, ticket hall. This is not specific of this station but I will use this one as example. The counter became orange, it means that agents no longer sell tickets but only provide information The counter where agents sell ticket are green and those become a minority in the metro network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share #173 Posted April 1, 2013 River shuttle of Millénaire mall. The Millenaire is a mall that opened two years ago surrounded by some offices buildings in a former industrial area in redevelopment next the Saint-Denis canal in the northwestern inner suburbs of Aubervilliers next to the ridiculously small city limits of Paris (40 sq mi, Paris city proper is smaller than the Bronx). The mall is still quite far of the mass public transports (subway) and the district is dominated by chinese wholesales warehouses and buildings under in construction (not a very pleasant walk), the closest metro station (Front Populaire that opened few month ago) is at over 1km (0.6 miles) by walk, at the opening of the mall the closest metro station was even further away. A new metro station will open in 2017 closer to the mall but before that the coverage of the mall and the offices by public transportation is quite low (T3b tram station 500m away and some bus), they decided to use the canal next to the mall to create a free and frequent river shuttle (every 10 minutes) that links the Millenaire complex to the closest metro station of this canal (Corentin Cariou on line 7). For you New yorkers who have real boat transportations, this may seems to be nothing but in Paris area, this is the only public transportation using a river existing (we had some experiments that failed). Most of boat that carry people are for tourists, slow, expensive and have no interest for locals. Other thing, this shuttle in the canal is operated by the private real estate company of the Millenaire complex including the mall (Icade). Corentin Cariou river shuttle station, you call see a tram of the line T3b tram in this picture. The boats are very stable and stop precisely. Accessible for people in wheelchairs. A little view of the mall Good idea and pleasant even if the ride in the boat is not very scenic, except if you like the industrial wastelands. This will change in a few years. (I took this pic from the shuttle). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share #174 Posted April 3, 2013 MAN Lion's City RATP. This is the bus #9653 in service since September 2011 in line 255. It was not the same day nor the same area but I spotted the same bus. I meet this bus bus #9653 a third time, infact this was the first time but the picture isn't great. (somebody walked in front of me for the closest picture). Note that all three pictures have been taken at different time, different part of the line and that I don't live at in this area. The line 255 has 21 buses, why always this one ? This bus really loves me. Well I also like MAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share #175 Posted April 5, 2013 RATP prepares the automation of the Paris metro line 4 RATP confirmed on Tuesday the automation metro project Porte de Clignancourt, Porte d'Orleans (Line 4), the second busiest line of the Paris metro. After the commissioning of the line 14 of the Paris metro, fully automatic from the outset, and the conversion to driverless metro line 1 (Château de Vincennes - La Défense), RATP leaders are preparing to switch to turn (line 4 Porte de Clignancourt, Porte d'Orleans)! "This line is just as busy as line 1, said Pierre Mongin , CEO of RATP , to justify the automation project. We have absolutely no intention to automate all subway lines. However, the opportunity may arise when you need to replace the entire rolling line. " The union of transport in Ile-de-France ( STIF ), which finances investments of the Parisian metro is favorable, said Pierre Mongin reminder that "line 4 has aged. Regularity is not great. The docks are crowded. The installation of platform screen doors enhance security. It would be a sensible solution. " The process of social dialogue was initiated to prepare the future conversion of the line conductors http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2013/04/02/20005-20130402ARTFIG00282-la-ratp-prepare-l-automatisation-de-la-ligne-4-du-metro-parisien.php This was a big rumor of these last weekend that became official. The signaling system of the line 4 has aged, nowaday there is almost not a single day without some trouble with the signaling in the line 4. The line 4 has the worst performance of the network during rush hours. The line 1 used to be one of the worst line but with the driverless operation, services has really improved. The service on line 3 has also greatly improved with new CBTC system replacing the old ATO system. Performance of Paris metro line during rush hour (January-December 2012) with a comparison with the same period in 2011. This indicator provides the percentage of the actual number of train running in rush hour with the service ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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