What is the meaning of RER in Metro?

RER stands for Réseau Express Régional. The RER also complements the Paris Metro, giving Parisians and tourists a larger transport network in the centre of Paris. The RER also connects the city centre with Charles de Gaulle Airport, Disneyland and Versailles.



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The RER lines (Réseau Express Régional or Regional Express Network) are different from other train lines because they do not terminate in Paris. They cross the capital underground, so that passengers can get from one side of the region to the other on the same line.

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In the metro, your t+ ticket allows you to travel on the entire network. In the RER, your t+ ticket allows you to travel only within Paris. Any travel outside of Paris requires the purchase of a point-to-point ticket (Île-de-France ticket), the price of which is calculated on a station-to-station basis.

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The metro pass consists of a simple ticket, no photo required. It provides travel rides in Paris (with no limit) on the transport system including Metro, RER (regional express trains), bus, tramway, suburban Transilien SNCF trains, Montmartre funicular, Noctambus, Optile bus system and Montmartrobus.

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Tickets purchased individually or in packages of 10 are permanently valid for single use and are issued without an expiration date. Single tickets can be purchased from metro/RER stations, some bus terminals, and registered retailers, usually tobacconists and bookshops, displaying the RATP sign.

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A RER Ticket is known in Paris as a Billet Origine-Destination, a small paper coupon like train ticket for Paris and surrounding Ile-de-France region priced for the length of the trip, calculated from departure station to arrival station. Calculate ticket cost from station to station here.

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Yes, you can buy your ticket ahead of time if you want - as long as the ticket hasn't been passed through the turnstile, it'll remain valid. But as others have mentioned, at least one ticket counter will be open at each station. You can also use the ticket vending machines (if you have correct change).

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Paris Metro tickets have no expiry; You can use them at any time in the future. Tickets can be purchased from ticket windows inside stations or through automated ticket vending machines accepting Euro coins and smart chip credit cards. The single ticket price as of Jan. 1, 2023 is 2.10€.

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According to the calendar shared by the French PM, you will have to wait until February 16, 2022, to be allowed to drink and eat “normally” again on public transit.

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The RER, Paris' commuter train system, consists of five express trains that travel within Paris and the greater region (contrary to the metro, which stops just outside the city limits).

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Paris RER tickets and fares 2023 Adult fare €11.45 walk-up price/€12.40 online with additional booking fee. Child 4-9 €8 walk-up/€8.80 online. CDG Airport is in zone 5 of the Paris public transport system. There are a number of Paris public transport passes (see below).

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BUYING A METRO TICKET IN PARIS They accept cash or credit card (though for Americans, make sure it's a chip & pin card!)

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To access the RER system you will need a ticket of course. Whatever ticket you have, (including travel passes) you insert the ticket into an automatic barrier which validates it and allows you through or you use a contactless pass and tap it on the reader.

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