What is the oldest subway line in Paris?

The first line, Porte Maillot–Porte de Vincennes, was inaugurated on 19 July 1900 during the Paris World's Fair. Entrances to stations were designed in Art Nouveau style by Hector Guimard. Eighty-six of his entrances are still in existence.



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The first line of the metro, named Porte Maillot-Porte de Vincennes, was inaugurated on 19 July 1900. The proposed ten lines (corresponding to today's lines 1 to 9) of the route were completed by 1920.

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Construction began in November 1898. The first line, Porte Maillot–Porte de Vincennes, was inaugurated on 19 July 1900 during the Paris World's Fair. Entrances to stations were designed in Art Nouveau style by Hector Guimard. Eighty-six of his entrances are still in existence.

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The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, making it the world's oldest metro system.

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Is Paris Metro older than London? London is the great grandaddy of underground rail systems, opening the first line in the world in 1863. Paris, the young scamp, came along in 1900 – it was actually only the second subway in the world at this point.

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Abbesses is the deepest station in the Paris Métro, at 36 metres (118 feet) below ground, and is located on the western side of the butte (hill) of Montmartre.

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The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.

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The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, making it the world's oldest metro system.

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The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.

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Paris's former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture ('small(er) belt railway'), also colloquially known as La Petite Ceinture, was a circular railway built as a means to supply the city's fortification walls, and as a means of transporting merchandise and passengers between Paris' major rail-company stations.

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It was the start of a dense subway system. By the end of 1910, Paris already had eight lines open. There are now 14 principal lines and two branch lines, with work now underway to open lines 15 to 18 in the coming years in the greater Paris region.

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RATP is your ticket to Paris and the Ile-de-France region. Weekdays, the metro operates from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:15 a.m. On Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as on the day before a bank holiday, trains run until about 2:15 a.m. The RER operates daily from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:20 a.m.

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Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) - The Most Visited Museum in the World. The enormous Louvre Museum receives over 10 million visitors a year, making it the world's most visited museum and a top attraction in the part of the 1st arrondissement known as Royal Paris.

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The Shanghai Metro is the metro system with the longest route length, and the highest annual ridership. The New York City Subway (middle) has the most stations in the world. The London Underground (bottom) is the oldest metro system.

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The Budapest Metro, is the second oldest in the world. It opened 33 years after the London Underground opened. Shortly after the opening of the Budapest Metro, the Glasgow Subway opened.

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Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation (424, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations).

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Parisian panache: six of the most spectacular Paris Métro stations
  • Cité, Line 4. Cité is illuminated by antique-looking white globes. ...
  • Arts et Métiers, Line 11. 'You are in Captain Nemo's submarine, which has dived deep.' ...
  • Mirabeau, Line 10. ...
  • Gare d'Austerlitz, Line 5. ...
  • Bir-Hakeim, Line 6. ...
  • Gare de Lyon, Line 14.


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Gare de Lyon It's probably the prettiest of Paris's stations. It's also home to one of the city's most famous restaurants: Le Train Bleu. Open since 1901, the decor has a grandeur to rival the palace of Versailles.

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