VISIT PARIS: 05/01/2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Paris metro-M12

The Paris metro line 12 connects Porte de Chapelle to Mairie d'Issy with a north/ south-west direction. The first terminus is located in 18th arrondissement of Paris whereas Mairie d'Issy is on the town of Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the suburb parisian (Hauts-de-Seine department).

The entire journey lasts around 36 minutes, for the two directions.

The first departure north/ south occurs at Porte de Chapelle at 5:30am, from south to north, there are two first departures, 1 from Porte de Versailles and the other one at Mairie d'Issy station, at 5:30am.

The last departures for the two major terminus occur at 00:40am from Porte de la Chapelle and from 00:39 from Mairie d'Issy.
On some nights (friday-saturday, saturday-sunday and the night before holidays-holiday) the last departures, for the whole journey, occur 1 hour later.

The frequency of the Paris metro line 12 depends on the hour and day.
For the week, the frequency is around 5-6 minutes before 7:30am and from 7:30am to 8:30pm, it's around 3-4 minutes and after 8:30pm, the frequency is 7-8 minutes.
The frequency is less for the weekend and can reach 10 minutes for the week-end nights (friday and saturday) and day before holidays nights.

Places to visit by the Paris metro line 12

The Abesses station allows you to take the funiculaire de Montmartre. If you plan to visit Paris by the metro line 12, you can stop at Solférino station, walk and visit the Musée d'Orsay.

Paris metro line 1
Paris metro line 2
Paris metro line 3
Paris metro line 3bis
Paris metro line 4
Paris metro line 5
Paris metro line 6
Paris metro line 7
Paris metro line 7 bis
Paris metro line 8
Paris metro line 9
Paris metro line 10
Paris metro line 11
Paris metro line 12
Paris metro line 13
Paris metro line 14

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Paris metro-M10

The Paris metro line 10 connects Boulogne- Pont de Saint-Cloud (west) to Gare d'Austerlitz station (east).

Boulogne- Pont de Saint Cloud station is located on the town of Boulogne whereas Gare d'Austerlitz is on the boundary of the 5th and 13th arrondissements of Paris.

The whole trip from west to east lasts 28 minutes from west to east and 29 minutes in the other way.

The first departures from west occurs at 5:30am from Porte d'Auteuil and at 5:35 from Boulogne-Pont de Saint-Cloud.
In the other direction, the first departure occurs at 5:30am from the principal terminus of the Paris metro line 10 (there is only 1 first departure of the Paris subway line 10 for this direction).

The last departures (for the entire journey) to Gare d'Austerlitz is at 00:47am and to Boulogne is at 00:41am.
However on the following nights (friday-saturday, saturday-sunday and the night before holidays-holiday) the last departures occur 1 hour later.

The frequency is around 7 minutes before 7:30am, from 7:30am until 8:30pm, it's around 4-5 minutes, and after 8:30pm the frequency reaches 9 minutes, for the week.
For the week-end, the frequency is less depending on the hours, and can reach 10 minutes on friday-saturday night, saturday-sunday night and the night before holidays-holiday.

Places to visit with the Paris metro line 10
Ségur station is closed to the UNESCO.
Odéon station allows you to go to the Palais and Jardin du Luxembourg.
The Gare d'Austerlitz is one of the terminus of the Paris metro line 10.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Paris metro-M9

The Paris metro line 9 links from Pont de Sèvres (west) to Mairie de Montreuil (east). Pont de Sèvres is located in the town of Boulogne-Billancourt whereas Mairie de Montreuil is in the town of Montreuil, those two towns are in the Parisian suburb.

The journey trip lasts around 50 minutes between those two terminus.
The first departures (4 stations) from west to east occur at 5:30am (Pont de Sèvres), at 5:30am (Porte Saint-Cloud), at 5:35am (Havre-Caumartin), and at 5:42am (Porte de Montreuil).
The first departures (4 stations) from east to west occur at 5:25am (Mairie de Montreuil), at 5:26am (Porte de Montreuil), at 5:26am (Nation) and at 5:49 (Porte Saint-Cloud).

The last departure, for the entire journey, at Pont de Sèvres station occurs at 00:26am, as well as from Mairie de Montreuil station to Pont de Sèvres station.

On friday-saturday, saturday-sunday and the night before holidays-holiday the last departures, for the whole journey, occurs at 01:26am for the 2 major terminus.

First departures of the Paris subway from west to east

At	Pont de Sèvres	Porte Saint-Cloud	Havre-Caumartin	Porte de Montreuil

First departure	5:30am	5:30am	5:35am	5:42am

First departures of the subway from east to west

At	Mairie de Montreuil	Porte de Montreuil	Nation	Porte Saint-Cloud

First departure	5:25am	5:26am	5:26am	5:49am

The frequency of the Paris metro line 9 is around 4-5 minutes before 7:30am, between 7:30am and 8:30pm, it's between 2-4 minutes and after 8:30pm the frequency is around 6 minutes for the week.
For the week-end, the frequency is 4-8 for the weekend and can reach 10 minutes on friday-saturday, saturday-sunday and the night before holidays-holiday.

Some places to visit by the Paris subway
Porte Saint-Cloud station allows you to go to the ''Parc des Princes'' (third largest french stadium).
At Trocadéro, you can visit the ''Jardin du Trocadéro''.
You can visit the Musée Grévin by stopping at the Grands Boulevard station, this station doesn't have connection with other Paris metro lines.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Paris metro-M8

The Paris metro line 8 connects Balard (west) to Créteil-Préfecture (east). Balard is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris whereas Créteil-Préfecture is located in the town of Créteil.

It's a journey trip of around 52 minutes.
2 first circulations occur from west to east, you have a first departure from Balard at 5:30am and one departure at République at 5:37am direction Créteil-Préfecture.
From east to west, 3 first circulations occur, at Créteil-Préfecture (5:30am), Maisons-Alfort - Les Juilliottes (5:28am) and République (5:39am).

The last departures for the Paris metro line 8 from west to east are at 00:24am (terminus at Créteil-Préfecture station), at 00:29am (terminus at Maisons-Alfort - Les Juilliottes station), at 00:53am (terminus Republique).
The last departure from east to west is at 00:24am (terminus Balard) and at 00:45am (terminus République).

The last departures are at 1:24am (for the whole itinerary) from/to Balard and to/from Créteil-Préfecture on the nights of friday-saturday, saturday-sunday, night before holidays-holiday.

Frequency of the Paris metro line 8
The average frequency is about 4 to 6 minutes before 7:30am and during the week, from 7:30am to 8:30pm, it's around 3-5 minutes, after 8:30pm, the frequency is 7-8 minutes.
For the week-end, it's around 5-10 minutes, depending on the hours.

Somes places to visit with the Paris subway
To visit the tower Eiffel by the line 8, you may stop at militaire station. The invalides station will allow you to go and visit the ''Hotel National des Invalides''.
At Concorde station, you can visit the place de la Concorde. Concorde station allows you to use other Paris metro line connections.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Paris metro line 7 bis

The Paris metro 7 bis serves the 10th and 19th arrondissement of Paris, with 6 stations located on the 19th, one station is on the boundary of the 10th and 19th and 1 is located in the 10th.

It links Louis Blanc station (west) to Pré Saint- Gervais station (east), the line 7bis only serves a total of 8 stations.

The journey lasts 9 minutes from west to east and 8 minutes for the other way. A first departure occurs at 5:31am from Pré-Saint-Gervais and at 5:43am from Louis Blanc station.
The last departures of the Paris metro line 7bis occurs at 00:13am (Place des fêtes), at 00:06am (Louis Blanc) and at 11:56pm (from Pré-Saint Gervais), for the week and until december 2011.
On friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day) and for August 2011, the Paris subway line is opened after those hours.

The frequency for the week, is 7 minutes before 7:30am, between 7:30am and 8:30pm it's 5 minutes and after this hour it's around 8 minutes, and for the week-end the frequency is around 7-10 minutes.

If you plan to visit the Buttes Chaumont park by the subway line 7bis, you can stop at Buttes-Chaumont or Botzaris station.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Paris metro line 7-part 2

The Paris metro line 7 connects La courneuve-8 mai 1945 station to Villejuif-Louis Aragon and the ''Mairie d'Ivry'' stations.

Frequency of the Paris metro line 7 for the week

	Le Kremlin- Bicêtre to/from Villejuif-Louis Aragon	Porte d'Italie to/from Mairie d'Ivry	La Courneuve-8 mai 1945 to/from Maison Blanche
Before 7:30am	7	7	4
Between 7:30am and 8:30pm	4-7	4-7	2-3
After 8:30pm	12	12	6

Places to visit with the Paris metro line 7
You can go to the Gare de l'Est by ''Gare de l'Est station'' or ''Château-Landon station''.
You can go to the Galeries Lafayette at ''Chaussée-lafayette station''.
Châtelet allows you to visit the ''Centre Georges Pompidou''. At the Maison blanche station, the last station of the common part of the Paris metro line 7, you can visit the Asian district.

Paris metro line 7-part 1

The Paris metro line 7 goes from/to north to/from south, in the northern terminus you have ''La courneuve- 8 mai 1945'' station (Parisian suburb) and in the southern terminus, you have a fork with 2 terminus, one at Villejuif-Louis Aragon station (Villejuif town in the Parisian suburb) and Mairie d'Ivry (Ivry-Sur-Seine town, in the Parisian suburb).

A first departure occurs at ''La Courneuve-8 mai 1945'' station at 5:29 towards Mairie d'Ivry, and at 5:33am towards Villejuif-Louis Aragon, a second circulation takes place at 5:29am at Porte de la Villette to Villejuif Louis-Aragon and at 5:34am to Mairie d'Ivry.
To go to the north, the first departure occurs at 5:28am at Villejuif-Louis d'Aragon station and at 5:30am at Mairy d'Ivry station.
The entire journey takes around 48 minutes to go from north to south and vice versa.

Summary of the Paris metro line 7 from the north to the south

	La Courneuve-8 mai 1945 to Mairie d'Ivry	La Courneuve-8 mai 1945 to Villejuif-Louis Aragon	Porte de la Villette to Villejuif-Louis Aragon	Porte de la Villette to Mairie d'Ivry
Duration	48	48	42	42
First departure	5:29am	5:33am	5:29am	5:34am

Summary of the Paris metro line 7 from the south to the north

	Villejuif-Louis Aragon to La Courneuve-8 mai 1945	Mairie d'Ivry to La Courneuve-8 mai 1945
Duration	48	48
First departure	5:28am	5:30am

The frequencies during the week are, for each branch without the common part, 7 minutes before 7:30am , from 7:30am to 8:30pm, the frequency is between 4-7 minutes and after 8:30pm, it's around 12 minutes.
For the common part (from Courneuve- 8 mai 1945 station until Maison blanche station), the frequencies are 4 minutes before 7:30am, 2-3 minutes between 7:30am to 8:30pm, and 6 minutes after this hour.
For the week-end, the frequency of the Paris metro line 7 can be from 8-11 minutes for each branch without the common part, and from 4-7 minutes for the common part (from Courneuve- 8 mai 1945 station until Maison blanche station).

Friday, May 13, 2011

Paris metro-M6

The Paris metro line 6 links Charles de Gaulle-Etoile (east) to Nation (west). Charles de Gaulle-Etoile is on the boundary of 3 districts, the 8th, 16th and 17th. Nation station, on the west, is on the boundary of the 11th and 12th.

To go to Nation, it's a 34 minute journey and it's a 33 minute journey to go from Nation to Cdg-Etoile.

The first departures occur at 5:30 from the 2 terminus, and a second circulation starts at 5:30 at Place d'Italie direction CDG-Etoile. Those 3 first departures occur at 5:30am every day of the week.

When you use the M6, you have to go through 28 stations located for the most part in the 16th, 15th, 14th, 13th, 12th districts of Paris.

The last departures of the Paris metro line 6 are at 00:41am from east and 00:42am from west, the metros reach their terminus at 1:15am. On friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day), the last departures are at 1:42am (from CDG-Etoile) and 1:44am (from Nation).

The metro runs every 4-5 before 7:30am, between 7:30am and 8:30pm the frequency is 2-4 minutes and after 8:30pm every 7-8 minutes, during the week. The frequency decreases during the week-end (for the same slot).

There are plenty of touristic attractions throughout the Paris metro line 6.

The Bir Hakeim station allows you to visit the Tower Eiffel.

At the Trocadéro station you can visit the Jardin du Trocadéro.

At CDG-Etoile station, you can visit the ''Avenue des Champs-Elysées'' , l'Arc de Triomphe Etoile...

If you plan to visit the Montparnasse Museum as well as the Montparnasse tower, the Montparnasse-Bienvenue station is close.

Place d'Italie allows you to visit the butte aux cailles.

For not overloaded this post, more detailled informations will come regarding attractions to visit by Paris metro line 6.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Paris metro-M4

The Paris metro M4 links Porte de Clignancourt (north) to Porte d'Orléans (south). Porte de Clignancourt is located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris whereas Porte d'Orléans is located in the 14th arrondissement.

To go from the north to the south, it's a 28 minute journey and from the south to the north it's a 29 minute journey.
You have two first departures from the north to the south and also two first departures from the south to the north.
The first departures from the north to the south goes from Porte de Clignancourt and Gare du Nord, the first one at 5:30am (Porte de Clignancourt) the second one at 5:31am (Gare du Nord).
From the south to the north, you have also two circulations, one departure from Porte d'Orléans at 5:30am and one from Montparnasse-Bienvenüe at 5:33am.

Last departures from Porte de Clignancourt and Porte d'Orléans
The last departures of the Paris metro line 4 are at 00:47am from Porte de Clignancourt to Porte d'Orléans and also at 00:47am from Porte d'Orléans to Porte de Clignancourt.
However on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day), the last departures are at 1:47am.

The frequency of the Paris subway depends on the time of the day and the day of the week. Between 7:30am and 8:30pm, you have a metro every 2-3 minutes, before 7:30am the frequency is every 4-5 minutes, after 8:30pm the average time is 6-7 minutes, for the week.
The subway operates with a lower frequency during the week-end, on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day), it can reach 10 minutes.

Places to visit by Paris metro line 4
The station Barbès-Rochecouart allows you to visit the stores Tati, hard discount retailers in the 18th district.
Les halles and Châtelet stations allow you to go to the ''Forum des Halles'' a well-known shopping center.
Cité and Saint-Michel stations allows you to visit the ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris''.
If you stop at Odéon, you can visit ''Le Jardin du Luxembourg'' as well as ''Le Palais du Luxembourg''.
At ''Saint-Germain des Prés'' station, you can visit the ''Musée Eugène Delacroix''.

To avoid overloading this post, I will write other posts ''Place to visit by Paris metro'' more detailed.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Paris Metro-M3bis

The Paris metro line M3bis goes from/ Porte des Lilas (east) to/from Gambetta (west).

The line M3 is the shortest line of the subway network , its length is 1,3kms around 0.80 miles. It has only 4 stations, from west to east you have Porte des Lilas, Saint-Fargeau, Pelleport and Gambetta, the journey lasts around 4 minutes between the 2 terminus.
The stations are located in the 20th district of Paris, although Porte des Lilas straddles two districts, the 19th and 20th.

Last departure and frequency.
The Paris metro M3bis leaves Porte des Lilas at 5:27am and leaves Gambetta at 5:32am.
The last departures are at 1:04am at Porte des Lilas and 1:11am at Gambetta, for the week.
However on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day) the last departures are at 2:05am from Porte des Lilas and 2:11am from Gambetta.

The frequency is around 4-5 minutes before 8:30pm and after 8:30pm it's around 8-9 minutes.
On friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day), the frequency can reach 10 minutes.

You can visit the ''Cimetière du Père Lachaise'' at the Gambetta station (you will have to walk a little bit) if you plan to visit Paris by metro.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Paris metro-M3

The Paris metro line 3 connects Pont de Levallois-Bécon (west) station to Galliéni (east) station.
Pont de Levallois-Bécon station is located in the town of Levallois-Péret whereas Galliéni station is located in the town of Bagnolet.

The entire trip lasts 31 minutes from west to east and 30 minutes from east to west.
From east to west, you have two first departures, 1 from Galliéni and the other from Gambetta at 5:30 am, as well as one departure from Pont de Levallois-Bécon at 5:30 am (to east).

Last departures from the two subways terminus Pont de Levallois-Bécon and Galliéni
-from west to east ( Pont de Levallois-Bécon to Galliéni) the last departure is at 0:44am.
-from east to west (Galliéni to Pont de Levallois-Bécon) the last departure is at 0:45am.
The 2 subways stop at their respective terminus at 1:15am.

However on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day), the last departures are at 1:44am direction Galliéni and 1:45am direction Pont de Levallois-Bécon.The 2 Paris subways stop at their respective terminus at 2:15am.

The frequency of the subway line 3 depends on the hour of the day.
The frequency is higher during the day from monday to friday, in rush hours you have subways every 3-4 minutes, and can reach 10 minutes on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day).
The frequency for the week-end are:
-On Saturday and between 7:30am- 8:30pm, 5-6 minutes.
-On Sunday and between 7:30am- 8:30pm, 6-9 minutes.

Places to visit by Paris Metro line 3
The Réaumur -sébastopol station allows you to go and visit the ''Musée des arts et métiers'' in the 3rd district of Paris.
République station allows you to go to ''Place de la République'' and the ''Boulevard magenta''.
Opéra is the station of the Opéra Garnier, and Père Lachaise or Gambetta station allows you to visit the Père Lachaise cemetery.
Those are some places that you can visit by the Paris metro line 3, the subway line M3 goes through the 17th, 8th, 9th, 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 11th, 20th arrondissements of Paris to end at Galliéni station.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Paris metro-M2

The Paris metro line 2 connects Porte Dauphine (west) to Nation (east) station.
Porte Dauphine is located on the 16th district of Paris, Nation is located on the boundary of the 11th and 12th district.

The trip between those two terminus lasts around 33 minutes from Porte Dauphine to Nation and 35 minutes from Nation to Porte Dauphine.

The first departures occurs:
-from west to east, at 5:30am from Porte Dauphine, at 5:30am from Charles-de-Gaulle- Etoile, at 5:32 from Place de Clichy.
-from east to west, at 5:30am from Nation, at 5:34 from Jaurès, at 5:37am from Belleville.

The last subway leaves Porte Dauphine to Nation at 00:42am, and leaves Nation to Porte Dauphine at 0:40am, during the week.

Summary of the Paris metro line 2 between the two major terminus.

	Porte Dauphine to Nation	Nation to Porte Dauphine
Duration	33	35
First departure	5:30am	5:30am
Last departure	0:42am*	0:40am*

*The last departure is 1:42am for those 2 stations on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday
night, as well as on public holidays (between the night before the holiday and the holiday day).

The frequency of the train depends on the time of the day and/ or the day of the week, it can be from 2 to 10 minutes.
Before 7:30am it's between 4-7 minutes, between 9:30am and 8:30pm, it's around 3 minutes and after 8:30pm, the frequency reaches 6 minutes and more, for the week.
For the week-end, the frequency is less.
It can reach 10 minutes on friday-saturday night, on saturday-sunday night and on public holidays night.

Place to visit with the Paris Metro
*The Charles-de-Gaulle -Etoile station allows you to go to the ''Champs-Elysées avenue'', ''Arc de Triomphe de L'Etoile'', well known touristic attractions.
*To visit the ''Moulin Rouge'' you may stop to the blanche station.
*At pigalle station you can go to the Pigalle area.
*Anvers will allow you to visit and take the funiculaire to go to the Basilica of Sacred Heart and the Butte of Montmartre.
*Barbès-Rochecouart is the station to go to ''Tati'' (famous discount retailer with its logo navy and pink).
*If you plan to visit the ''Cimetière du Père Lachaise'' by the Paris metro line 2, you may stop at Philippe Auguste station (you will have to walk a little bit) or at Pere Lachaise station.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Paris by metro- M1

The goal of this post ''Paris by metro'' is to guide you in the process to use the Paris metro. It won't be exhaustive but quite interesting for somebody who feels overwhelmed by the complexity of the Paris subway. The Paris metro line 1 is the most used subway line in Paris.
The line 1 connects the Défense (west) and Château de Vincennes (east), it's a trip of 35 minutes between those two stations.
From west to east, there are two departures at 5:30 am (from Porte de Maillot and from la Défense-Grande Arche), from east to west there are also two departures, 1 from Château de Vincennes at 5:30 am, the second one from Gare de Lyon at 5:35 am.
The last departures are at 00:40 from the two major terminus except for the following nights (friday-saturday, saturday-sunday, days before public holidays-public holidays, the last departures from the two terminus are at 1:40am.

The frequency can be between 2 to 10 minutes:
-In rush hours for the week, you have subways every 2-3 minutes. After 8:30pm, the frequency 7 minutes.
-The frequency is less on Saturday, Sunday, and on some nights (between friday-saturday, saturday-sunday, days before public holidays-public holidays nights) and can reach 10 minutes, depending on the hours. However on Saturday and Sunday, the frequency between 9:30am and 8:30pm is around 4-5 minutes (during the week, it's 3 minutes).

If you plan to visit Paris by metro, you can go to the district of the Défense by ''la Défense-Grande Arche'' or ''l'Esplanade de la Défense'', by using this line, they are the first stations from the east of this line. The Défense is the business district, located in the Parisian suburb. This district holds the distinction of having sixty arts recognizable by their gigantism.

The sablons station allows you to go to the ''Jardin d'acclimatation'', a 19 hectare park.
Porte maillot station is this one which allows you to go to the ''Palais des congrès''.
You can also go to the ''Avenue des Champs-Elysées'' (Concorde, Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau, Franklin D.Roosevelt, Georges V, Charles-de-Gaulle - Etoile), la ''Rue de Rivoli'' (first district), or the ''Gare de Lyon'' by this line.
At the bastille station you can visit the ''Place de la Bastille'' as well as the ''Opera Bastille''.
In addition to those places, the Paris metro line 1 serves several other touristics area (Tuileries, Louvre, Arc de Triomphe du Carroussel, Place de la Nation, Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Palais de la Découverte, Place de la Concorde, the ''Marais'', as well as the ''Château de Vincennes''.
Those places are the most known places that you can visit by using the Paris metro line 1.

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