On & off the Paris Metro March 2009

Getting on & off the metro in Paris.

[@acdcrocksinkc]

My wife and I traveled Paris in June of 2011 to visit her sister. It was the best vacation I have ever been on. It was also my first time on a subway (we live in Kansas City, Missouri and have no underground transit), and I loved the experience. We got really good using the subway system and used it to visit all of the sites in and around Paris. We WILL be back again.....I love Paris! Cheers from the U.S.

[@Arabeskascala]

I went to Paris in summer holiday for only 4 days. They were the best 4 days of my life. I am from Germany and I love France more than I love my own country. One day I will come to Paris again- my parents don't want to come again, cause they were there many times. I Love France- Greetings from your neighbours :D

[@BonjourBit]

For some reason I am quite captivated by this video. Love the sounds. Reminds me of my times in Paris.

[@dicf21]

ME ENCANTA ESE TREN. ES MI FAVORITO. ACA EN SANTIAGO TAMBIEN ESTA EL MISMO. SOBRE TODO ME GUSTA PORQUE HACE ESE RUIDO Y ACELERA MUCHO MAS RAPIDO QUE LOS OTROS, FRENA MUY BRUSCO ESO SI

[@CanuckDrew]

One of the best systems on the planet! Boy do I miss Paris!!

[@EssexWolf1993]

It is good the metro, it is very unique because of the rubber tyred trains they run. And also the autmated line 14 and soon to develop on line 1 by 2012.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Schlechten If I remember correctly, it looks like a museum with trains going through the middle of it.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@BonjourBit Thanks, I am glad I captured the essence so well, don't know why part 2 isn't as popular!

[@thetopno1]

I went to Paris to one month ago. I came from Japan. I glad watch this video. I want to go to Paris again. But I was afraid to crime. I heard many exist crime on subway. But I felt good!!

[@eggman9713]

@JoeRoss1993 You would be correct. I think Line 1 is supposed to be fully automated by the end of this year actually.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Dmention8 Paris metro? Usually they're pretty good in winter. I think London Underground haven't had too many problems apart from strikes recently!

[@magneau51]

@kilgoretex09 isn't it just before arriving at pasteur on the line 6?

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@85agapanthusgal Yes most metros have their distinctive features, Paris, London & Moscow are all very distinctive.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

The trains at the beginning are articulated, no carriage end doors, you can walk right through the train.

[@EssexWolf1993]

@booya2012 I think what makes the Paris Metro the best system on the planet is the really tidy stations, you hardly see any litter spoiling any station throughout the system.

[@EssexWolf1993]

My favorite Paris metro train is the Mp 89, I liek their sound when they speed out of the station.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Yes it has a distinct smell as well!

[@EssexWolf1993]

Apparently when Line 1 has completed automaticion, the MP 89s will be moved to Line 4.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Yes it has a unique flavour to it!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Arabeskascala Thanks, hopefully you can get to Paris by train at some point, it's fairly easy for us to do it from the UK.

[@SHHE001]

Why Paris has two platforms, one platform per direction??? Why not only one platform with one track on this side and one track on the other side???

[@magneau51]

@kilgoretex09 @kilgoretex09 isn't it just before arriving at pasteur on the line 6?

[@ExterminatingAngel8]

Paris and Mexico City subways run on tires (Mexico City's first lines run on Bombardier, French co) Only that in Mexico City each convoy runs with 9 car-trains!

[@Clichyabarbes22]

Like the Paris metro in certain ways over the London underground. The stations are closer together and the platforms are wider though the London metro is better for people with walking problems since there are more escalators. The Paris metro seems to be quieter also. The Paris metro also has those quirky little catches on the doors. I wonder if these catches exist in other cities.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@mbrown187 I believe it is quite expensive to maintain these trains, those tires get a lot of wear & tear.

[@MrBJC1996]

Do they run on tyres?

[@itsomerandomguy]

@SHHE001 it makes things less confusing, as then you are less likely to board the wrong train. Of course, you could cross the tracks and board the other train anyways, but that's less likely to happen.

[@Fu345]

Well Paris is, you know, a city. There are certain traits a city could never shake off, not even a city as fabled as Paris.

[@Schlechten]

@TimBrown59 yeah, that`s correct. If im not wrong it`s just like Syntagma or Akopoli station in Athens, if you know it. :)

[@TimBrownTwo008]

I think it's partly due to putting new trains into an old system that wasn't built for these numbers of passengers. Maybe the new purpose built lines are wider but I haven't been on them.

[@campagc]

Thanks for sharing!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@kilgoretex09 I think it is looking east towards Barbes Rochechouart metro station in Boulevard de la Chapelle.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@acc84 I think that station is unique, I haven't seen another one like it.

[@jpazizile]

u live in paris or u visit a lot there

[@TimBrownTwo008]

I hope to try that out sometime!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@aryowailangitoyo97 Well most trains use wheels apart from Maglev, I guess. I think you mean the tyres?

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Chatelet 1 & 7, Gare de L'Est 4, Gare du Nord 5, Les Halles 4, Franklin D Roosevelt 1 & 9.

[@yabbaguy]

3:34 sounds awkward, just that weird silence when the imposing doors slam shut and completely blots out all the noise.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Thanks

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Mutleytech Well hopefully you'll get to go back!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Well it swishes like a road sweeper! There's a smell of rubber as well.

[@Maartin23]

J'aime, cette vidéo :]

[@Ankha38]

@SHHE001 some stations have one platform, another have tow platforms with four tracks and very few one have just one platform and one track, you have to change of station to go in the other direction :) I'm sure there is a reason ;)

[@Schlechten]

Louvre station is really cool

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@MrBJC1996 Some lines do, you can tell by the sound they make, a sort of swishy sound like a road sweeper!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Klingl3r Thank you!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Just visiting!

[@dicf21]

ES IDENTICO AL METRO DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE! INCLUSO HACE EL MISMO RUIDO!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@elicitaelanor Thanks & I do have some LUL videos!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@kilgoretex09 Ah no, it is further to the east side of Paris, I'll try to work out the exact location on the map.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

Nice!

[@numaiprostiaaramas]

paris has the most complex metro system!

[@Schlechten]

@TimBrown59 well my friend. Never is too late

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@thetopno1 I think it is as safe as London's metro, a busy place attracts some crime sadly.

[@kuraddohikari]

GOD FRENCH MEN DRESS SO WELL ;A;

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@1000krhodes Surely Alabama has something going for it!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

I'd like to go there!

[@Iowncuba]

When ever I ride the metro to work and back, It dosnt have that satisfying clack like on the tube :/

[@TimBrownTwo008]

It gets busy but seems to cope!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@amg4330 Thanks!

[@flaviafrancesca]

1:42 why is this guy so smiley? lmao

[@EssexWolf1993]

It sort of has a distinct smell like the London underground.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Schlechten Must admit I've never been there.

[@EssexWolf1993]

Really? RATP must be on a fast track then on the Line 1 automation project by under 2 years.

[@silesia711]

nice vid

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@yabbaguy Yes that is how it was!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@Maartin23 Merci!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

I have never seen that happen but Paris isn't what it was.

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@flaviafrancesca Something tickled his fancy!

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@magneau51 To be honest I can't remember now!

[@053dntjr]

It's Very different Battlefield3 paris metro map between real paris metro

[@SuperOpticJ]

why do there trains have tires is that how poor france is?

[@1996BRECHT]

It is "pushed" by the wheels but runs on rails, this is one of the newer models

[@ECHOdavidoff]

there is nothing like da tube!

[@MTLbigJ]

Its a lot like montreal

[@TimBrownTwo008]

@alvaro23xc Hola, lo sentimos mucho pero no sé.

[@TheKainan004]

La misma tecnología que en el metro de México

[@diegocosta4192]

anna tren metro de parís ns93 y hola hoy pl2

[@TimBrownTwo008]

I think if you touch it....@!&=ç/?

[@mbrown187]

I noticed how smooth the ride was on those things, and of course there was none of that squeaking noise like normal trains--which apparently was the reason they used the tires, so I've read. Despite this praise, I still don't like the 'look' of tires on a subway train.