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8. The Metro- A little History tidbit
Updaed January 23 2003
Métro/RER ticket 
back side of a used Metro ticket
back side of a used Metro ticket
Front Side of a used Metro ticketIndividual Métro ticket is amount 80cents US . packet of 10 tickets (a Carnet) is slightly more reasonable and the better value at 9 Euros . The price of a Metro ticket is the same regardless of the distance.
Cost of RER tickets depends on distance traveled. Within central Paris cost is the same as Métro tickets, and the same ticket is also valid on both systems. Both the Métro and the RER (Réseau Express Régional) are run by the RATP - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens. The RATP also runs the busses.
A Bit of History
The Métro opened on 19 July 1900, its first line being from Porte de Vincennes to Porte Maillot (not surprising it is now the line number 1). Fulgence Bienvenüe was the engineer in charge of construction, the architect Hector Guimard being responsible for the Art Nouveau entrances .
The system has 199 km (124 miles) of track and 15 lines
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There are 368 stations (not including RER stations), 87 of these being interchanges between lines.
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Every building is within 500 metres of a métro station
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There are 3500 cars which transport roughly 6 million people per day
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There are 25000 employees of the Métro
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An example of one of the Art Nouveau métro entrances designed by Hector Guimard between 1898-1904:
Is the Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement
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8. The Metro- A little History tidbit