Yes, we are aware of the timing of the Line 14 extensions opening yesterday! If you want us to cover it, give this comment a "like" and reach out if you are able to contribute footage!

@LouisChang-le7xo

4 күн бұрын

what even is that emoji? how did you do it

@mic2g211

4 күн бұрын

I guess I can help, I went in to visit it the first day

@BrickPower

4 күн бұрын

Yep, now WE can go much easier to Orly airport without congestion 😅

@maxsupernova

3 күн бұрын

@@BrickPower That's great for me, because I have a flight out of Orly next week!

@joshthon7210

3 күн бұрын

Hey! I am Canadian based in Paris. I LOVE your channel and would be happy to contribute however I can! I take line 14 almost every day to go to work. 😊

Not only was this project several times cheaper than simpler projects on the other side of the pond but it was also an incredible technical challenge, dealing with Paris's poor subsoil-which is literally sand in some places, filled with groundwater and old quarries- as well as La Defense station, which was built right under a shopping mall without ever closing it! Nanterre is also set to become a major hub, with the under construction line 15 metro station being future-proof for the extension of lines 16, 17, 18, and the future line 19 that are planned for the 2030s. ✨The magic of master plans ✨

@katrinabryce

4 күн бұрын

Châtelet-Les Halles is also built underneath an underground shopping centre.

@eriqmav

4 күн бұрын

@@katrinabrycebut the station was built before the shopping center

@DrumSlayer

4 күн бұрын

​@@katrinabryceThey actually digged a giant hole in the whole neighborhood in the 70's to build the Les Halles complex, the RER and mall are actually the same project and building. Search for "trou des halles paris"

@rynabuns

4 күн бұрын

virgin london: it's so hard 😭 to build tube lines in south london because of the soft clay 😢 Chad Paris: We're working on 10 different lines simultaneously at a fraction of the cost.

@mrxman581

4 күн бұрын

Los Angeles has been building a brand new metro network from scratch since 1990. It opened the Regional Connector last year which is similar to this French project. It will continue to expand for the foreseeable future including a connection to the LAX airport in 2025 and an extension of one subway line to the west. Several more lines will open in 10 years. Paris' metro is over 100 years old. Give LA 60 more years and it will be world class as well. BTW, the cost for the Regional Connector is comparable to the French project and has 3 underground stations.

So frustrating how North American cities refuse to build transit like Paris is. But we're always willing to build even more highways...

@louiszhang3050

4 күн бұрын

Even highway projects in North America costs more than other countries... but we never complain about the cost of those and keep marching forward because it's an "investment". Meanwhile the Northeast Corridor rots, costing the US billions if not trillions.

@MerrittMcDaniel

4 күн бұрын

I think they can build good transit, it's just that they don't want to, nobody in the cities wants them to, and they struggle to create good ones bc they love every line going to 1 stop in downtown

@KenishiroMashiba

4 күн бұрын

Bro, as a french, I can tell you Paris transit is GAR-BAGE You should look for japanese, korean or chinese transit ^^

@furorentonori5838

4 күн бұрын

@@KenishiroMashibastill better than new york

@KenishiroMashiba

4 күн бұрын

@@furorentonori5838 even Teheran’s transit is better than new york 😂😂😂

yesteday we opened the line 14 and 11 extention , a busy year

@MrBaymeric

4 күн бұрын

Olympic year!

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

The elevated segment on L11 is very interesting to me!

@paname514_bis

Күн бұрын

@@MrBaymeric These extensions as well as many others were planned long before the Olympic Games

@quoniam426

18 сағат бұрын

@@RMTransit When you look at the tunnel towards the Rosny side from la Dhuys' platforms, you see the track going outside but instead of going out on an up ramp, they keep going DOWNwards ! Same for the viaduct, it keeps going downwards from the beginning to the end while stopping plane for the station Coteaux Beauclair only. And BTW, from La Dhuys main entrance, you can spot Coteaux Beauclair station down below, it's a very uncommon feature for a very hilly suburbian neighbourhood.

@thomasgrabkowski8283

7 сағат бұрын

A lot of transit being built ahead of the Olympics

I live in Paris next to the RER E station of Rosa Parks, the new extensions simplifies my daily life, not only is it fast and convenient but it reduces congestion on the other RER lines that were suffering for decades, only drawback for the time being is the frequency mainly due to renovation and working on existing infrastructure for the olympics

@MrBaymeric

4 күн бұрын

Not enough trains delivered for the moment but it will improve by September

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

I am jealous, you are in for many good RER rides!

We're building the lines' infrastructure so fast that all the rolling stock isn't even delivered yet, and lines E, 11 and 14 will have more trains delivered progressively until the end of 2024. At the moment, the frequency is slightly reduced on those lines and will be increased with the upcoming train deliveries...

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

Haha well there have been some rolling stock delays as well!

@CityWhisperer

2 күн бұрын

I can only wish other cities had that same problem.

@paname514_bis

Күн бұрын

rich problems

@thomasgrabkowski8283

7 сағат бұрын

Yep, Paris is trying to make sure it’s completed before Olympics start

And the video released the day of yet ANOTHER Paris transit's extension ! (métro line 14)

@noefillon1749

4 күн бұрын

And the line 11 a few weeks ago

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

Paris is on a roll!

The supposedly "wood" flooring on the platforms is magnificent. I wonder how this will age tho.

@KyrilPG

4 күн бұрын

There are floorings of the same kind in Hausmann Saint Lazare and Magenta, both opened a quarter century ago. Not on the platforms but on high foot traffic corridors, mezzanines and validation barriers. They've aged extremely well. You wouldn't think they'd be older than a couple years.

@ENCPBbis

4 күн бұрын

In reality it's made of bamboo.

@leodutriaux3748

4 күн бұрын

I assume they chose this flooring in this station as well to give the line a visual identity, it is very pleasant to walk on as compared to the usual concrete floor !

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

@@KyrilPG Wood can be extremely hardy!

@equilat

Күн бұрын

Wooden floors if of good quality and maintained correctly age extremely well. They can even become nicer with time with patina.

It still is trippy to me to see the z50000 trains in the RER E tunnels. I'm so used to those being the above-ground Transilien rolling stock seeing them underground makes them look like they got lost. I'm still glad because I love those trains and the huge windows they have.

@quoniam426

4 күн бұрын

Z50000 on RER E is temporary, when sufficient RER NG stock is available, those Z50000 will go on other lines like L, H, K.

@athrunzala6770

4 күн бұрын

@@quoniam426 les NAT de L et J plus petite donc peu de chance d'en voir sur H et K

@Lodai974

4 күн бұрын

@@quoniam426 planed for U line ,a part of them.

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

I agree, very odd!

Impressive (again) stuff from Paris. I was about to say "why aren't they extending further West? They've already built the tunnel". And then you answered. They are. Of course they are, because Paris.

@athrunzala6770

4 күн бұрын

There will be more. because the Greater Paris project will open several impressive lines

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

They really just seem to keep building, its great to see

... and this video was released one day after the opening of the 14 km extension of Metro 14, that now connects Orly airport to the French capital. Paris do "build a lot of transit"!

Paris has an excellent transportation network Parisians don’t realise how lucky they are and the ticket is cheap too

@frafraplanner9277

4 күн бұрын

Paris is like the Tokyo of Europe

@petitkruger2175

4 күн бұрын

@@frafraplanner9277 if only people stopped pissing on the metro... srsly guys cmon how is it every time I visit Paris so many stations smell like piss

@rayanefr2818

3 күн бұрын

@@petitkruger2175 Juste une question...je suis parti plusieurs fois a paris et je vis en banlieue, je sais pas pourquoi mais jai JAMAIS senti qu'une station a l'odorat de pisse je sais pas pourquoi mais je trouve ca tres cliché sans blague

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

It would be perfect if they fixed the accessibility and cleanliness issues!

@thomaspreudhomme9443

2 күн бұрын

Agreed, accessibility really needs to be improved. And thanks Reese for sorting his Paris region is good at transport. I lived there for a big part of my life and took things for granted and your videos make me hugely appreciative for my birth country.

The last few months in Paris have been exceptional for transit, in a stark contrast to the current national political situation. The good news is that there is a healthy pipeline of ongoing construction in the country, to be open within 5 years, including: - 100 km of new subway in Paris (line 15 south, 16 and 18); - 30 km of new subway in Toulouse (line C and line B extension); - A couple of tram lines in Lyon.

@marcbuisson2463

4 күн бұрын

Don't forget that the financial framework of these extensions are being implemented outside of Paris. The GPE was the Grand Paris Express, and has been renamed SGP, Société des Grands Projets (great projects society), in order to set up major RER-like projects on the regional lines crossing other cities (called SERM). Currently, every regions and cities in the country are setting up master plans with the hope to get access to these investments.

@RMTransit

3 күн бұрын

Politics are temporary, transit is forever!* *mostly

Paris is so far ahead of other cities, even London’s tube network… They have the RER E extension, then the line 11 serving towards the east, and now the most recent extension is line 14 with both north and south extensions on the line They are on a different level when it comes to metro expansions

France is doing good work with new transit projects, bike infrastructure, more nuclear plants, and beautifying its neighborhoods

Riding the line 14 yesterday, which is a metro/subway line, I was really impressed by how fast the trains go, and how far the line runs. It’s almost like a third type of transport, not RER, but not metro/subway either. A metro, but capable of moving large quantities of people, very quickly. Yesterday was opening day, June 24th. That is, opening day for the extensions, both ends. The station at the north, Saint Denis Pleyel, is huge and very well done.

@quoniam426

19 сағат бұрын

Modern automatic metros can be haflway between metro and RER depending on their stock size. Line 14 certainly does feel more RER-ish than metro, as it is kinda the international standard nowadays, the compromise between serving areas and speed.

Yesterday line 14 was extended to Orly Airport, also the 11 one was extended far in the east, all in less than a month…

I really love these new stations, and the RER E is finally becoming a real interconnection line, a real RER line. That's great

RER E wasn't much talked about because people are focused on the real big game-changer that's coming, the Grand Paris Express. They tend to consider RER E like a part of this GPX project, just like the recent extensions of metro lines 11 and 14

The final price tag is 5.5Md€. Here too costs overruns do occur. The next lines needing to be fixed are both RER C and A. The former is to have a major reshuffle of its services pattern before the introduction of new rolling stock, likely made up of two distinct classes. RER D will get the same class of EMUs than the RER A, but a new tunnel between Châtelet - Les Halles and Gare du Nord is no more on the cards, on costs grounds. So long too for RER F studied in the 90s in order to relieve Metro Line 13 by linking Gare Montparnasse and Gare Sr Lazare suburban services.

@olivierwurmser7175

4 күн бұрын

D not A, of course.

2:40 Actually, these columns do not support the station, but the CNIT building above. The CNIT has been the very 1st Défense building, inaugurated by De Gaulle in 1958, with a huge curved triangular concrete roof (you can see a part of it around 4:50). It was quite an undertaking to first cast these giant pillars, then dig out what is now an impressive underground station! Anyway, nice video. Keep up the good work and yes, plenty of new transit stuff going on in Paris!

Great video, I'm really happy you've highlighted this topic, as except french media I didn't see any info about this

very proud to see this vid actually, I recently send my profile to the sncf to work on as a train driver on this line and recruitment process seems to be looking good to me !

Excellent work ! I have rarely seen an English-speaking video of such clarity about French transportation !

You should also check the extension of subway lines 11 and 14. Quite interesting. And do not forget the dark side of Paris transit system: RER B line, overcrowded and undermaintained!

Big fan of the vibrant seating on the new trains.

Paris has been spending huge sums of money to extend Paris Metro, RER regional rail and building out tram networks just to clear up an notorious traffic jam problem that has existed even _before_ World War II. This has finally made it possible to start opening up streets to pedestrian and bicycle traffic only in the last 25 years.

@LeafHuntress

4 күн бұрын

Mwaoh, London refuses* to deal with its traffic jam that's been there since about 1750. So happy that Anne Hidalgo is using everything that she can to make life better for Parisians. * I think Sadiq Kahn _wants_ to deal with it like Hidalgo, but he's hampered by the British economy & those 36 bickering boroughs...

@athrunzala6770

4 күн бұрын

@@LeafHuntress public transport in Ile de France is not managed by Anne Hidalgo. but from the state and Ile de France mobilité

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

@@athrunzala6770 Public transport no, paris itself yes. All the bike lanes, bus lanes, pedestrian roads, thats hidalgo. There a reason why shes still mayor; the parisians generally like her, the banlieusards dont.

@LeafHuntress

4 күн бұрын

@@athrunzala6770 I meant all the new bike lanes in the form of the RER map etc. It's a whole network. In London, because those boroughs refuse to work together or with the mayor, you've got insane points where bike infrastructure just ... stops ... That is not conducive to get people cycling. And you want people cycling because every person that walks, cycles or takes public transport is a car less on the road. By the by, i really doubt that ministry of transport simply sets up shop in Paris to build a new metro or tram line without consulting with the mayor.

Always love the Paris public transit system. I think it is one of the best in the world.

hey, I went visit the new stations and I've been blown away by the attention to details. It's truly a remarkable work and you're videos is an ode to that. Thanks for making this content.

La Defense Station DEFINITELY looks like a spiritual cousin of the Sir Norman Foster designed Canary Wharf Jubilee station with those thick columns and over-height platform levels... Fitting since those are the two largest modern secondary CBD's on the continent... LOVE IT!

Excited to take the RER this summer when I'm passing through Paris... though bracing for it to be busy because I completely forgot the Olympics were this summer. 😅

@katrinabryce

4 күн бұрын

If it is anything like London 2012, and it looks like it will be, then Paris will be a lot quieter this summer than usual. The capacity of an olympic stadium is nothing compared to the number of people who usually visit Paris, and comparable to a 6 Nations rugmy match or the French Open at Rolland Garros. All the other people who visit to go to the Louvre, Champs Elysees, etc, are going elsewhere this year.

@ballyhigh11

3 күн бұрын

@@katrinabryce I can absolutely confirm that. And now with working from home being a total thing I'm sure many office workers will avoid coming into the city during the games.

Amusing to be posting this the day after the line 14 extension to Orly and St Denis opens...

@nuffaildaniaelle977

4 күн бұрын

Another line 11 extension to Southeast railway station is currently still in development... Next 1-2 years will be open

@quoniam426

4 күн бұрын

@@nuffaildaniaelle977 No, Line 11 extension to Rosny is already open. A next phase to Noisy won't be open before 2039 at best.

This project seems more similar to what the construction of the Regional Connector did for the LA Metro. It greatly simplified crossing the greater LA metro region resulting in reduced travel times and transfers. Frequencies on both the A and E lines have improved as well. In fact, just recently the A line surpassed the B line in ridership for the first time ever. Oh, and the building cost was similar to this French project and there were 3 underground stations.

@paname514_bis

Күн бұрын

However the Paris ground is already saturated - full of existing metro, train and road tunnels, as well as sewers and quarries -. The surface is also full of buildings you cannot move to build the tunnels. To build the RER E station at La Défense they had to destroy foundations of the CNIT and create new foundations for it integrated into the new station - without closing the building above a single day. Unlike the empty Los Angeles area that needed as much money to build a far more simple project

@thomasgrabkowski8283

7 сағат бұрын

@@paname514_bisAlso this is heavy rail, not light rail, which is a lot more expensive

Fantastic video really informative can't wait to visit the system in a few months. Any chance of a video on the transport in Bremen especially the fantastic s Bahn.

Although this channel always makes me feel grateful to live in Paris and have access to transit many dream of, these things always seem better on paper (and on KZread) than in lived reality. On the five RER C journeys I took this month, I waited a cumulative 2 hours on the platform.

@unepintade

4 күн бұрын

Yeah the C seems very hit or miss for me too, but the trains are quite pleasant and still faster than the car in most cases

@haoburke

4 күн бұрын

@@unepintade I'm reading your comment on a packed RER A platform feeling frustrated but knowing ultimately that you are correct

I was scared this would never open because like about one year ago a weekly newsflash about Paris transit interviewed someone from the EOLE (RER E) project that they needed more money because of delays and problems during construction, and that SNCF (French rail) wasn't willing to invest money in this. I'm glad they managed to find money and completed this part of the project! I'm hoping this part of the line gets more reliable in the near future though

Mind that the service is still very limited. As you mention the 15 min frequency, the trains are only available between 10a.m. and 4p.m. on Weekdays and the new extension is branched out from the rest of the line, meaning you have to change at either Gare du Nord or Haussmann St-Lazare to get to the new stations.

@katrinabryce

4 күн бұрын

Like on the early days of the Elizabeth Line where you had to change at Paddington and Liverpool St and switch between the upstairs and downstairs platforms to continue your journey.

I always find it amazing how developed countries have the power to change their cities. As someone from a third world country, I witness how my city just cannot do anything.

@theultimatereductionist7592

4 күн бұрын

Same. I am from a 3rd world country: the United States.

@mountainous_port

3 күн бұрын

@@theultimatereductionist7592 The US is becoming a third world country as it becomes less white every year. And thats coming from a Filipino.

You're going to have work RM!!😁 The extensions of 11 and 14 have been open since June 13 and 24... Tested and approved by myself.

This is much better than The Sphere

@LouisChang-le7xo

4 күн бұрын

which one?

@theaveragejoe5781

4 күн бұрын

@@LouisChang-le7xo LV?

@V45194

4 күн бұрын

How about Elon's "revolutionary" Tesla tunnels? Gosh, we in America sure love snake oil salesmen! The slimier, the better too - just look who's getting ready to return to the White House!

@theaveragejoe5781

3 күн бұрын

@V45194 good one 😁

Incredible stuff, you get so jealous of Paris and how they can do all of this stuff. Like we just opened a 5 stop extension to a metro line in Copenhagen 3 days ago but arent even remotely close to Paris' level or even most other European countries. We're closer to Canada than the rest of the continent frankly. Just, Paris' planning and action is impecable

Its not just that Paris knows how to build, it is that the soil conditions favor tunneling which makes it cheaper.

And it will be a great access to the Olympics and Paralympics swim stadium in Nanterre 😊

Also, I have finally tested the RER NG, when I took the RER E from Haussman-Saint-Lazarre to Magenta for the first time last Thursday, and my god it looks SO COOL!! I hope they plan to put some on RER B afterwards cause they're NEEDED

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

theres gonna be the MI20 aka MI NG on the B. They wont use the RER NG, as they arent adapted to the lines. The MI20 will have lower height

I just kind of zone out during these videos because of how depressing it is comparing a huge project (which to them is just another train line without any fanfare) to what we have here in the States. Ugh Great content though, not knocking that!

@maxime_j

4 күн бұрын

Your comment helps me realise how lucky we are 😂

@RD-tu7tp

4 күн бұрын

@@maxime_j totaly it is true that when something is good, we don't realise it and just complain on the bad stuff

Perhaps you should start a series called Olympic games city transit expansion or World Cup expansion. As well as analyst the bidding proposals when they arrive.

Paris metro might probably be the closest to the NYC subway to be honest…

@katrinabryce

4 күн бұрын

The NYC Subway has fast and slow trains. The RER does the job of the fast trains and the Métro does the job of the slow trains.

@crowmob-yo6ry

4 күн бұрын

I say London is more like NYC in terms of transit. Paris is another level above both cities.

@marksinthehouse1968

4 күн бұрын

Great transit shame Paris is a dump

@quoniam426

4 күн бұрын

@@crowmob-yo6ry Paris, at the start didn't have the same philosophy. The metro was built and an underground tram, hence the small gauge of the carriages and the nummerous stations way too close to eachother than in London or NYC or even Moscow for that matter. Nowadays, metros are more built with the standards of Line 14 with a km between stations, it's a good compromise between thinly serving areas and overall average speed. In that, London and NYC were more visionnary because they saw beyond the inner city limits from the start when Paris just wanted a Paris underground tram. RER network is not enough to serve the rest of the region. Truth is, we would need many more lines like Line 14 with the same standards of longer trains with a faster speed and less stops to serve a larger area more efficently. The old metro can only go so far as the neighbouring suburbian cities without becoming too cumbersome to use in terms traveltime.

@LouisChang-le7xo

4 күн бұрын

Paris is KILOMETERSSSSSSS ahead of transit alright

I love Porte Maillot on RER E. Those tubes for the escalators are very reminiscent of Charles de Gaulle Terminal 1 central escalators that look very cool. La Defense ows its architecture to the fact that it was dug beneath the underground car park of the CNIT arched building, a very sensitive area. Terrain was escavated bit by bit and supported along the way, So this architecture was the only one technically possible without demolishing everything above it. On the other side of the esplanade there is the Westfield shapping mall that features a place reserved for a Line 1 metro station since the 30s that would have been used for Line 15 had the owners of the said shopping mall not interfered... (Unlawfully I must say since the GP Express is a LAW first and foremost !!! alas, French governement is weak these days. Had it is been China, Westfield would have been expropriated, the shopping mall demolished for good measure... So the SGP had to find another place for the Defense station on Line 15 which will be further South and... FAR from the existing lines... a transfer made bad because of a shopping mall owner acting like stupid NIMBYs ! I remember the first GP Express public debate tha was hold in Palais des Congrès back in 2010... The then SGP president had said 'we want to avoid a St Lazare Auber or Châtelet Les Halles situation the most possible...' So much for that. So yesh, even Paris transportation has its hassles, it's not just the USA. That's why I wish Line 1 was extended to Nanterre La Folie to offer better transfers with Line 15 and other future GPX lines such as 16/17 and possibly 18/19. RER A station Nanterre Prefecture is barely 200 m South and a corridor with a travelator could be built to also feature a RER A transfer. That way the La Defense hib would doubled with Nanterre on the Western Side and La Défense on the Eastern side to diminish transfer loads on La Défense. Line 1 could also push towards the University station and the nearby Hospital near the Seine. To be fixed, RER D needs new tunnels between Châtelet and Gare du Nord. (for RER B to be precise given the current platform configuration in CLH), and an ovepass rebuilt North of Gare du Nord to obtain the same configuration in Gare du Nord RER station as in CLH with B tracks around D tracks in the middle (GdN RER platforms are currently BDBD and not BDDB as they should...). It's the only way to fix the problem, that overpass and two one track tunnels for RER B around the existing tunnel for RER D. For those who ask why, look in Carto Metro web site... I hope you will check out Lines 11 and 14 extensions. I love the Line 11 extension, it brings a fresh look to the old Paris metro style. If you come to check it out yourself or asks for your correspondants for info, don't forget to check out the main entrance to la Dhuys station on a hillside with a direct visual contact of the next (above ground) Coteaux Beauclair station down below !!! La Dhuys is my favorite station on that extension because of that and the galery above the tracks that is very scenic. That and the Romainville-Carnot 6 elevators+ crossing stairs shaft !!! Line 14 extensions in Grand Paris Express style look more blend and international that Paris metro, i'm not a huge fan of the style, but as you are a Montreal metro fan, I think you will find it particularly adequate for your taste. Oh and Line 14 brings the full height and low roof platform screen doors to Paris. That being said, that station spacing makes it faster than a RER B+Orlyval connection to get to Orly airport ! The stations, although blend or even ugly to my taste are functional and simple, that is quite disorientating compared to old style stations. On Line 14 extensions, St Denis is massive due to Grand Paris future lines. Thiais Orly is very nice in its design, can't wait for Gustave Roussy to open in December and reveal the 50+ m diameter and 50m deep well the station is built in with a glass roof allowing direct sunlight in. (even closed, you can see two windows per platform that give a view of the station with the sunlight when the train goes by if you pay attention...) For now Line 14 has become Paris longest metro line but doesn't dethrone Lille's Line 2 which is 2 km longer and has 44 stations. Next year, Line 15 will dethrone every longest lines in France with its 33 km first section, that will grow up to 75 km when the loop is finished in 2031.

I'm too impatient to see if you do mention it later in the video, but 3:43 with the overhead line suspended on supports coming out from the platform roof is just the neatest overhead line I've ever seen in a station. Would love it if we could get that in the UK when we finally get some wires in Bristol Temple Meads.

1:01 The trains stopped there for more than two decades? That’s a ludicrous turnaround time.

@quoniam426

4 күн бұрын

The decision on which route to take for the Western extension and the lack of funding because RER E and Line 14 first phases as well as Tram development siphoned all funds since 1990s... The Grand Paris project awakened things a lot to get things done, the Olympics then brang the last whip swing to it.

Please do a video about Sarajevos public transport system and its future and potential projescts and extension. I would really love to see your opinion on it

Could you make a video explaining how france can build rail infrastructure so fast and cheap ? Here in germany it's a shitshow

@TransitExplained

4 күн бұрын

I think because we have a whole ecosystem of companies specialized in public transit, who are active in France and abroad. I guess having all the expertise and experience helps reduce the costs

@marcbuisson2463

4 күн бұрын

We have a very strong engineering and private sector, present worldwide. Add to this traditionally less car-friendly politicians in many cities than the germans, and, to be fair, a very good administrative framework geared towards supporting transit, as well as sane finance policies. The Cour des Comptes is a real asset here. Oh, and last but certainly not least, we don't finance our public transit only through usual taxes, the main transit payers are the companies on the landscapes they're set up. It's called "versement mobilité", and allows for unlocking significant amounts of money.

@Dalex1910

2 күн бұрын

​@TransitExplained, how do you guys deal with nimbys? Here in germany they delay project for ages, demand expensive tunnels and even successfully stopped a hsr line between hamburg and hannover

@marcbuisson2463

2 күн бұрын

@@Dalex1910 Paris has few of these in general. We have some obviously (hello the 16th arrondissement refusing to close the T3 line around Paris). But more importantly, transit is, for locals, first and foremost seen as a tool to have their property value heightened. Also, we have more anti-car policies than in Germany, making public transit that much more competitive, especially to reach Paris. This is a particularity of Paris, you'll find more of them outside of the île-de-France region. Also, the state is traditionally more huh... autoritarian on these kinds of projects XD. For the better or worse.

@TransitExplained

2 күн бұрын

@@Dalex1910 for HSR lines, it’s the kind of projects that are legally classified as « project of national interest » or « project of general interest »…which makes it easy to expropriate with compensation

AND the new trains will be capable of 140 Km/h cruise speed, while we, here in Montreal, are stuck with 80 Km/h REM trains ...

@paname514_bis

Күн бұрын

ne confonds pas les métros parisiens capables de rouler à 80, peut-être 100 km/h, et les trains de banlieue Transilien ou RER roulant jusqu'à 140 km/h mais comparables à l'AMT / Exo

Wish the Spanish government build more cercanias lines around Madrid like Paris&France do

@swann67000

4 күн бұрын

Be happy to have clean city! Paris or Marseille are very dirty, and lot of insecurity... Spain is much better than France, would like to live in your country 😪

@athrunzala6770

4 күн бұрын

@@swann67000 The subject is public transport, right?

@swann67000

4 күн бұрын

@@athrunzala6770 in public transport "clean" and "secure" are important isn it?

@athrunzala6770

4 күн бұрын

@@swann67000 he doesn't want madrid to look like paris but have as much public transport as us... so you're off topic with your cleanliness and safety story

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

@@swann67000 t'en as pas marre de vivre sur la télé? Pcq paris n'est vrmt pas aussi sale que t'en pense, vrmt. meme les quartiers nords c'est pas comme ca... et je dit ca comme qqn qui vient des bobos de l'ouest.

I just want to ask on behalf of Australia, can we convince the New South Wales state government to buy some of this RER NG rolling stock for testing? A mixed double/single-deck train would be incredibly useful on Sydney's suburban railways and it seems like this model is having way fewer technical problems than our current massively-delayed replacement trains. (Admittedly the current government wants to build future trains in Australia but both Alstom and Bombardier have factories here, they could simply copy the RER NG design and build it locally).

@michaelcobbin

2 сағат бұрын

The RER NG is based on the Alstom X’Trapolis family. The Transperth C-Series, Melbourne X’Trapolis 100 and the new Melbourne X’Trapolis 2.0 are versions of this model. With the NSW Government pushing back replacement of the existing Tangara (T-sets) trains until at least 2036, the designs used for the Waratahs (A and B-sets) will most likely be out of date. The Alstom X’Trapolis Cityduplex would be a good fit for Sydney Trains.

Completely unrelated but would love to see a video explainer on the Adelaide Suburban Rail network from you, I don't publish but I consider myself an expert on the network and it's quirks and would love for you to share our network with the world

And now you can do a video on the brand new Metro 14 extension 😅

Please make a video about Bucharest's metro and the new line that just started to be under construction, M6.

Damn, that Extension to La Défense could have really come in handy, when I was in Paris two weeks ago.

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

it has been opened for more than a month now lol

@DjibrilD__

2 күн бұрын

@@justinress2782 it opened in may tho

Surprised that you didn’t compare it to the Regional Connector that Los Angeles opened last year.

I don't think there is any other city on the planet building nicer transport right now.

Talk about the Rheinbahn network of Düssldorf Region, the capital of the state of nrw in Germany

Add in th criminal neglect of Paris Gare Austerlitz...

@emmanuelbuu7068

3 күн бұрын

Well at least some important renovations are taking place at gare d'Austerlitz

line 14 opened to Orly, linking the airport to the capital in just 24 minutes

So is the next video from our favorite Parisian youtube channel be on the newly open extension of line 14 ? Kinda of a mess on the topic of the ticket (but much easier than a lot of people thinks)

@Lodai974

4 күн бұрын

They installed devices before the control lines to pay the difference between a metro ticket and the airport tax (because that's what it is) or 10€. A bit like in Japan where each station has a machine to pay for the unpaid part of the ticket.

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

They've literally advertisedd everywhere that its an extra fee, its written on the plans and on the trains. Are people just illiterate...?

@leroilapin8845

3 күн бұрын

@@cementedrebar I was thinking about the fact that if you are traveling to the T7 or Line 18, and each kind of navigo will have a different tarification (but the daily/weekly/monthly/annual it not more expensive)

If you live in Seattle, you’ll see electric rail in neighboring cities like Tacoma and Everett, but it’s Light Rail…

@LouisChang-le7xo

4 күн бұрын

and it travels at the speed of a bicycle on fully grade seperated viaduct. crappy bus connections, capacity problems for extremely low ridership even by west coast standards, etc

Can you do a video about nederlandse spoorwegen

could you please do a video about portugal?

indonesian/jakarta video when?

Those extensions are well needed. RER A and RER B are garbage and sturated nowadays. But the Olympics really boosted the Parisian network. France is great at building infrastructures for decent cost.

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

B is getting new stock. Nothing much can be done for the A.

Sooooooo jealous of Parisians

I just don't understand the pricing and WHY it's so expensive to build in North America. In Toronto for example, the under construction Ontario line has gone from 15 billion to 27 billion! And it's not even going to be as long as some of the lines in Paris. I get that the line will go through some of the most densely packed areas of downtown in North America, i still just think that it shouldn't be this expensive.

@pauly5418

4 күн бұрын

I believe the higher cost figure includes the cost of the maintenance and operation contract over 30 years, not just the cost of construction. They may also have used the total financing cost, which includes the debt principal and total interest costs (probably) over a 30 year period.

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Are you going to make any video on RRTS in india? If yes, any estimates?

Honestly, it's just so depressing that America can probably build 3 meters of tram for the same price and have a giant parking lot, little to no bus connection, and run right on a stroad at a snails pace while texas trucks streak past running over that one pedestrian trying to access the train.

Why is it that some the newest RER trains (MI2N & MI09) seems to have a design discouraging walking between cars? I do see they have some form of gangway, but the design seems to discourage using them

@jiawei.mp4

4 күн бұрын

The gangways are not opened to public, that why its seems discouraging because we can't use them to transit between cars lol. They're only use for maintenance I guess.

@unepintade

4 күн бұрын

the MI2N and MI09 (upgraded MI2N Altéo) are quite old and were the first types of RER trains to even have the ability to walk between cars. The newer NAT and RER NG are far more advanced in this regard

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

MI09 is an upgraded MI2N, and the MI2N uses old systems, so they didnt have real space for a gangway, as it was all filled with electrical components. Thats really the only flaw of the MI09, 09 for 2009, so its not new either.

It's funny that you praise us for controlling the cost because here in France, people complained about the project going over-budget. The SNCF even had to stop working and demanded insurance for more fundings for the project.

Doubling the Paris-Nord ↔ Châtelet RER tunnel (which is essential since RER D borrows RER B's tunnel currently) will not be even half as easy as the RER E tunnel.

@noefillon1749

4 күн бұрын

Moreover, it's not planned anytime soon

@steph.h.

3 күн бұрын

@@noefillon1749 it'll have to happen eventually though, if they want to solve the problems on both lines

@noefillon1749

3 күн бұрын

@@steph.h. I hope Nexteo (partial automation) and the lines 14 and 15 will help relieve RER B and D before then

Why no station at / near Arc de triomphe?

@jiawei.mp4

4 күн бұрын

RER A is already stopping at Charles de Gaulle Etoile which is just under the Arc the Triomph. They made it go to Neuilly Porte Maillot instead (why is actually pretty close to the Arc de Triomphe). So RER A is doing Auber (Saint-Lazare) > Charles de Gaulle Etoile > La Défense While RER E is doing Haussmann Saint-Lazare > Neuilly Porte Maillot > La Défense It's probably to avoid too much repetitive route.

@katrinabryce

4 күн бұрын

Charles de Gaulle - Étoile is the station for the Arc de Triomphe, served by RER A, and Metro 1,2, & 6.

@quoniam426

4 күн бұрын

@@jiawei.mp4 And allow a transfer with Line C that didn't exist back when RER A was built. The Auteuil Line was a very mediocre service at the time and was very limited, not worth a transfer back in the 60s.

😂 he said fixing rer d when the b is literally asking also for help

@cementedrebar

4 күн бұрын

There is nothing we can do for the B, all we can do is wait for the new rolling stock to arrive, which should be these next years.

Man I wish we had anything like this in North America....

Paris olympics just want to mention it

Please have these Frenchies come over, run, and replace BART, CalTrain, ACE, Amtrack, CAHSR, and our metro lines in Northern CA. Interconnectivity is a foreign word to our rail authorities.

I’m confused

What a bizarre comment about crossrail. The world media did not all talk about crossrail, only the media you read which is likely in English. The same applies to French projects which we well discussed in the French speaking world

Sad to live in a poor country and realize that the biggest inauguration of the year in your city was a BRT line.

@MarcoAntonio-hw7si

3 күн бұрын

Isn't that more a Rio thing, rather than a Brazil as whole one? Because in last few years Salvador and São Paulo had plenty of metro construction

@guilhermetavares4705

3 күн бұрын

@@MarcoAntonio-hw7si I don't know if Salvador is a great example, they are trying to improve local transportation, but the metro is still smaller than Rio's and they have decommissioned a suburban train line. São Paulo is a great example, but it's the only Brazilian state with a robust investment capacity. So although it's partly Rio's fault, there's also a lack of investment at a national level. There are no major projects in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Porto Alegre, Recife, Belém, Florianópolis...

@MarcoAntonio-hw7si

3 күн бұрын

@@guilhermetavares4705 yeah, now thinking about it you're right

Except for one quite important point, this is yet another excellent video. The one weakness is that you repeatedly refer to London's 'Crossrail'. Except amongst certain diehard railway enthusiasts, the term 'Crossrail' has fallen out of use. Everyone else refers to the new fast East-West line in London as the 'Elizabeth Line' . THAT IS THE NAME ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP.

@severs1966

4 күн бұрын

Crossrail was the name of the project. It will always be the case that it was the name of the project.

@lazrseagull54

4 күн бұрын

Ligne E is part of the RER. What network is the Elizabeth line part of?

@Fan652w

4 күн бұрын

@@lazrseagull54 It is regarded as part of the London UNDERground, evewn though in the west it reaches Reading, nearly 60 kms from London Just to confuse matters even more; the north-south 'Thameslink' line is part of the British national railway system!

@severs1966

4 күн бұрын

@@lazrseagull54 The London Transport rail network. This consists of the Underground and Overground systems. These words are capitalised because they are titles.

@alistairbell3935

4 күн бұрын

@@severs1966Technically the Elizabeth Line is separate from both the Underground _and_ the Overground. You could imagine TfL taking over Thameslink and unifying that with the Elizabeth Line into a third heavy-rail category.

I get all the positive aspects but this line is everything but cheap! Firstly at 1:33 the info in wrong. official estimates puts it at 5,4 BILLION euro. It was indeed expected to cost 3,8 billion but construction costs have increased by 1,7 billion! That's a LOT of money, no matter how we try to glorify it. And it's all money we'll have to pay off😒😒

Is it possible for a city to have too much transit if they aren’t supplementing it with additional housing? Seems like Paris is building everything but homes for their population.

@sea80vicvan

4 күн бұрын

Ever hear of TOD? Better to build the transit in first and have the housing come up around it instead of trying to fit new lines into already built up neighborhoods.

@barvdw

4 күн бұрын

Paris is already one of the world's densest cities, and it's very unlikely that they'll demolish the typical Parisian Hausmannian buildings to build even denser... If you're talking about the bigger region, no worries, they are increasing housing as well in the suburbs.

@joelimbergamo639

4 күн бұрын

Paris transit is full, every single day at peak hour, its just not enough rn. So sure, youre right having too much transit is possible. But its not Paris case. What I wonder for Paris is how are they gonna reduce the cost of maintenance, bc its getting out of hand, they need to automate as much rail as possible before it colapses on itself

@Jorge-lh6px

4 күн бұрын

@@sea80vicvan Everyone knows of TOD, yet during my last few visits to Paris, it doesn’t seem like they are building up sufficient housing to supplement all of this additional housing. That’s all.

@liamtahaney713

4 күн бұрын

You ever been there? I was struck by how every single metro or rer line was horrifically crowded at almost all hours of the day. I think there are bigger issues with housing affordability, and the transit expansions are more or less unrelated. Your question posits there are only who variables in housing and that more transit will automatically induce more strain on the housing supply, neither of which make sense tbh.

And they said "France is a third world country" 🤪

This should be the standard in every major city.

It's almost as if the French actually BELIEVE in infrastructure projects that benefit its PEOPLE! (Sarcasm, they DO).