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Updated Navigating Navigo for Paris Transportation

How to Buy Paris Metro & Bus Tickets Like a Local or a Non-European Tourist (2025 Edition)
by Colleen's Paris October 11, 2025
Start Your Paris VisitTransportation written by Colleen's Paris

This is an updated version for using public transportation and the phone apps, which are now second nature to me. Discovery pass (Découverte) and Easy pass info updated. Real life experiences with tourists included! 2025 information that may help you. Enjoy the read!

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Directional sign at Madeleine station how to exit for La Concorde, which will be closed

Paris Transport Tips for the Olympics 2024

by Colleen's Paris May 31, 2024
Paris Olympics 2024Transportation written by Colleen's Paris

For the Olympic Games 2024, Paris residents and visitors are undergoing challenges. My normal metro travel routine is being impacted. However, I found some solutions using government websites, newspaper articles and smartphone applications. As I walk around Paris….

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Fixed Paris taxi fare from right bank plus supplement for reserving day of reservation

Fixed Taxi Fare Between Paris and Airports – Strike Tips

by Colleen's Paris November 9, 2019
Life in ParisTransportation written by Colleen's Paris

Strikes getting the best of you? Book a taxi on the G7 Book a Taxi page in advance to get to the airports. Usually you can either step outside and into a taxi or book the same day. With the strikes, you want to reserve a taxi, with G7 whether going …

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November 9, 2019 0 comments
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Travel Paris with Updated RATP App

by Colleen's Paris July 15, 2019
ApplicationsLife in ParisTransportation written by Colleen's Paris

Getting around Paris is improving in French and English is getting easier. The RATP application has been updated and the Paris bus network has also updated many routes. The benefits of the application updates? After choosing the route to your destination, the metro lines the application propose include exit tips: …

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Arts & Metiers metro station for transportation post

Transportation Tips In and Around Paris

by Colleen's Paris December 1, 2017
Start Your Paris VisitTransportation written by Colleen's Paris

The RATP (Paris transportation system) has highly upgraded their website. They provide clear information when you find it. Some pages are in English, French and Spanish. Others include German, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Brazilian. How would a party of five find their way into Paris from the airport?

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Poster with stations closed during RER C summer renovation in Paris until August 27, 2016

RER C Renovating – Reroute Your Journey

by Colleen's Paris August 11, 2016
About & ContactLife in Paris & FranceTransportation written by Colleen's Paris

Between Gare d’Austerlitz and Javel, RER C resumes normal activity August 27. You will only see a diagram of the stations affected at the bottom of the stairs to the platform. Plan on buses or other metro lines to circumvent this summer riddle. Posters are plastered all over the metros …

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August 21, no service between La Défense and Nation alternatives available

Paris RER A Renovating after Forty Years

by Colleen's Paris July 18, 2016
Life in Paris & FranceTransportationVideos written by Colleen's Paris

After forty years, RER A is renovating between July 23 and August 21. Alternative transportation options are available. Two videos and a website explain the details. The RER A serves forty-six stations (35 RATP metro and 11 SNCF) and carries 308 million travelers a year with two minutes between trains. …

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Take a train to Champagne sur Seine and bike to Moret sur Loing http://www.ville-moret-sur-loing.fr

Sightseeing Using Trains in Île-de-France

by Colleen's Paris June 28, 2016
Day Trips Paris & BeyondTransportation written by Colleen's Paris

Exploring nature, art or history in the Greater Paris area just got easier. The simple search words “impressionists transilien and bike” in a search engine, points directly to the correct and simple-to-use new page “Sightseeing with Transilien . While searching transportation information on the Chantilly Racecourse, I found an interesting Australian …

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Peninsula Hotel, replica of plane, l'Oiseau Blanc

Between Paris And The Airports

by Colleen's Paris December 8, 2014
Transportation written by Colleen's Paris

What’s on this page: Airports In Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle Train Ticket Office Buses Between Paris And The Airports How to find a taxi Fixed rates to and from Paris airports went into effect March 2016. Shuttle and Van Services **More on l’Oiseau Blanc below Airports In Paris The two …

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