{"id":2558,"date":"2023-05-04T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/exciting-eole-extension-examination-1\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:46:08","slug":"exciting-eole-extension-examination-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/exciting-eole-extension-examination-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Eole Extension Examination (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0The Logo Returns<\/span><\/p>\n … and Villiers sur Marne, later extended back to Tournai …<\/p>\n … running into Gare de l’Est “Main Line” station. The E line now plunges into tunnel on the approaches to Gare de l’Est …<\/p>\n … to serve a new underground station called Magenta alongside Gare du Nord.<\/p><\/div>\n … compared with E at Magenta.<\/p>\n Interchanges in central Paris are hugely complex as below, also at Magenta (etc.).<\/p>\n The thin lines are the Metro and the thicker lines are RER and SNCF suburban, which are also lettered in the same series as A,B,C,D and E RER.<\/p><\/div>\n … and another one which includes the Metro.<\/p>\n Everything uses the same font, the same layout, the correct line colours and simple text. Note that H and K are suburban S N C F lines.<\/p><\/div>\n … seen tucked in behind the blocks of flats.<\/p>\n Wikipedia tells the tale.<\/p>\n The former station on the Inner Circle (Petit Ceinture) is shown below …<\/p>\n … and the new line 3b tram stop is not too far from the northern Rosa Parks entrance.<\/p>\n Note the foot tunnel entrance beyond the front of the tram.<\/p>\n Of course, as this is Paris, tram 3b was diverted off the straight-on road and “round the back” to serve the new tram stop and station.\u00a0<\/p>\n … and another huge station. Not only is the RER station huge, but the opportunities for interchange are equally huge.<\/p>\n For the record these lines are accessible via the network of tunnels – at SEVEN differently named stations<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n That’s some interchange! And then there are the buses!<\/p>\n