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Welcome to the French Île-de-France Railroading Main Page! Next pick the category or article below. |
 Best Viewed with Mozilla Firefox! Click the pictures to see the larger versions! France and Railroads  The French RR Main Page is a great place to start browsing railroading in France.  The French RR Gallery has hundreds of pictures of the french railroad high speed and all other aspects.  Trains, Trams, Undergrounds keep the Paris Metropolitan area daily living on track! | |
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 | Île-de-France and Railways The railroading in Paris and its surroundings is a fascinating combination of layers of systems from several different time periods. All different modes exist, some fast, some slow, some even relying on rubber wheels to supplement the rails. Certain systems were first taken into use in the 1800s, some added just recently and the plans stretch far into the future to supplement the existing networks in the service of almost 12 million people living in the area! 
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  | Paris Area Local Traffic Île-de-France - the Greater Paris area - has interesting traffic patterns, numerous metro types, some now over 100 years old, some new, many going under ground, others elevated above streets, high speed high capacity RER trains connecting Paris with its suburbs, moving over ground outside the city center and diving deep into the ground in the center, local trains and super high speed trains staying at the sides of the area, the city of more than 11,5 million people can function relatively well. Some capacity limitations exist especailly with RER lines, but these are being fixed within the next years. There is even the great circle line around Paris in the drawing boards and some already built. To add to these many Paris old stations add to the railfans excitement.
The local train
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The high speed train
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The
metro train types of
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The great stations
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A bit of History on Île-de-France Urban Railroads .
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| Other Rolling Stock of Île-de-France There is a breathtaking variety of rolling stock types and their coloring. Given time, we will take a look at around 30 locomotive and Z and X train types (these are EMUs).
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 | Super High Speed at the Heart of the Île-de-france! Most of the famous TGV trains, Thalyses, Eurostars and now even a growing number of other super high speed trains have their routes other end at one of the many Cathedral like stations. Maybe the most international of these is the Paris Gare du Nord, where we start our station tour. Watching the Super High
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Line 8 newer rolling stock. Picture by Sanna Siissalo.  Line 6 older train stopping at Etoile. Picture by John McKey. | 123 The |
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