The system consists of 16 lines, identified by numbers 1 - 14, and two minor lines 3b and 7b, numbered thus because they were formerly branch lines.
Brief technical points:
One single ticket price for any journey, unlimited connections, but limited to a 2-hour ride.
A second network of regional express lines, the RER (R�seau Express R�gional) complements the network since the 1970s.
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1: La D�fense - Ch�teau de Vincennes
2: Porte Dauphine - Nation
3: Pont de Levallois-B�con - Gallieni
3bis: Gambetta - Porte des Lilas
4: Porte de Clignancourt - Porte d'Orl�ans
5: Place d'Italie - Bobigny-Pablo Picasso
6: Charles de Gaulle-�toile - Nation
7: Villejuif-Louis Aragon/Mairie d'Ivry - La Courneuve-8 Mai 1945
7bis: Louis Blanc - Pr�-Saint-Gervais
8: Balard - Cr�teil-Pr�fecture
9: Pont de S�vres - Mairie de Montreuil
10: Boulogne-Pont de Saint-Cloud - Gare d'Austerlitz
11: Ch�telet - Mairie des Lilas
12: Mairie d'Issy - Porte de La Chapelle
13: Ch�tillon-Montrouge - Gabriel P�ri-Asni�res-Gennevilliers/Saint Denis-Universit�
14: Madeleine - Biblioth�que Fran�ois Mitterrand
See also: Stations of the Paris Metro
One of the most famous aspects of the Paris metro are its wrought-iron art nouveau entrances by Hector Guimard[?], which have come to symbolize Paris although not very many remain in use (86 entrances by Guimard still exist).
The lines where built by the Ville de Paris (city of Paris) and run by the CMP (Compagnie du Chemin de Fer M�tropolitain de Paris).
A second company, "Nord-Sud" (Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Electrique Nord-Sud de Paris) started up in 1910 and built two lines named A and B (now lines 12 and 13). "Nord-Sud" merged in 1930 with the CMP. CMP became state-owned in 1945 and renamed RATP[?] (R�gie Autonome des Transports Parisiens).
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