History

Rennes Metro was first commissioned in 2002, and was officially opened for public use that same year, on the 15th of March 2002. But the idea of a metro system that ran through the Southwestern and Northeastern axis was conceived by the city council already in 1986: the so called A-line. Work on the line A project began as early as 1992, with planning in place and obtaining the necessary environmental approval. The train system was developed upon the basis of German giants Siemen’s Transportation system VAL technology.

Rennes Metro Lines and stations

The A-line is a single one that runs up to 9.4 kilometers. It runs from the Northwest to the Southeast of the city, commencing at J.F Kennedy and ending at La Poterie via the Gare de Rennes (this station is served by the Gares metro station). This A-line has fifteen stations, which is inclusive of 13 underground stations.

The train system has up to 30 trains that weigh 28 tonnes & stretches up to 26 metres long individually. It can also transport as many as 170 passengers.

The A-line is maintained by STAR (which is short for the Service des Transports en Commun de l’Agglomeration Rennaise), and a company called Keolis manages it, which is a member of the SNCF. It has up to 100 staff and a control center monitors the Rennes Metro, which is located in the heart of Chantepie. The Rennes Metro is always monitored closely, and is seen by 120 cameras that constantly view the stations.

The Rennes Metro has a number of stations, which were all names after the nearest street, people and even notorious locations close to the stations. They include: The J.F Kennedy station, named after former American President, Villjean Universite, Pontchaillou, Anatole France, Sainte-Anne, Republique – city center, Charles de Gaulle, Gares, Jacques Cartier, Clemenceau, Henri Freville, Italie, Triangle, Blosne, La Poterie

Future expansions

The Rennes Metro has witnessed a number of developments since its commencement such as the creation of the Korrigo card in 2006. By 2007, the city council decided that it was time to commence plans for the line B. This was as a result of increase in population and increased need for transportation. The French municipality also decided it would adopt the same VAL technology that was employed for the A-line. The next year, the line B received its approvals for planning and environment, and in 2014 the work commenced for the creation of the B-line transit system. Line-B is targeted at transporting people from the Northeast to the Southwest. It will be commissioned in 2019.

Rennes Metro Park & Ride

The city council had three park-and-ride lots created in January 2005, which offered as many as 900 places to motorists looking to commute. It then opened two more between 2006 and 2007, which could contain another 700 vehicles.

Hours of operation

The train’s services commence at 05:20 am and end at 00:40 am every day except Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which has its own unique time schedule of 05:20 to 01:35. The Rennes Metro strictly follows its schedule and is always on time for its numerous stops. Passengers also have to wait about 80 seconds between the trains. It also takes up to 16 minutes to commute from one end of the line to another, with the train hitting its average speeds of 32km/h. Every station on the Rennes Metro has its own screen doors and lifts.

Frequency of trains is about 3-7 mins.

Fares, tickets and cards

There are a number of payment options other than regular fees including your Korrigo Card. The Korrigo Card is extremely beneficial if your daily route involves using the train and you are looking for a cheaper option.

There are several tickets suited to different types of commutes.
By the 1st of March 2006, a unique card called the Korrigo card was created to supplement the ticket system. This development arose from the difficulties that commuters experienced when making use of the regular ticket system. It was therefore an alternative to the regular systems, and was made to alleviate traffic in Rennes and enhance the network of the city bus.

Standard tickets can be purchased for 1.50 Euros, which is valid for an hour after the first validation and allows you to make unlimited travels. This ticket can be used in Star lines, bus and metro, incluiding transfers. It’s not transferrable. You can purchase a carnet of 10 tickets for 13.70 Euros. There are other options through your Korrigo card.  

Link to updated fares in the official website.

Tips

If you happen to misplace any items on the train, do not worry. All belongings that are left behind on the train can be found I the STAR lost and found office. All items are kept by STAR till every Wednesday, then the belongings are handed over to the City of Rennes to keep in its custody. You can contact STAR on 09 70 821 800 from Monday – Friday between 7:00am-7:30pm. Also, you can contact the STAR office on Saturday between 9:30am-6:30pm. If you are still looking for your belongings past Wednesday, contact the Rennes lost and found office through 02 23 62 18 72.

Interesting facts

An architect called Norman Foster created the design for the La Poterie, he also designed the viaducts on the line system.

The city of Rennes has over 200,000 inhabitants, but used to be the only small city in the world that boasted of its own metro system until the Lausanne Metro was opened.

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Metro Rouen serves a population of 382,000 inhabitants, 120kms northwest of Paris in the department of Seine-Maritime in Haute-Normandie. The metro is used by more than 60,000 people every day. It works integrated with the bus network of the city, forming a unit of public transport services called Métrobus.

The network has a total length of 18.2 km, of which 2.3km are underground. Just 5 stations of its 31 are underground.
The management of all public transport corresponds to the HRCT (Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Rouennaisea). Along with it the Métropole, Blic Organisatrice Autorité du Réseau. This entity is responsible for defining the necessary measures to improve network infrastructure and vehicles, to determine the supply of urban transport and pricing changes.

Lines and stations

Public transport in Rouen consists of the underground part composed of the two subway lines, three lines TEOR buses, the 25 urban buses lines and 38 suburban Intercity Veolia Transport Normandie (VTNI) lines.

The metro network is currently a single line that splits into two branches between the stations of Saint-Sever and Avenue de Caen.

The Technopôle line, goes from Rouen Boulingrin Central Station to Technopôle Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray station through Sotteville-lès-Rouen. The line is 9.8 kilometers long and serves 13 stations: Boulingrin, Beauvoisine, Gare-Rue Verte, Palais de Justice, Théâtre des Arts, Joffre-Mutualité, Saint-Sever, Europe, Honoré de Balzac, Voltaire, Garibaldi, Hôtel de Ville de Sotteville, 14-Juillet, Jean Zay, Toit Familial, Champ de Courses, Ernest Renan, Le Parc, Maryse Bastié, Technopôle.

The Georges Braque line, goes from Boulingrin to Georges Braque in Le Grand-Quevilly, through Le Petit-Quevilly. It’s 8,4 kms of tracks serving 11 stations: Boulingrin, Beauvoisine, Gare-Rue Verte, Palais de Justice, Théâtre des Arts, Joffre-Mutualité, Saint-Sever, Avenue de Caen, Jean Jaurès, François Truffaut, Place du 8-Mai, Saint-Julien, Charles de Gaulle, Provinces, J.F. Kennedy, Léon Blum, Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque.

Before the line splits at Boulingrin, the line begins to run underground from the downtown to Theatre des Arts. From there it goes elevated over the Seine river, going again underground in the Joffre-Mutualité station. Except for two small sections, the subway line runs on the surface as an electric tram.

Times and frequency

Rouen metro starts operating at 4:30 am northbound. The last trains are at 23:00 hours south direction.

Rouen metro frequency of service in the common part of the lines and on weekdays, is a train every three minutes, between 7:00 am and 9:00 am, at other times, one train every 4 minutes. In the branches there is a train every 6 minutes at peak hours and every 8 minutes in normal time.
Saturdays, frequency is 6 minutes until 11:00 am. Then, every 3 minutes until 7:00 pm. In the branches, frequency is 12 minutes until 11:00 am and 6 to 7:00 pm. Sundays, frequency is 10 minutes on the trunk and 20 minutes in the branches

Tickets and passes

Tickets are either magnetic stripe cards or rechargeable Astuce cars. Rechargeable cards can carry several transport passes (titre de transport). They have to be validated aboard subway trains or buses.

This type of contactless card, is intended to be used in all future regional ticketing unification system in Normandy. To get an Astuce card you almost need to be a resident and complete a pre-litigation procedure. So for the visiting traveler it is best to buy some simple ticket.

• Titre 1 voyage: valid for an hours, unlimited use in metro and buses: 1,60
• Titre 10 voyages: 10 trips: 13,50.
• Titre JEUNE: valid for 10 trips, you may be required to show your id, 8,30.
• Titre “DECOUVERTE 24 heures”: 24 hours unlimited, 4,80

€

• Titre “GROUPE”: for up to 10 people groups, valid from 8:30am to 4:30 pm and after 7:00 pm from monday to friday de lunes a viernes (holidays and weekends unlimited): 5 €.
• “Titre In’Cité”: you get a car park in Mont Riboudet Kindarena, 3,60€.

Conexion to airport Rouen Vallée de Seine

Bus line 13 in HRCT network links downtown with Aéroport de Rouen. Gendarmerie of Boos station is 500 meters from the terminal. Ticket is 1.60 and takes about 15 minutes to arrive. The airport is 15 minutes from Rouen and 30 from Evreux, Dieppe and Amiens. One hour from Paris by the A13 and A14 motorways.

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It opened in 1977 and is a municipal public service administered and controlled by the Régie des Transports de Marseille (RTM) along with the tram and city buses.

In 2011 it carried over 74 million passengers.

Marsella Metro Lines

The Marseille Metro network consists of two partially underground lines with a total length of 21.8 km, (18 of which are underground) and that run fully in the town of Marseille

• Line M1: Blue Line runs from La Rose to The Fourragere and was the first to become operational in 1977. It has 12.9 km and 18 stations.
• Line M2: Red Line runs from Bougainville to Sainte Marguerite Dromel. Became operational in 1984. It has 8.9 km and has 12 stations.

Future expansions:

Is scheduled extension of the Line M2 from the south terminal eastward to St. Loup-Pagnol with five new stations.

Major stations:

The two stations where you can make transfer from one line to the other are Castellane and St. Charles (Central Railway Station)

Opening Hours

The network now opens at 05:00 a.m and runs until 23:05 p.m from Monday to Thursday (last train leaves the terminus station at 22:40 p.m), and until 00.30 a.m Friday to Sunday.

Frequency of service

The frequency varies according to time and the seasons of the year.

In winter rush hour trains run every 3.30 minutes and off-peak every 5 minutes. In summer always run every 5 minutes during the day. At night the metro runs every 10 minutes.

Fares and Tickets

The tariff system of Marseille is called Reseau Liberte. All tickets are valid for the metro, tram and bus for an hour.

• Ticket Solo.
  Single ticket for the entire RTM network, you can make use of it for one hour. It costs 1.50 €
• Ticket 2 Voyages. 2 Single ticket that allows a person to make two trips across the network RTM. It costs 3.00 €. This ticket can be recharged up to two times.
• Ticket 10 Voyages. You can make 10 trips across the RTM network and costs 12.80 €
• 24H or 72H Pass. Pass valid for 24 hours or 72 hours from the first validation for unlimited travel on the network RTM. It costs 5 € for 24 hours and 10.50 € for 72 hours. It is on sale in the metro and tram distributors and dealers
• CITY PASS.
  Allows visiting Marseille tourist attractions with great discounts and gives free access to public transport during its validity period. Available for 24 hours for 22 € and 48 hours for 29 €.
  On sale exclusively at the Tourist Offices.

Airport

Marseille Provence Airport, also known by the name of Marseille-Marignane Airport is located on the eastern shore of the Etang de Berre. It is 27 kilometers from Marseille.

The airport has no railway connections, but buses go to the Marseille Central Train station and the TGV station (high speed) of Aix.
Both bus and taxis stops are outside the terminal, between Hall 1 and Hall 4. A shuttle service connects the airport to the St Charles Marseille train station in Marseille city center in about 25 minutes and leave every twenty minutes.The ticket price is 8.50 €. People going to another town from there can take trains to Avignon and Montpellier.

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