Le Métro de Paris Flashcards
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Creator of Metro :
Renowned French civil engineer Fulgence Bienvenüe designed the Parisian Metro to serve the city’s traffic needs in April 1896. Compagnie de Chemin de Fer Metropolitan won the construction bid for the project in July 1897, competing with five bidders. The construction began in November 1898
The Paris Metro system is the second largest in Europe and known to be one of the best in the world. It serves Paris and slightly surrounding areas of the beautiful city. 214km long and 303 stations. More than 1.5 billion passengers per year.
In WWII the metro was a meeting place for the French renaissance as it was too shallow for it to be a bomb shelter.
Work on line 1 of the metro began in October 1898 and later began operating on July 10, 1900. This was just in time to serve passengers as the Olympic games were held in Bois de Vincennes.
