The Paris Métro system could look much different the next time you visit the City of Light. A huge extension to the network called the Grand Paris Express is taking shape in the French capital, and it ...

But change is coming – and on a huge scale. The venerable Paris Métro is about to get its most significant upgrade in decades with the arrival of the Grand Paris Express, a new 200-kilometer (120-mile ...

PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - Consortia led by construction groups Bouygues and Vinci have won the last two contracts worth a total of 669 million euros ($762 million) on the new Paris Ligne 15 South ...

Despite its reputation—per Walter Benjamin—as the “capital of the 19th century,” Paris came a little late to underground mass transit: after London (1863), Budapest and Glasgow (1896), Boston (1897), ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The Paris metro system is 214 km long (133 miles) and it has 303 ...

Line 14 becomes the first metro line to be upgraded from GoA4 to Trainguard MT CBTC. Credit: Beton.7/Shutterstock.com Siemens Mobility has completed the six-year extension project of the Paris metro’s ...