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As to the 40 year old trains (none / 1)

they are indeed still there, and they work just fine (and their insides have indeed been refurbished). And it's not just on the Gare du Nord network (also the A and C RER lines). They are slowly replacing them with double deckers, though.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Apr 9th, 2007 at 06:17:14 PM EST

Re: As to the 40 year old trains (none / 0)

(I should note on the sidelines though that compared to the 40-year-old or even 20-year-old trains I ride on daily, refurbished or not, older British trains may be preferable... but better leace ex-East-Bloc out of the equation, Mr. Wright might not count us as Europe anyway.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Apr 9th, 2007 at 06:36:57 PM EST
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Re: As to the 40 year old trains (none / 1)

Wait Wait RER A single deckers are 40 years old? would not have guessed, and i am honest. The double deckers look just the same to me...

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine

by UnEstranAvecVueSurMer (holopherne ahem gmail) on Mon Apr 9th, 2007 at 07:22:41 PM EST
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Re: As to the 40 year old trains (4.00 / 2)

There are two kinds of single deckers ; those that do the Saint-Germain En Laye - Boissy trip are the (almost) 40 years old MS61, and they are currently going through their half-life refitting. The new interiors are quite nice :)

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Apr 9th, 2007 at 08:51:08 PM EST
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Re: As to the 40 year old trains (none / 0)

Ah ok... I only know those on the A line... btw i thought the double deckers only went to marne la vallee, not boissy. Has that changed?
Thanks for the info anyway.

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine

by UnEstranAvecVueSurMer (holopherne ahem gmail) on Tue Apr 10th, 2007 at 01:26:49 PM EST
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Re: As to the 40 year old trains (none / 1)

The general rule is what you say, double deckers, being SNCF owned rather than RATP, generally do the Cergy-Poissy -- Marne La Vallée journey, but any trouble on the line is likely to change that.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Apr 10th, 2007 at 04:32:38 PM EST
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