Photographer’s Note
Last year in 20 sept. I was in Paris.
This is the Cite Metro Station.
It has a nice ambiance inside the station.
Paris Metro:-
Evidence of plans to build the métropolitain (or the Nécropolitain, as it was dubbed by one wit) existed as early as 1845, though the first line was not completed until July 19, 1900. (Line 1, as it is still called, ran from Porte de Vincennes to Porte Maillot; it has since been extended — from Château de Vincennes to La Défense.) Following the construction of the Eiffel Tower by eleven years, this elegant transportation system stole the show, and remains to this day a model of efficient public transportation.
While the engineer Fulgence Bienvenüe was in charge of construction, architect Hector Guimard is credited for the charming Art Nouveau entrances. The system boasts 211 km (131 miles) of track and 14 lines, shuttling 3500 cars on a precise schedule between 380 stations (not including RER stations), 87 of these offering connections between lines. It is said that every building in Paris is within 500 meters (3/10 mile) of a métro station. Roughly 6 million people per day patronize the métro, which employs over 15,000.
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Photo Information
- Copyright: sanjib behera (sanjibbehera) (60)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-09-20
- Categories: Transportation, Architecture
- Camera: Nikon 60D, Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, 4Gb Sandisk ultra II
- Exposure: f/11, 1/10 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2009-07-11 10:52
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