At a glance
| Terminals | La Défense / Château de Vincennes |
| Number of stations | 25 |
| Ticket | 1 Métro-Train-RER ticket (2.55 EUR) |
| Official map | ratp.fr/plan-metro |
The stations in order and what you see there
| Station | Connections | Nearby sights |
|---|---|---|
| La Défense | RER A, T2, Transilien L/U | Grande Arche, CNIT, Les Quatre Temps |
| Esplanade de La Défense | – | Esplanade de La Défense |
| Pont de Neuilly | – | – |
| Les Sablons | – | Jardin d'Acclimatation |
| Porte Maillot | RER C, RER E | Palais des Congrès, Bois de Boulogne |
| Argentine | – | – |
| Charles de Gaulle – Étoile | 2, 6, RER A | Arc de Triomphe |
| George V | – | Champs-Élysées, avenue George V |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 9 | Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées, avenue Montaigne |
| Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau | 13 | Grand Palais, Petit Palais, pont Alexandre III |
| Concorde | 8, 12 | Place de la Concorde, Jardin des Tuileries |
| Tuileries | – | Jardin des Tuileries, Musée de l'Orangerie |
| Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre | 7 | Louvre, Palais-Royal |
| Louvre – Rivoli | – | Cour Carrée du Louvre, La Samaritaine |
| Châtelet | 4, 7, 11, 14, RER A, B, D | Les Halles, Pont-Neuf, Sainte-Chapelle (10 min) |
| Hôtel de Ville | 11 | Hôtel de Ville, Notre-Dame (10 min) |
| Saint-Paul | – | Le Marais, rue des Rosiers, Village Saint-Paul |
| Bastille | 5, 8 | Place de la Bastille, Opéra Bastille |
| Gare de Lyon | 14, RER A, D | Gare de Lyon, Coulée verte, Bercy Village (10 min) |
| Reuilly – Diderot | 8 | Marché d'Aligre (10 min) |
| Nation | 2, 6, 9, RER A | Place de la Nation |
| Porte de Vincennes | T3b | – |
| Saint-Mandé | – | – |
| Bérault | – | – |
| Château de Vincennes | – | Château de Vincennes, Bois de Vincennes |
Connections: numbers are metro lines, T = tram, RER = RER lines, TGV/TER/Transilien = trains.
Not to miss
Get off at Charles de Gaulle – Étoile for the Arc de Triomphe, at Concorde or Tuileries for the Tuileries Garden and the Orangerie, and at Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre for the Louvre. The line has been driverless since 2012, with platform doors and very regular trains.
Hours and tickets
First train around 5:30 on all lines; last train at the terminus around 1:15 from Sunday to Thursday and around 2:15 on Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of public holidays (2026 times taken from Paris je t'aime, an unofficial source: confirm on the line page at ratp.fr). Expect a train every 2 to 5 minutes during the day. After the last metro, the Noctilien night bus takes over. A single Métro-Train-RER ticket costs 2.55 EUR (fare from our general metro guide, to confirm on ratp.fr) and allows changes between metro lines; for several days compare Navigo Easy and Paris Visite.
Works and disruptions in 2026
No interruption of this line was confirmed in the sources read for November 2026. Weekend and summer closures are announced in advance at ratp.fr/travaux: check the day before you travel.
Tips
It is the busiest line: avoid 8:00-9:30 and 17:00-19:00, keep your belongings in front of you (Châtelet, Concorde and Étoile are pickpocket areas). To add a boat trip, see our guide to the Seine cruise.
Official map
The official metro, RER and tram map can be downloaded free at ratp.fr/plan-metro (PDF and interactive map). We do not reproduce the map: it belongs to RATP and Île-de-France Mobilités.
Go further
- Metro and RER in Paris: general guide
- Navigo or Paris Visite?
- Seine cruise
- Louvre Museum
- Arc de Triomphe
- Vincennes castle
- Eiffel Tower
Other lines
Line 4 · Line 6 · Line 7 · Line 8 · Line 9 · Line 12 · Line 13 · Line 14 · RER A · RER B · RER C · RER D · RER E
Sources: RATP (ratp.fr, works and timetables), Île-de-France Mobilités, local press for the summer 2026 works. Checked on 26 October 2026.
