Mrs Redboots wrote:

John Ray wrote to uk.transport.london on Sun, 13 Feb 2005:


Strangely (to me), in Paris, there is in effect a supplement charged for
the buses. One ticket will take you right across the city on the Metro,
but 3 tickets may be needed for the same distance on a bus. I have often
wondered why this is.

I know that was the case in the 1970s when I lived there, but I
*thought* - and I could easily be mistaken - that now it was one ticket
per zone, same as the metro?

I've just checked - it is one ticket now, except on the Balabus and four
other lines, the 221, 297, 299, 350 & 351. Don't know where those run,
but the 3-figure numbers tend to be in the suburbs. And you can't
change bus without another ticket.

Thank you for that. I haven't used a bus in Paris for many years,
because of the (then) ticketing regime, so I hadn't noticed the change.
On my next visit I will try to wean myself away from the Metro.

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John Ray