Ross wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:53:00 +0000, John Ray wrote in
, seen in uk.railway:
Paul Corfield wrote:

Or simply purchase a Mobilis ticket which is their version of a
One Day Travelcard. You get a form of "ID" card which you keep
and then simply buy a magnetic ticket as necessary. You then date
it and write on the ID card number.

I used one of those a few years ago, but not on buses. It was good
value for the trips I made on the day, and I was surprised that it
isn't publicised to tourists (or not noticeably). They plug the
Paris Visite pass in the tourist literature, but not Mobilis.

I've used both. Mobilis is useful for one-day visits, but I doubt
that most visitors to Paris are only there for one day, so for most
visitors purposes Paris Visite is probably more useful.

For most visitors, the Carnet is more useful: 10 Metro/Bus tickets for
EUR 10.50, that's about 73p each. Unless you plan to make 6 or more
journeys in a day, it's not worth buying a Mobilis at EUR 5.30 (Zones
1,2). Paris Visite is more expensive, and is only worthwhile if the
discounts on other attractions that it offers match what you want to see
during your visit.

The card they *don't* tell the tourists about is the Carte Orange in
its weekly form.

Granted the Carte Orange is only valid from Monday to Sunday (and
you need a photo for the ID card), but the zone 1-5 Carte Orange costs
EUR 30,20 against EUR 45,70 for a 5-day zone 1-5 Paris Visite.

A 3-day 1-5 Visite costs EUR 37,35, so as the weekly Carte Orange is
sold until Wednesday, a 3-day midweek visitor would be better off
buying the Carte Orange!

.... if arriving by air to CDG. But most Eurostar tourists will need
only Zones 1-2, which is EUR 15.40 for a weekly Carte Orange or EUR
15.90 for 3 Mobilis 1-day tickets.
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Richard J.
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