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Fact The Paris Busses: Some Nuggets of Fact The Paris busses stop running, in most cases* about 9 P. M., the Metro at about 12:30 A. M. and Paris taxis may legally charge double fare after 11 p. M. A transportation map of Paris is invaluable, and the price of one, at any kiosk, is only a few cents.Busses go zooming all over the city, and to its suburbs as well, on something like 200 routes (thank heaven there are no longer any screeching trams in Paris) and it is easy to get the hang of them. For these racing public chariots—they are one-deckers, unlike the London busses, and often go as if the devil were after them—you buy from the conductor a carnet of units, using one unit, a narrow perforated strip, or more (up to 6 or 8), depending on the length of your trip. You have to state your destination, but this isn't hard, since all the main points are listed on the sides and rear of the vehicle and within as well.
Clear Metro-and-bus maps are on sale at all the news kiosks and they are wonderful aids. Of course the Metro only "gets you there," but the busses show you Paris. Some routes that I like are: No. 95 from Gare St-Lazare to Montparnasse; No. 28 also from Gare St-Lazare to Montparnasse, but by an entirely different, circuitous route; No. 73 from the Hotel de Ville to the Etoile; No. 72 from the Hotel de Ville along the Seine quays on the Right Bank for miles, to and across the Bridge of St-Cloud; No. 63 from the Pare de la Muette clear through the city, crossing and recross-ing the Seine, to the Gare de Lyon; No. 82 from the Luxembourg Gardens clear to Neuilly. Suburban busses ply in every direction, to Versailles, to Malmaison, to the Forest of St-Germain, to St-Denis, to the Bois de Vincennes and so forth. |
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