Paris Metro Lines

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  1. Testersierra

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    In my humble opinion, some lines of the Paris Metro should be added in TSW. Some of the 16 lines of "Métro de Paris" are quite interesting. I am a regular user of the Paris metro and a rail-fan, so I am pretty sure that the other players of TSW will like this kind of add-on. There are some ideas for you, dear Dovetail:

    Lines 2 and 6: they make pratically a circle line inside Paris, and at some places, the metro is not running underground, but on surface, so you can admire Paris streets, especially on the line 6, between stations Passy and Bir-Hakeim, from the Bir-Hakeim (Passy) Bridge, there is a very beautiful view on the Seine river and the Eiffel Tower.
    Another interesting point: the trains on the line 6 are rubber-tired (the good old MP 73 units), so by adding Paris Metro to TSW, a new feature would be added at the same time.
    -Line 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_2 and the MF 01 units: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_01
    -Line 6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_6 and the MP 73: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_73

    Another interesting line - the line 10. Quite an interesting route, with "ghost stations". Classic old MF 67 are used on this line. Adding this line to TSW will give a little "vintage" atmoshpere.
    -Line 10: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_10 and the MF 67 units: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_67

    The other routes might be also interesting:
    -the line 3, with modernized MF 67 units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_3). Interesting point: the line is connected to the shortest line of Paris Metro (Line 3bis with MF 67 units - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_3bis), wich is connected to the second shortest line, the line 7bis.
    -the line 4, with the MP 89CC rubber-tired units (the line soon will be automated). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_4) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_89)
    -the line 5 (MF 01) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_5) - with the "ghost station" Arsenal
    -the line 7 (MF 77) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_7), has a branch, and is connected to the line 7bis, which has quite an interesting rolling stock, the MF 88 units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_88), equipped with special bogies designed to reduce friction.
    -the line 8, with the MF 77 units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_8) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_77) - with two "ghost stations"
    -the line 9 (MF 01) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_9) - with the "ghost station" Saint-Martin
    -the line 11, with the oldest rolling stock (the MP 59 units) (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_11) (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_59)
    -the line 12 (MF 67) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_12), which is one of the few lines built by a competing company, the Nord-Sud (all the other lines were built by the CMP, today's RATP, the two companies merged in the 1930s). The Nord-Sud brought special attention to the design of its stations.
    -the line 13 (MF 77) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_13), has a branch. Is also a former Nord-Sud line.
    -two rubber-tired completely automated lines:
    the line 1, the oldest line in Paris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_1), with MP 05 units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_05)
    and the line 14, the newest one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro_Line_14), with MP 89CA and MP 05 units and recently, the MP19 CA units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP_14_(Paris_Métro))
    But exceptionally these lines can be operated with classic, non-automatic equipment.

    I hope that you, dear developers, will see my proposal and will be interested in adding a route with interesting visual elements, interesting rolling stock and, last but not least, an interesting history.
     
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