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A route that I have long wanted to explore. Many thanks for going there and reporting on it DG.

French disused railways are so much more interesting as they leave the rails and everything behind. In the UK, there was often an unseemly rush to lift the track and recover anything of value.

Likewise, their VeloRail schemes in the French countryside, which are great fun to ride along.

Petras409 | 13.07.18 - 8:04 a.m. | #

That looks great to walk along, though I find it surprising that they never reopened the line after the success of the "overgroundification" of London's similar lines.

Mikey C | 13.07.18 - 9:22 a.m. | #

@Mikey C

Most of a re-opened petite Ceinture would duplicate Metro Lines 2 and 6, which shadow it very closely. However, part of it has been re-used in RER Line "C"

"London has nothing, even potentially, to compare."
Someone is bound to mention the Parkland Walk - it might as well be me!

timbo again | Homepage | 13.07.18 - 9:51 a.m. | #

I knew nothing of this. Every time you go to Paris you unearth things I have to go and see.

You are costing me money. Merci.

Chris | 13.07.18 - 11:41 a.m. | #

I suspect that in both countries, lifting the track (or not) has legal implications. At least sometimes, though for the PC it may have been left for artistic reasons. As it has been "left" (actually put back really) in Folkestone Harbour Station, just recently.

An interesting article about an interesting-looking walk, which I must say I found interesting.

Malcolm | 13.07.18 - 11:55 a.m. | #

...one of the most enjoyable/interesting articles of the year! think Paris has retained (or always had) more romantic charm than London. i wonder if studies have been done on how "in love" people are with their cit

Grumpy Anon | 13.07.18 - 12:32 p.m. | #

Even closer than the Metro 2 and 6 there is the T3 tram. The Boulevard des Maréchaux is a wide road that is now paralleled by a motorway (like the Great West Road) and there was room for a fast enough and high enough capacity route with direct street access.

dg writes: That's how I got there...


Sprout Eater | 13.07.18 - 12:55 p.m. | #

Thanks, and as already said, another reason to go back to Paris, real Paris.

My wife and I have just mentally brought forward our next trip there. It used to be every 18 months, but we have slipped a bit lately.

Ken | 13.07.18 - 5:52 p.m. | #











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