15 cents for a second-class ticket, 20 cents for Back & Go and 25 cents for first class. That the tariff "old francs" to the opening day of the first subway line linking the Porte Maillot then at the Porte de Vincennes in 30 minutes. On opening day 30,000 tickets have been sold. (Learn more about the construction of the first line: see the newspaper article-the-morning-March 1900)


Different variants of ticket books between 1900 and 1910 - size 57 x 30 min
Tickets Single (Passy & Italy) and co-called "reserve" (Porte Maillot - 1906)-format 30 x 57mn
Originally, the metro ticket was printed on paper. Have passed very quickly printed on cardboard of a size 57 X 30 mm. The main indications on the ticket were the following: company name, class, price, date of issue, a letter costs (from 1925), a serial number.
The entry "Guimard" from the Bastille metro station at the beginning of the century.
To learn more about the history of inputs and mats click here metro
Originally, the metro ticket was printed on paper. Have passed very quickly printed on cardboard of a size 57 X 30 mm. The main indications on the ticket were the following: company name, class, price, date of issue, a letter costs (from 1925), a serial number.

The entry "Guimard" from the Bastille metro station at the beginning of the century.
To learn more about the history of inputs and mats click here metro
ticket surcharge tariff to submit along with the ticket
The number of passengers transported in 1900 was
17,660,000 (the network had only one single line)

The Grand Palace opened for the exhibition of 1900 (see the extraordinary virtual tour)
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