The Voguéo water shuttle, managed by the Transportation Union of Ile-de-France, known as the (Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France), is creating three water lines facilitating access to and from the southeast and northwest suburbs of Paris and the city center.

From June 2008 until June 2011, the STIF launched a test run of the water shuttles through Paris, and have since decided to move forward with the project due to an initial success. The boats, which will be part of the Paris metro system, will run every 15 to 20 minutes daily, accommodating 100 people per vehicle on lines 1 and 3, and 250 people on line 2.

Thirty different stops are planned along the banks of the Seine, each of which will be equipped with the schedule of upcoming arrivals, prices, and route maps including bus and metro transfers. During the summer, the boats will accommodate bike access and storage.

Fares may be included in the price of a Navigo transit pass (for weekly, monthly or yearly metro passes) and one-way tickets will cost at 7 euros each.

The three planned routes as shown above are the following:

Line 1: Southeast Route
Route: École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort / Écluse du Port à l’Anglais de Vitry-sur-Seine – Invalides
Stops include: Gare de Lyon, St-Michel-Notre-Dame, Musée d’Orsay
Operating hours: 7am – 9pm

Line 2: Center City Route
Route: Tour Eiffel Bir Hakeim – Gare de Austerlitz
Stops include: Louvre, Hotel de Ville
Operating hours: 7am – 11pm

Line 3: Northwest route
Route: Point de Suresnes Longchamp – Musée d’Orsay
Stops include: Bois de Bologne, Issy Val de Seine, Tour Eiffel
Operating hours: 7am – 9pm

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The Declaration, which is fully spelled out in the Concorde station, sets forth fundamental rights in France (and beyond). Now a part of the Preamble of the French Constitution, the Declaration was adopted on Aug. 26, 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly and ratified under duress by King Louis XVI on October 5, 1789, spelling the beginning of the end of the feudal system and the Ancien Régime.

Translation: No one may be questioned about his opinions, even religious, provided that their manifestation does not trouble the public order established by the law… and provided that he does not hold them while smoking in the metro.

– Image and text: GLK

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