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Voguéo
Voguéo was a water taxi service operated on the rivers Seine and the Marne in the Île-de-France (the area around Paris). The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF) adopted the service in 2007. It started on 28 June 2008 between the Gare d'Austerlitz in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and the École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort Métro station. Between the two termini the journey took 38 minutes, and the following year this was reduced to 28. Unlike the tourist river services in Paris (such as the '' bateaux-mouches''), this new route was different. It was designed for commuters, not tourists, and financed by the STIF, which meant it could be integrated into the existing fare system for the Île-de-France (see the section on fares and financing, below). For the occasional traveller, a one-time ticket was sold on board (the "Ticket "T+"" was not accepted). The route revived passenger river transport on the Seine, since it disappeared in 1934 from competition w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batobus
The Batobus is a boat service along the River Seine in the Paris region, with nine stops. The name is a trademark of Bateaux Parisiens. In 2006 –2007, it carried 843,000 passengers. History The service was created by the Secretary of State for Transport in 1989, as part of the bicentennial celebrations of the French Revolution. The Paris Port Authority (Port autonome de Paris), took a biding monopoly contract. Between 1989 and 1996, the service had about 100,000 passengers annually. In 1997, the contract was renewed for eleven years, for the tourist season, under the commercial name of "Batobus". Six stops were planned, four on the left bank of the Seine (the Rive Gauche (Paris), Rive Gauche), and two on the right bank (the Rive Droite (Paris), Rive Droite). In the end two more were added, at the Jardin des Plantes and the Eiffel Tower. In 2001–2002, it had as many as 500,000 passengers. In 2005, after being steadily extended, the service came to run through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
