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All stations have works of arts, mostly on the concourse levels.
Photo: Mirail Université station of 1993 on line A with a tall tree-like sculpture and other works of art by Daniel Coulet.
Stations are spacious and of varied architecture.
Photo: Carmes station of 2007 on line B with a huge 'sky' by Jean-Paul Marcheschi. This piece of art is a staggering 14 x 35 m (46 x 115 ft) and curves along the ceiling and wall.
Try the following tour, recommended by residents or metro enthusiasts:
Pick a copy of the leaflet "Galeries d'Art" from a ticket couter and explore the artworks in the stations. Most rewarding are the legs of Line A between Marengo SNCF and Reynerie and Line B between Francois Verdier and Canal du Midi. As the small trains run every 3 minutes, it is easy to hop off and on at every station to take a look at the concourse levels which are also worth seeing.
VAL family Members: Chicago (O'Hare Airport people mover), Lille, Paris (Orlyval, CDGVal airport trains), Rennes, Taipei, Toulouse, Turin, Uijeongbu, Characteristics: Sleek, small, automated, rubber-tyred metros. Platforms are usually short and have platform screen doors.
Before doors close there's a buzz like in Paris. After departure, a female recorded voice says "Prochaine station: [name]" ("Next station: [name]"), and repeats the station name once again before the train stops. Before transfer stations, she adds: "Correpondance: ligne [line name]".
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