Paris Metro Map 2026: Lines, Tickets & Fares

Paris Metro at a Glance

• According to RATP, the 16 Métro lines, including 3bis and 7bis, connect around 320 stations in Paris and its near suburbs.
• A Ticket Métro-Train-RER costs €2.55 (≈ $2.86). For several city journeys on one operating day, Navigo Jour costs €12.30 (≈ $13.81), but does not cover airport travel.
• From central Châtelet-Les Halles, M14 reaches Aéroport d’Orly in about 25 minutes; the airport ticket costs €14.00 (≈ $15.72).
• Take the RER B to Charles de Gaulle Airport. Beauvais requires a separate Aérobus shuttle from Porte Maillot.
• The Métro generally runs from 5:30 AM to 1:15 AM, and until about 2:15 AM on Fridays, Saturdays and before public holidays. Noctilien buses serve the network overnight.

Current Service Updates

Due to renovation work, M4 will not stop at Saint-Michel through December 19, 2026. For Notre-Dame, use Cité (M4). Check the RATP Line 4 service updates before traveling.

The Paris Metro Map in the viewer can be enlarged and saved as a PDF. The embedded Paris Metro Map shows Île-de-France Mobilités’ official January 2026 edition. The line termini and fares below reflect 2026 information.

For airport trips and destinations beyond the Métro network, you also need to identify the right RER or shuttle connection. The following sections explain the tickets, stations and service hours for those journeys.

The first Paris Métro line opened on July 19, 1900. Today the RATP-operated network has 16 lines: numbers 1 through 14, plus the short branch lines 3bis and 7bis. The Métro remains central to travel within the city. For an older rail system, compare the London Underground Map.

RATP counts around 320 stations on the Paris Métro network. This includes stations on the recent M4, M11, M12 and M14 extensions.

The Métro recorded 1,476 million journeys in 2024. The 2024 figure counts journeys rather than unique passengers, so it cannot be used as a daily passenger count. At interchanges, line numbers and colors make it easier to choose the right platform. The Paris Metro Map shows line numbers even where colors look similar.

Lines are numbered and color-coded on the Paris Metro Map. The final walk depends on your destination: from Bir-Hakeim (M6), the Eiffel Tower is under ten minutes away.

RER trains complement the Métro on longer journeys. The RER B serves Charles de Gaulle Airport, the RER C serves Versailles, and the RER A serves Disneyland Paris. These routes are separate from the 16 Métro lines and sometimes require different tickets. Check both your interchange station and the fare you need before traveling.

The Paris Île-de-France region welcomed nearly 50 million visitors in 2025. The Métro is useful for trips between museums, monuments and hotels when you know both your exit station and the remaining walk. The Paris Metro Map and destinations table below give both details for eight popular outings.

For the Eiffel Tower, take M6 to Bir-Hakeim and walk for less than ten minutes. Reach the Louvre on M1 or M7 via Palais Royal (Musée du Louvre). Place de la Concorde is served by M1, M8 and M12; take M12 to Solférino for the Musée d’Orsay.

For Notre-Dame, use Cité on M4 and walk to the Parvis. M1, M2 or M6 takes you to Charles de Gaulle-Étoile for the Arc de Triomphe; use the Passage du Souvenir underpass. For Sacré-Cœur, leave M2 at Anvers and take the funicular or climb the steps.

The Palace of Versailles and Disneyland Paris lie beyond the Métro network. Take the RER C to Versailles Château Rive Gauche for the palace, then walk about ten minutes. The RER A to Marne-la-Vallée (Chessy) stops around two minutes on foot from Disneyland Paris. According to the park operator, the RER journey from Nation takes about 35 minutes.

Paris has three airports with three distinct routes. M14 to Aéroport d’Orly connects Orly directly with Châtelet-Les Halles in about 25 minutes. The airport ticket costs €14.00 (≈ $15.72). From Châtelet-Les Halles, the RER B reaches Charles de Gaulle in about 35 to 50 minutes; the same €14.00 (≈ $15.72) airport fare applies.

No Métro or RER train continues to Beauvais Airport. Take M1 to Porte Maillot and transfer to the Aérobus A01. Depending on traffic, the shuttle takes at least 1 hour 15 minutes and costs €17.90 (≈ $20.09) online for a one-way trip. Its fare is separate from the Métro ticket; the €14.00 (≈ $15.72) airport rail ticket does not cover Aérobus.

Following the fare reform, ordinary single journeys use different products: a Ticket Métro-Train-RER for €2.55 (≈ $2.86) and a Ticket Bus-Tram for €2.05 (≈ $2.30). Both cover journeys within Île-de-France outside the special airport rail routes. With ordinary single tickets, changing between Métro or RER and a bus or tram requires a second ticket.

The rail ticket allows transfers between Métro, train and RER for two hours from the first validation, provided you do not leave the network. The bus ticket is valid for 90 minutes. The old ticket t+ is no longer the standard choice for a new trip; according to the transit authority, previously bought paper tickets can still be used on the Métro until mid-December 2026.

For several city rides in one day, Navigo Jour costs €12.30 (≈ $13.81). It covers one operating day in zones 1 through 5, including Noctilien, but excludes airport trips to Orly or Charles de Gaulle. The separate Ticket Paris Région <> Aéroports costs €14.00 (≈ $15.72) for M14 to Orly or RER B to CDG.

For three consecutive days with an airport transfer, Paris Visite costs €63.80 (≈ $71.62). Without an airport trip, three Navigo Jour days total €36.90 (≈ $41.42). If all travel days fall within the same Monday-to-Sunday week, Navigo Semaine for zones 1 through 5 costs €32.40 (≈ $36.37) and also covers M14 to Orly and RER B to CDG; Orlyval is excluded. Compare your dates, ticket medium and the additional Paris Visite benefits.

Paris Visite is sold for 1, 2, 3 or 5 consecutive days. In zones 1 through 5 it includes M14 to Orly and RER B to CDG; the transit authority also lists cultural and commercial benefits. Navigo Semaine covers a fixed calendar week, while Navigo Mois covers a calendar month. A physical Navigo Découverte card costs €5.00 (≈ $5.61) and requires your name and photograph.

Children under four travel free. From age four to under ten, the discounted Métro-Train-RER ticket costs €1.30 (≈ $1.46) and the Bus-Tram ticket costs €1.05 (≈ $1.18). Published Paris Visite child fares apply to children aged four through nine. Navigo Jour has no reduced child fare.

Buy tickets at machines or service counters, or through the official Île-de-France Mobilités app. It is available on Google Play and the Apple App Store. Both listings identify Île-de-France Mobilités as the provider.

A Navigo Easy card costs €2.00 (≈ $2.25) and is anonymous. If your group uses cards, each person needs their own pass for a shared trip; alternatively, each person can use a compatible smartphone as their ticket medium. You can load single tickets, Navigo Jour, Paris Visite or an airport ticket onto Navigo Easy. Paris Visite is personal and nontransferable: write your first and last name on the back of the card. A Métro-Train-RER single ticket and an airport ticket cannot be stored on the same Easy card at the same time. Each smartphone user must also hold their own valid fare.

Tap your pass or smartphone at the gate reader for every journey and retain a valid ticket until you leave the network. A single ticket’s validity period begins with the first entry validation. Feed a paper ticket into the designated reader.

Navigo Liberté+ bills journeys afterward: €2.04 (≈ $2.29) for a Métro-Train-RER ride and €1.64 (≈ $1.84) for bus or tram. The contract requires bank details and a direct debit mandate, so it is less suited to an unplanned short visit. For another city, see the Berlin Subway Map.

According to RATP, Paris Métro service starts across the network at approximately 5:30 AM. It ends around 1:15 AM on Monday through Thursday and Sunday, or around 2:15 AM on Fridays, Saturdays and nights before public holidays. The last train usually leaves its terminus earlier. Your actual departure depends on the line, direction and station.

Trains run particularly frequently during the 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM and 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM peaks. On M14, the transit authority has cited 85-second intervals since April 2025. Outside peak hours, RATP gives four minutes on M14 and five minutes on M6 as examples; after 9:00 PM, it gives around eight minutes on most lines.

For an early flight or a late return, check the last departure from your station in the RATP timetable information.

After the Métro stops, Noctilien night buses run approximately from 12:30 AM to 5:30 AM. Frequency varies by route and night. For N43 through N45, the transit authority gives roughly 20 minutes on weekdays and 15 minutes on weekends as examples; this is not a network-wide frequency. Night bus stops are marked with an N.

For a late journey, use the Noctilien route information and check the departure for your station. The links below show the timetables for individual Métro lines.

The Grand Paris Express will add to the existing network in stages. The September 2026 project map schedules an initial M18 section between Massy-Palaiseau and Christ de Saclay for 2026. The southern M15 and the M18 extension to Orly are scheduled for 2027. These dates are plans, not lines already in service.

The project operator plans the first sections of M16 and M17 for 2028. Further sections are planned for 2029 and 2030, with western and eastern M15 sections in 2031. For a 2026 journey, M15 through M18 are not yet part of the 16 active Métro lines. The network will expand as those openings occur.

Four extensions of existing lines are already in use: M4 reaches Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac, M11 reaches Rosny-Bois-Perrier, M12 reaches Mairie d’Aubervilliers, and M14 runs between Saint-Denis-Pleyel and Aéroport d’Orly. These extensions provide Métro access to Bagneux, Rosny-Bois-Perrier, Mairie d’Aubervilliers and Orly Airport.

Île-de-France Mobilités reported a 96.4% peak-period service delivery rate for the Métro in 2025. This measures the service actually provided, not the proportion of on-time arrivals. It does not guarantee arrival at any specific minute.

Fun Fact: RATP uses the closed Porte des Lilas-Cinéma station as a setting for film and photo shoots. According to the operator, it is not a public event station.