Châtelet – Les Halles, PARIS Walking tour part 1

Châtelet–Les Halles is a major train hub in Paris and one of the largest underground stations in the world. Opened in 1977, it is the central transit hub for the Île-de-France metropolitan area, connecting three of five RER commuter-rail lines and five of sixteen Métro lines.The hub hosts 750,000 travellers per weekday (493,000 for the RER alone) and platforms separated by up to 800 metres (0.49-mile) It is named after the nearby Place du Châtelet public square and the Forum des Halles, a shopping mall. Formally, the name Châtelet–Les Halles designates the RER station alone. Informally, it refers to the hub comprising the eponymous RER station (served by lines A, B and D) plus the contiguous Paris Métro stations Châtelet (served by lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14) and Les Halles (served by line 4). For purposes of wayfinding, the massive three station complex is broken up into three sectors: Forum, Rivoli, and Seine. #Châtelet–LesHalles #PARISWalkingtour #decraftsandvlogs #paris #france info by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A... subscribe me:    / @defrancevlogs