Around 4 p.m., this Monday, December 14, the gates of the new station of line 14 Mairie de Saint-Ouen finally rose.
Behind, several hundred Audonian users and other curious people are greeted by RATP staff under a shower of applause.
They are indeed the very first to cross the gates of this new extension of line 14, inaugurated an hour earlier by Prime Minister Jean Castex in person.
The commissioning of this 5.8 km section between Saint-Lazare and Mairie de Saint-Ouen eagerly awaited by many users, who could no longer take the infamous line 13, which is extremely saturated at rush hour .
This extension will also make it possible to bring Audoniens closer to the center of Paris. “We have been waiting for it for a long time.
Now the commute will be more enjoyable, it really is a day of celebration!
», Launches a regular of line 13.
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