Réseau Express Régional
Suburban commuter rail network in the Paris region
Réseau Express Régional
The Réseau Express Régional (French pronunciation: [ʁezo ɛkspʁɛs ʁeʒjɔnal]; English: Regional Express Network), commonly abbreviated RER (pronounced [ɛʁəɛʁ]), is a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving the city centre of Paris and its suburbs. It functions as a combined city centre underground rail system and suburbs-to-city-centre commuter rail network, in a similar manner to the S-Bahn systems in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, S-train in Copenhagen, the Pendeltåg in Sweden, the Overground, Thameslink and Elizabeth Line in London, the Merseyrail in Liverpool, the S Lines in Milan, BART in the San Francisco Bay Area, and many other urban rail networks around the world. It is part of the network of transport services managed by Île-de-France Mobilités. Conceived of as a métropolitain express ('express metro') during the mid-1930s, the scheme was revived in the 1950s and construction began in the early 1960s. The RER was not fully conceptualised until the completion of...
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