Orlyval

The Orlyval is a driverless metro from VAL in the south of Paris, which runs as a special line of the Paris Métro between Antony station to the RER B and the airport Paris -Orly. It is privately funded and opened on October 2, 1991.

Operator

Following the liquidation of the operating company in 1993 it is operated by RATP and today. OrlyVal of the Service SA, a 99 percent subsidiary of RATP She is a special line with a particularly high fare and can not be used with time cards.

The cost of a single ticket ( adult) 10.25 € incl Metro. (As of 1 July 2010)

The suffix " - eq " stands for Vehicle of automatique Léger, lightweight automated vehicle. It is driverless, automatically controlled vehicles running on rubber tires. Each train consists of two cars. It was designed by the vehicle manufacturer Matra in 1971 and first introduced in Lille.

The busy from the Orlyval trains route is about 7.3 km long and has a pendulum - character. It is a separate deal, zones or multi-day tickets RATP are not valid here. The only exception is the tourist Paris Visite ticket for zones 1-5 (as of 1 July 2007). Inside the airport in the Orlyval serves as free transportation between the terminals Orly West and Orly South. Travel time is here 2 minutes, between Antony and Orly West and about 6 minutes. The trunk is used by 8 trains, each with two wagons. At peak times in the morning or in the late afternoon, the trains run every 4 minutes. Departure times are adjusted to the arrival or departure times of the RER B Antony.

The operating hours are daily 6-23 clock. Approximately 3 million passengers annually.

Stations

There are only three stations Antony (RER line B ), Orly Ouest and Orly -Sud. For security reasons, the platforms are equipped with platform screen doors.