French metro better than the Tube

**lORD lUCAN** · 23 November 2005, 15:59

There should be a caption with this, any ideas?

**Chico** · 23 November 2005, 16:00

Sod it I am off to Sangatte!!

**NoddY** · 23 November 2005, 16:00

That's SNCF not the Metro

The same people who brought you:

Instead of:

I travel on:

**Joe Black** · 23 November 2005, 17:55

Now come on Noddy, we all know a bit of mischief making when we see it, and the BritRail logo just gives it away.

The UK can easily compete with SNCF. Just have a look at my typical commute from Waterloo:

The waiting area's not too bad either...

**Xena** · 23 November 2005, 18:45

Paris metros run on pneumatic tyres.

Just thought you might like to know that.

**Joe Black** · 23 November 2005, 19:03

Pneumatic...

...is this what you mean?

**Xena** · 23 November 2005, 19:11

Originally posted by Joe Black

...is this what you mean?

I'm just suffering from breast envy...

**Bovvered** · 24 November 2005, 08:33

In all seriousness...

...I had a couple of trips on the Metro this summer. There are some old banged up lines, with trains that run on rubber tyres - I just can't take these seriously! - but they have some new lines which are fantastic: completely automated with no driver, and train's carriages are ajoined in an open fashion akin to the new London buses. You can literally stand at one end of the train when its not busy, and see right to the other end, and look out of the front window to see where the train is going.

As for the SNCF; well it far exceeds anything we have.

French metro better than the Tube