Metro ticket prices in the French capital will almost double during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A single metro ticket will increase from €2.10 to €4 for the period of 20 July until 8 September, a few days either side of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The temporary hike has been described as a “fair price” by Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region.
The price increase will only impact visitors to the city, with residents’ monthly and yearly metro passes unaffected.
Pecresse announced the news on X (formerly Twitter):
“During the Olympics and the Paralympics, the Ile de France region will dramatically increase its transport offer. It is out of question that the residents support that cost.
“We’re going to create a new pass, the Paris 2024 pass, that will allow visitors to travel through the whole Ile de France region. It will cost 16 euros a day, and up to 70 euros a week.”
She also recommended that Parisians without monthly or annual passes should stock up on tickets ahead of the 20 July surcharge.
#JOP2024 : @IDFmobilites va augmenter l'offre de transport pour les Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de #Paris2024.
Je refuse que ces surcoûts soient payés par les Franciliennes et les Franciliens. Qui va payer quoi entre le 20 juillet et le 8 septembre ? C'est ici ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/N6ZCBvFLR2
— Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) November 27, 2023
The city of Paris is aiming to make the 2024 Games the greenest in history, and there is a concerted focus on promoting the use of public transport for travelling to competition venues.
All sites are set to be accessible via a combination of metro, trains, buses, taxis and trams, with public transport reinforced to take up to 500,000 spectators per day during the Olympics, and up to 300,000 for the Paralympics.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, warned last week however that public transport services will be unable to cope with demand during the events.
Metro operator RATP has also launched translation service Tradivia, which will be used by staff across the network’s stations to translate spoken queries and provide responses back to the visitor in their language. The app is capable of translating 16 languages.
The Olympics will take place from 26 July until 11 August, followed by the Paralympics from 28 August until 8 September.
Earlier this year we travelled to Paris to discover how the city is gearing up for the 2024 Games:
