How many stations does the Paris Métro have?
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The answer
321 stations
The Paris Métro has 321 stations across 16 lines, packed into a relatively compact city — the average distance between stations is only about 550 metres, among the densest metro networks anywhere. That density means almost every point in central Paris sits within a short walk of a station.
How to get close to this number
Divide network length by station spacing. The explanation gives the spacing as around five hundred and fifty metres, which is unusually tight, and the network runs a couple of hundred kilometres. Length divided by spacing gives a station count in the low hundreds.
That spacing is the defining feature. Most metro systems place stations a kilometre or more apart, trading walking distance for journey speed; this one chose the opposite, which means almost every point in the central city is a short walk from a station and trains stop constantly.
The trade-off is real and worth naming: dense stops mean excellent coverage and slow average speeds. A system designed for a compact historic city where nobody travels far makes a different optimisation than one designed for a sprawling metropolitan region, which is why comparing metro systems by speed or by coverage gives opposite rankings.
Where this number comes from
| Source | RATP Group |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | stations |
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