Paris Metro Entrances. How to find?
 

Does anyone know of a website that shows precise location of the Metro entrance locations? I read on Trip Advisor about ratp offering these details, but that post was 2012, and I don't think the user interface is the same now, or I'm doing something wrong. Thank you for helping.

Google maps. https://www.google.com/maps Metro locations shown with a blue "M" in a circle. The closer you zoom in, the more precisely you'll see the location. If you drag the little yellow guy and drop him at a location you'll get street view and can see exactly where it is and what it looks like.

If you should decide to change to a non-web source for your information, L'indispensable 3 plans par arrondissment, sold at train stations and many news kiosks, gives the exact locations for all metro stops

Thank you, Mme Perdu. Your response, perhaps, is helpful to a novice traveler, however, I'm looking for something more specific and detailed. For instance, I understand there are 9 entrances to the Etoile station and 12 to Châtelet. As far as I can tell, Google Maps does not show any of that. Streetview cameras almost never go on the sidewalk. I could spend the rest of my life searching in Streetview. But thank you, again.

@Envierges
Thank you. That could be helpful, but I'm trying to plan a course of action before I hit the ground. I'll keep your information handy as a last resort.

This is interesting. Before I posted at top I went onto the google maps site to make sure the entrances were in a particular, rather than in a generic, location on the street. I chose a random small station and not a big one like Etoile. Now I see that Etoile, for instance, shows no entrances at all, let alone all of them. Thinking about this, I'm wondering if this is a security issue, rather than a transport question, have they actually removed them from the map because of possible perceived vulnerabilities?

I'll be interested, wesleymarsh, to know what you find.

@MmePerdu
It seems there was a way to get "station info" in 2012 on the ratp website. But it doesn't seem that feature is available anymore. That leaves tourists to "discover" where the entrances are when they are on the ground. That's not at all helpful to me.

It would not surprise me that terrorism may be the reason for the information disappearing. For someone like me, terrorism has practically ruined the travel experience, and I'm fighting like hell to fight back. I don't know how much more fight I have in me. I worry that my travel days are numbered. (And if I listen to some negative people on travel boards, I should have thrown in the towel years ago. lol)

I doubt they will have moved or closed any entrances to the Metro since 2012, so if the current map does not show the entrances, I'd go with the 2012 map.

PS---don't let the terrorists defeat you! If you stop going because of their outrages, they win. I know that taking off our shoes at the airport, etc., is exasperating, but the odds of getting hurt or killed by terrorists is extremely small and in my view the hassle is a small price to pay for the seeing the beauty of Paris, etc.

I don't "worry that my travel days are numbered". I know they are. I'll be going to Egypt in November and if they get me, they get me. I cannot wait any longer!

The little map booklet mentioned above, Plan de Paris Par Arrondissement, is about the only document I have seen with precise entrance info. Even so, if I want to be sure, I do a google street view to do a dead reckoning of the surroundings such as the type of building and the probable shops around them. This booklet is sold practically everywhere for a few Euros. You probably have this booklet in your had hours before you need to hit one of these ginormous stations.

>>> I understand there are 9 entrances to the Etoile station and 12 to Châtelet.

Unless you have a mobility or a severe time constraint, it does not matter which of these numerous entrances you use. They are all connected. You can also ask locals.

I supplement the map booklet with my phone gps, but not all day. My battery does not last all day in navigation mode.

The metro is absolutely not a problem, even for people who have not done any research about the location of the entrances.

@kerouac
Thank you. However, not helpful. I already know how to identify a metro entrance from the street, no matter when it was designed.

"I'd go with the 2012 map"
The online viewing option no longer exists. There's no such thing as a 2012 map.

The metro is absolutely not a problem, even for people who have not done any research about the location of the entrances.>

Yes, why need such precise info, respectively. Just curious. Terrorists case out those in person and don't need Google maps.

Why such a big deal - mountains out of mole hills?

The RATP app will show you the exact location of all of the métro/RER entrances, including the exit/entrance number assigned to each stairwell or escalator at locations which have multiple options such as Châtelet.

" - mountains out of mole hills?"

Only a big deal if you know where the mountains are but require the exact location of the mole hills. WM seems to have a particular reason for wanting to know and isn't, apparently, a beginner at this.

There are often novice questions asked here, one now having to do with 3 adult women "needing" to abandon Paris for Disneyland and questions are an obvious response. It doesn't seem to me that this is one of those times.

WM seems to have a particular reason for wanting to know and isn't, apparently, a beginner at this.>

What the heck that could be I am curious about!

Maybe with 12 separate entrances in a big interchange station it is worthwile I guess.

If you just go to the street corner and find the big M sign, you will know where to enter. At the most, it may be across the street from where you are, rather than on the side you are. Many times there are entrances on both sides of the street.

Upon exit, they have detailed maps inside the stations on the walls that show you all exits and exactly there they are so you can plan which exit you want to use.

I do not use apps for metro trips, but Citymapper claims it has metro maps showing the exits/entrances, but I cannot find them. They do tell you exactly what exit number to use based on a specific address you put in, if you think you will need that.

>>The RATP app will show you the exact location<<
I saw that in the research. Thank you. Don't punish me too harshly, but the phone I use in Paris is not a smartphone. I don't own a smartphone. Do these apps work without the need of Wi-Fi? Perhaps I have another tool that could display this app.

>>I am curious<<
Too many people on these boards who insist on asking personal questions without providing one word of helpful information. Why must people be so rude?

>>If you just go to the street corner and find the big M sign<<
I wish life could be so easy for me.