Paris 2024: The Grand Paris Express
People arriving at Paris\u2019s Orly Airport for the 2024 Olympic games will be able to take an underground train straight to Saint-Denis where most of the Olympic action is taking place.
It's thanks to a line extension that opened on June 24. And that is just the \u2018hors d\u2019oeuvre\u2019. The Grand Paris Express is a metro expansion on a massive scale whose aim is to transform the city from a normal-sized European capital to a metropolis the size of London.
What could it do for the Parisian, and French, economies?
(Image: Saint-Denis\u2013Pleyel station in Paris, France. Copyright: Soci\xe9t\xe9 des grands projets / Kengo Kuma & Associates / Sylvain Cambon)
Presented and produced by John Laurenson