Fabric of Paris

Stories of the streets, railways and buildings of the most beautiful city in the world

16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations

A toponymic listicle

31 October 2023

Oui et nom: some surprising facts
The distorted geography of Paris bus route maps

A review of the RATP's bus diagrams

8 August 2023

Squaring the circle: the maps which try too hard
Parmentier, potatoes and the Paris metro

A profile of Parmentier station

18 July 2023

Let them eat baked potatoes: the metro station decorated in honour of a vegetable
12 more stopped clocks in Paris

Another 12 clocks in Paris showing the wrong time

20 June 2023

Right twice a day: beautiful clocks and the stories of the buildings they adorn
Tramways in Île-de-France: a history

Part 8: the return

16 May 2023

Back to the future: the tram makes a comeback
Transport in Île-de-France: spring update

An update on the 2023 new year retrospective

4 April 2023

Severe delays on the line: what's changed about what's changing in the Paris transport scene