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Métro & Trains: Don't buy tickets from Con Men!
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We travelled on The Paris Metro in July 2007 between Gare du Nord and Montparnanse. It was an incredibly intimidating and stressful experience. At Gare du Nord we struggled to buy metro tickets from a machine - a lady of Romanian origin? stepped in to "assist" - she gave us two tickets and took EUR3 from us. At Montparnasse we were stopped by ticket inspecters - we had been sold children's "carnet" tickets! We were told that we should be fined (something in the region of EUR20) however when we explained the circumstances we were allowed to proceed. On our way back at gare du Nord we were accosted every few minutes by aggressive ticket conmen - one was of African origin; the one pictured below - bald, stripy shirt, jeans was of Arab origin. On London Underground there are are staff at every set of ticket gates. There were none on the Paris Metro. There were no Police around either. I was left with the impression that the Paris Metro is a pretty lawless place where pick pockets (see other warnings) and ticket conmen prey on tourists with no official intervention.
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