As for the train picture that's supposedly packed and dreary, it's still miles ahead of some of the oldest trains operating in some of the lines around Paris, w

As for the train picture that's supposedly packed and dreary, it's still miles ahead of some of the oldest trains operating in some of the lines around Paris, which are ~50 years old and when they are packed, it's people standing up from one end of the wagon to the other. At least they're in the process of being replaced (the first new trains were delivered last month). Still I'm glad that Paris has a good public railway system, even if the improvement work in the summer can be really annoying (like when they are cutting the West-East line for one month in Paris).