ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This site would have never been on line without the great and warm help and support of the RATP (Paris Transport Authority). Thanks also to the various Metro specialists who helped me to create the site contents. Last but not least, thanks to Citeweb and MultiMania, for posting the site and promoting it.

PRESS REVIEWS
This site is proud to be referenced by many medias. It includes among others:

Press: InfoPC, Rail Passion, Point Net, Hachette.net, Télé Câble Satellite Hebdo, La Vie du Rail, Capital, Libération, Le Monde, Le Point...
TV and radio: France 3, TV5, RTL, France Inter, TF1, LCI, M6...
On line media: Canal +, France Info, Le Monde Interactif...
Web portals: Yahoo!, Hachette.net, Paris Web, Voilà, Nomade, Canal +...
Corporate: RATP, Crédit Lyonnais, Packard Bell, B2L...

AWARDS
The site received two major Net awards:
MULTIMANIA D'OR 1999
Site ranked N°1 among more than 2,000 participating sites.
YAHOO! FRANCE SELECTION - BEST SITES 1998

BIBLIOGRAPHY
> Le Patrimoine de la RATP (ouvrage collectif), Flohic Éditions, Paris, 1996
> Métro-Cité (ouvrage collectif), Paris Musées, Paris, 1997
> Jean-Claude Demory, Le métro de chez nous, MDM, Paris, 1997
> Jean Tricoire, De Bienvenüe à Météor, un siècle de métro en 14 lignes, La Vie du Rail, Paris, 1999
> Jean Tricoire, Le métro de Paris 1899-1911 Images de la construction, Paris Musées, Paris, 1999
> Roger-Henri Guerrand, L'aventure du métropolitain, La Découverte, Paris, 1999

OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
> Les cahiers de la mémoire (published by the 'Patrimoine' department of RATP)
> RATP documents

THE WEBMASTER
Song Phanekham is the webmaster of the site. It was on line for the first time on January 20, 1998 on the former Mygale server. The site is currently hosted at Citeweb.

Song, age 25, is a college graduate (Master's degree in Communications) of the French Press Institute (University Paris II - Panthéon-Sorbonne). He wrote a research study on the communications strategy of the French Railways (SNCF) from 1995 to 1999. Song is also a graduate in Economics (Bachelor's degree).

Today, the webmaster is a junior executive at the Internet department of the RATP. His former work experience includes CRÉDIT LYONNAIS BANK, as a corporate communications assistant. He also worked in the USA, thanks to a work and travel program, in HARRAH'S LAKE TAHOE, a well-known hotel-casino brand in the US.

During his student life, he also worked part-time at LEROY MERLIN (cell phone sales associate), DISNEYLAND PARIS (attractions host), KOBBY (pager operator) and EUROPCAR RENT A CAR (international reservation agent). Without forgetting salesperson at his parents boutique!

Your mails are most welcome!