children's tickets on paris metro - can i buy them from a machine?

[janek]

hello

i have tried on 2 or possibly 3 occasions since dd1 turned 4 to buy a child's metro ticket for her on our way through paris.

for the adults i usually go to a machine and buy a carnet de 10 tickets because i know i'll use them on the way home/next time. i would like to do the same for the children, but i don't seem to be able to find separate children's tickets on the machine.

admittedly i am usually is a bit of a stress and hurry because we are invariably trying to make a connecting train, but each time i have ended up using adult tickets for the children.

so, please tell me, do separate children's tickets exist? and if so how do i buy them? (btw i've never asked at a kiosk because the queue is always massive at gare du nord.).

tia jane

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Yes, you get them from the same machine or from the ticket booth at the station. They are "tarif reduit" and only sold in carnets. For children under 10 only - 10 and up, they pay full price.

[janek]

i've never seen that. are you talking about the machines with the weird rolly bar thing at the bottom?

thanks for the info. i'll look next time i'm there

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Yes, any machine!

I have a few left - DD2 is now 10. PM me if you want me to post them to you, as it doesn't sound like you will need a full carnet?

[janek]

oh thank you! that's really kind. i'll pm you now (if i can work out how...). i don't have much time in paris next time between connections so that would be really helpful.

i feel a bit of an idiot if all i needed to see was 'tarif reduit'. i don't really speak french, but surely that was obvious... i'll have to have a good look.