A place in Paris for rapid transport once (8)

I believe the answer is:

concorde

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'a place' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for concorde that I've seen before include "Airliner retired in 2003" , "Name of supersonic airliner" , "Supersonic aircraft no longer in service" , "Supersonic airliner recently discontinued" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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