Anvers () is a station on Line 2 of the

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. It is located in

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, on the border of the

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and the 18th arrondissements.

Location

The station is located under

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, at Place d'Anvers. Oriented approximately along an east–west axis, it is located between Pigalle and Barbès - Rochechouart metro stations. In the direction of

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, it is the last underground station preceding the above ground section of the line.

History

The station was opened on 21 October 1902 as part of the extension of Line 2 from Étoile. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Bagnolet (now called

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) on 31 January 1903. The station is named after the Place d'Anvers and the Belgian city of

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

(''Anvers'' in French) where French troops won a victory over the Dutch during the siege of the citadel of Antwerp in 1832. The station is located under the Boulevard de Rochechouart, which was built on the route of the

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in order to enforce the collection of taxation between 1784 and 1791 but demolished in the 19th century. Anvers (Sacré-Cœur) is only station on Line 2 between the Charles de Gaulle—Étoile and the

stations that is not built on the site of a gate (or ''barrière'' in French) of the wall, which became important intersections and thus, logical places for stations. Instead, Anvers station was placed as close to the foot of the

Montmartre funicular The Montmartre Funicular (french: Funiculaire de Montmartre) is an inclined transport system serving the Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris, France, in the 18th arrondissement. Operated by the RATP, the Paris transport authority, the system opened ...

as possible. Nevertheless, the Barrière de Rochechouart was at the east, near the junction of the Boulevard de Rochechouart and the Rue de Rochechouart. Also near are the hill of

and the Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur. From the 1950s to the end of the 2000s, the side walls were covered with metal bodywork with blue horizontal uprights and illuminated golden advertising frames. Before the bodyworks removal as part of the RATP's ''Renouveau du métro'' renovation, it was supplemented with ''shell'' yellow seats characteristic of the ''Motte'' style. The platform modernization work was completed in 2010. On 1 April 2016, half of the nameplates on the station's platforms were replaced by the RATP to make an April Fool joke for a day, as in twelve other stations. They use the name of the station (without its subtitle), but are humorously turned upside down in order to play on the homophony between ''Anvers'' and ''envers'' (reverse). In 2019, 5,643,147 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 67th position of the metro stations for its usage.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single access entitled ''Boulevard de Rochechouart - Sacré-Coeur'', leading to the central reservation of this boulevard, on Place d'Anvers opposite the similarly named square. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with a Guimard entrance, the elements of which were designed by Hector Guimard in 1900 was listed as historic monuments by the decree of 29 May 1978.

Station layout

Platforms

Anvers is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the ''renouveau du métro des années 2000'', and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are in white ceramic and the name of the station is written in the

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font on enameled plates. The seats are a green ''Akiko'' style.

Bus services

The station is served by lines 54, 85 and the tourist line OpenTour of the

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and, at night, by lines N01 and N02 of the

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network. The

Montmartre Funicular The Montmartre Funicular (french: Funiculaire de Montmartre) is an inclined transport system serving the Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris, France, in the 18th arrondissement. Operated by the RATP, the Paris transport authority, the system opened ...

is accessible a few hundred meters away by taking the Rue de Steinkerque.

Nearby

* Marché de brocante sur le boulevard de Rochechouart * Butte Montmartre * Sacré-Cœur, Paris *

Le Trianon (theatre) Le Trianon is a theatre and concert hall in Paris. It is located at 80, boulevard de Rochechouart, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, at the foot of the hill of Montmartre. Café concert (1894–1900) The ''Trianon-Concert'' was built as a '' ...

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anvers (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 9th arrondissement of Paris Paris Métro stations in the 18th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1902 Paris Métro stations located underground