Balard () is the southwestern
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
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of
Line 8 of the
Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (french: Métro de Paris ; short for Métropolitain ) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France. A symbol of the Paris, city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform ar ...
. Since 2006, it has also been a stop on
ÃŽle-de-France tramway Line 3a
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. Situated in the
15th arrondissement of Paris
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Mathematics
15 is:
* A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and .
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, it serves
Parc André Citroën
Parc André Citroën is a public park located on the left bank of the river Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Built on the site of a former Citroën automobile manufacturing plant, the park is named after company founder André Citroën ...
, as well as the Site Balard of the
Ministry of the Armies.
History
The station was opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of Line 8 from
La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle. The
ÃŽle-de-France tramway Line 3 (now 3a) stop opened on 16 December 2006 as part of the initial section of the line between
Pont du Garigliano
The Pont du Garigliano is a bridge across the Seine in Paris.
Location and construction
The Pont du Garigliano links Boulevard Martial-Valin in the quartier de Javel (15th arrondissement), to Boulevard Exelmans in the Auteuil quartier ( 16th ...
and
Porte d'Ivry
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*Sublime Porte, the central government of the Ottoman empire
*Porte, Piedmont, a municipality in the Piedmont region of Italy
*John Cyril Porte, British/Irish aviator
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. The station is named after Place Balard, itself named after
Antoine-Jérôme Balard, a French chemist and the discoverer of
bromine
Bromine is a chemical element with the symbol Br and atomic number 35. It is the third-lightest element in group 17 of the periodic table (halogens) and is a volatile red-brown liquid at room temperature that evaporates readily to form a simila ...
.
In June 2015, an additional southern access point (exit 6, Rue Louis Armand) was opened in order to improve the connection with
ÃŽle-de-France tramway Line 2
Île-de-France tramway Line 2 (T2; French: ''Ligne 2 du tramway d'Île-de-France'') is part of the modern tram network of the Île-de-France region of France. It connects the commune of Bezons in the north to the Porte de Versailles Métro sta ...
at its station Suzanne Lenglen,
which is a 140m walk away from the new exit.
Station layout
Gallery
File:Station balard tramway t3 A PARIS 19 octobre 2006.jpg, Balard T3a tram stop for services to Garigliano
The Garigliano () is a river in central Italy.
It forms at the confluence of the rivers Gari (also known as the Rapido) and Liri. Garigliano is actually a deformation of "Gari-Lirano" (which in Italian means something like "Gari from the Liri"). ...
References
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Paris Métro stations in the 15th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1937