Franklin D. Roosevelt () is a station on Line 1 and Line 9 of the

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. With more than nine million passengers annually (2019), it is the nineteenth busiest station in the Paris Métro system.STIF statistics report
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History

Originally, the stations on the two lines were separate. The Line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between

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and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900 and was called Marbeuf. It was named after the

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, which in turn was named after the Marquise de Marbeuf, who had developed the area in the 1770s and was

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d during the Reign of Terror. The Line 9 station opened when the line was extended from

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to Saint-Augustin on 27 May 1923 and was called Rond-Point des

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or just Rond-Point. On 6 October 1942 a connection between the two stations was opened and the new station was renamed Marbeuf–Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées (or more often Champs-Élysées–Marbeuf). This new station became Franklin D. Roosevelt station in 1946 when the nearby Avenue Victor-Emmanuel III was renamed Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue, in honour of US President

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who had been an ally of France during World War II, as opposed to

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, the king of

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who, although allied with France during the First World War, had fought against France as king of Fascist Italy during the Second World War. The station was renovated after the Second World War and the work introduced a new artistic technique known as "

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", which is often called "block glass" or "glass brick" in English. Sometimes it is also called a "station musée" (station-museum). While one can find some of the glass brick along the platform for Line 9, more of it can be found in along the platform serving Line 1. The inauguration of the finished station involved a large ceremony on the night of 1 March 1957, with two ramps equipped with tables of food for the invited guests. As part of the automation project on Line 1, its platforms were completely renovated in 2008.

Attractions

* Access to the Petit and Grand Palais * Beginning of the large amount of department stores on the

(Virgin, Cartes IGN, etc.) * Access to the tree-lined part of the Champs-Élysées

Station layout

Gallery

Métro Paris FranklinDRoosevelt aménagement2011-Détail1.jpg, Updated station signage after 2011 renovation. Paris Métro Franklin D. Roosevelt.jpg, Station entrance. Station-metro-paris-tickethall-roosevelt.jpg, Ticket concourse. Metro Paris - Ligne 1 - station Franklin D. Roosevelt 01.jpg, Line 1 platforms during automation programme in March 2008. Station de Franklin Roosevelt Ligne 1 - Plaque 02-03-06.jpg, Line 1 signage. Metro Paris - Ligne 9 - station Franklin D. Roosevelt 03.jpg, Line 9 platforms. Metro Paris - Ligne 9 - station Franklin D. Roosevelt 01.jpg, Line 9 signage. November 2007 Strikes France Crowded Platform.jpg, Line 9 on a strike day in 2007.

References

* Roland Pozzo di Borgo, ''Les Champs-Élysées: trois siècles d'histoire'', 1997 * Gérard Roland, ''Stations de Métro''. Paris: Bonneton éditeur, 2003. 231 pp. Revised and expanded edition, .

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 8th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1900