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Haxo () is a
Description and photos of HaxoPhoto of Haxo at flickr.com
(accessed 5 November 2006)
Account of visit to Haxo Station at Sleepycity.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haxo (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 19th arrondissement of Paris Paris Métro line 3bis Paris Métro line 7bis Ghost stations of the Paris Métro Buildings and structures completed in 1921
Haxo () is a ghost station
A ghost station is a disused train station through which revenue-service passenger trains (especially rapid transit trains) pass but at which they do not stop. The term is also sometimes used for any unused underground station or any unused s ...
on 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 ...
. It lies on an unused connecting branch between lines 3bis and 7bis. Haxo on fr.Wikipedia
History
The station is situated on a line which was constructed in the 1920s between Porte des Lilas (line 3bis) and Pré-Saint-Gervais (line 7bis). A single track was built linkingPlace des Fêtes
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to Porte des Lilas, known as ''la voie des Fêtes'', with one intermediate station, Haxo. For traffic in the other direction, another track was constructed linking Porte des Lilas to Pré Saint-Gervais, with no intermediate station, called ''la voie navette''. Consequently, Haxo would have been a single-direction station with only one platform, like Mirabeau
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.
However, despite the network owners, the City of Paris
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, having delivered the necessary infrastructure, the railway operator, ''Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris
The Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris S.A. (Paris Metropolitan Railway Company Ltd.), or CMP, was the forerunner of the RATP, the company managing the Paris Métro.
Origin
So as not to be dependent on the Chemin de fer de l' ...
'', did not consider a service to be sufficiently profitable.
Service trains have never called at Haxo, and no access to street level was ever constructed. Occasional special enthusiast trains call at Haxo for photography, and the station was also used to demonstrate the MF 88
The MF 88 is a steel-wheel variant of electric multiple units used on Paris's Métro system. RATP contracted a consortium of manufacturers, with Ateliers du Nord de la France (now Bombardier Transportation) in charge of the project. They were b ...
rolling stock to the press in 1993 (the "1993" sign can be seen on some pictures, more than 10 years later).
Future
A study is being undertaken into themerger of Paris Métro Lines 3bis and 7bis
The merger of Paris Métro Line 3bis and Line 7bis is projected to create a new line of the Paris Métro, from Château-Landon station to Gambetta station. ''Fusion des lignes 3 bis et 7 bis du métro de Paris'' on fr.Wikipédia. This new line ...
, using the existing currently un-trafficked infrastructure between the two lines, and therefore might finally open Haxo for passenger use. The combined lines would run from Château-Landon
Château-Landon () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The commune contains within it the Souppes-sur-Loing quarry, where the bright white travertine stones for construction of the ...
to Gambetta.
At the moment, the ''voie navette'' is blocked near Pré Saint-Gervais by an additional maintenance facility for the MF 88
The MF 88 is a steel-wheel variant of electric multiple units used on Paris's Métro system. RATP contracted a consortium of manufacturers, with Ateliers du Nord de la France (now Bombardier Transportation) in charge of the project. They were b ...
rolling stock
The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can b ...
, due to their high failure rates. Therefore, the line merger would first require the MF 88 trains to be replaced by MF 67
The MF 67 is a fleet of steel-wheel electric multiple unit trains for the Paris Métro. The first MF 67 trains entered service on Line 3 in June 1968, and became one of the biggest orders for the Métro, with 1,482 cars constructed. The ne ...
units, which would be cascaded from other lines after the arrival of the MF 2000
The MF 2000 (officially called the MF 01) is a model of steel-wheeled electrical multiple units used on Paris's Metro system. The cars first arrived in December 2007 and delivery was completed in 2015. RATP ordered 160 trains or 800 cars in 200 ...
equipment.
Station layout
*Note: Line 7bis does not pass through here on its way to Pré Saint-Gervais; it uses an outer track next to the side platform which is not visible from the platform.See also
*North End tube station
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– never-opened station on the London Underground
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.
* Porte Molitor – never-opened station on 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 ...
.
*Kymlinge
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History
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– never-opened station on the Stockholm Metro
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.
References
External links
*Description and photos of Haxo
(accessed 5 November 2006)
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