Porte de Montreuil () is a

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on line 9 of the

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. The station has four tracks, two of which are sidings. Like that of Porte de Charenton, the train hall boasts an unusually wide vault, at 22.5 m across. The station is named after the ''Porte de Montreuil'', a gate in the nineteenth century

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of Paris, which led to the town of Montreuil.

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s are held on the glacis (the sloping bank in front of a wall) of the fortifications. The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from

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. It was the eastern terminus of the line until the extension of the line to Mairie de Montreuil on 14 October 1937. An interchange with

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opened on 15 December 2012.

Station layout

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 20th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1933 {{Paris-metro-stub