Porte de Vincennes () is a station on Paris Métro Line 1. It is located on the Cours de Vincennes and named after the ''Porte de Vincennes'', a gate in the former Thiers Wall, which was at the beginning of the road to Vincennes.

History

The station opened on 19 July 1900 as part of the first stage of the line 1 between ''Porte de Vincennes'' and Porte Maillot. As the original eastern terminus of the line, ''Porte de Vincennes'' was the site of the very first construction work on the Paris Métro. An extension to

Château de Vincennes The Château de Vincennes () is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes. It was largely built between 1361 and 1369, and was a preferred residence, after ...

subsequently opened in 1934. Originally the station consisted of two separate island platforms for arrival and departure with tracks on each side. After the extension, a track on each island was filled in to create the present wide platforms.Hardy, B. ''Paris Metro Handbook''. 3rd Ed, 1999. Capital Transport Publishing. An interchange with an extension of Paris tramway Line 3a and the new Line 3b opened on 15 December 2012. Both routes terminate at Porte de Vincennes.

Station layout

References

Paris Métro stations in the 12th arrondissement of Paris Paris Métro stations in the 20th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1900 {{Paris-metro-stub