Riquet () is a

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and located in the

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History

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Riquet opened on 5 November 1910 with the commissioning of the first section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette with service provided by all trains on the line until 18 January 1911, when a branch opened from

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to Pré-Saint-Gervais, resulting in 1 of every 2 trains serving this branch. It was once again served by all trains on the line when the branch from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais was split to form an independent line, line 7bis, on 3 December 1967. As part of the ''Un métro + beau'' programme by the RATP, the station was renovated and modernised on 28 January 2003. It was named after French engineer

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(born

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, 1609; died

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, 1680), who conceived and carried out the construction of the

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from 1666. This work was completed by his sons in 1681. In 2019, the station was used by 2,312,581 passengers, making it the 223rd busiest of the Métro network, out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 1,226,397 passengers amidst the

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, making it the 210th busiest of the Métro network, out of 305 stations.

Passenger services

Access

The station has 2 entrances: * Entrance 1: Rue Riquet * Entrance 2: Avenue de Flandre

Station layout

Platforms

Riquet has a standard configuration with two tracks surrounded by two side platforms, although the lower part of the walls are vertical instead of a typical elliptical shape. The decoration is in the ''Andreu-Motte'' style with two red luminous lighting canopies and ''Motte'' seats whose colour, changed from red to blue, breaking the colorimetric uniformity of said style. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the wall, vault, tunnel exits and outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is inscribed in

Parisine Parisine is a typeface that was created by Jean-François Porchez and is distributed by Typofonderie. The typeface is used in Paris Métro, tramways and buses and the parts of RER parts that are operated by the RATP Group in Île-de-France. I ...

font on enamelled plates.

Other connections

The station is also served by line 45 of the RATP bus network, and at night, by line N42 of the

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bus network.

Nearby

* la Villette Basin *

Canal de l'Ourcq The Canal de l'Ourcq () is a long canal in the Île-de-France region (greater Paris) with 10 locks. It was built at a width of but was enlarged to 3.7 m (12 ft), which permitted use by more pleasure boats. The canal begins at Port ...

Gallery

File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 7 - Riquet 03.jpg, Entrance at rue Riquet today File:Accès Station Métro Riquet Avenue Flandre - Paris XIX (FR75) - 2022-01-07 - 1.jpg, Entrance at avenue de Flandre

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro line 7 Paris Métro stations in the 19th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1910 {{Paris-metro-stub