Les Halles () is a

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on Line 4 of the

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. Located in the 1st arrondissement, it takes its name from the

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which were on the site for many years.

Location

Established underground, Les Halles station is located on Line 4 of the Paris Métro, under the westfield Forum des Halles shopping complex between

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and Rue Berger. Corridors and underground staircases connect it to Châtelet Métro station and to

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RER station.

History

The original station on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to

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to serve

Les Halles Les Halles (; 'The Halls') was Paris' central fresh food market. It last operated on January 12, 1973, after which it was "left to the demolition men who will knock down the last three of the eight iron-and-glass pavilions""Les Halles Dead at 200 ...

(old markets). The station was rebuilt and put into service on 3 October 1977 about ten metres further east to interchange with the new

RER station on

RER A RER A is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from east to west, with all t ...

RER B RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The RER B line crosses the region from no ...

and

RER D RER D is one of the five lines in the (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a group ...

which opened on 9 December 1977. This RER station is connected by underground corridors to the Métro station Châtelet on Line 1, Line 4, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14; Les Halles is therefore also connected with Châtelet. Line 4 is the only line that serves Les Halles; it also serves Châtelet station. The walking distance from Line 4 at Les Halles to the far end of Châtelet ( Line 7) is about . Les Halles serves the underground shopping centre

Forum des Halles Les Halles (; 'The Halls') was Paris' central fresh food market. It last operated on January 12, 1973, after which it was "left to the demolition men who will knock down the last three of the eight iron-and-glass pavilions""Les Halles Dead at 200 ...

. One of the floors of the Forum des Halles contains the Métro station. As part of the automation of Line 4, its platforms were upgraded during the weekend of 10 and 11 June 2017, in order to receive landing doors. These are installed between the end of January and mid-February 2020. In 2019, 16,069,170 users entered the station which placed it in ninth position among stations in the Paris metropolitan network (out of 302).

Passenger services

Access

The station is accessible by an entrance to no. 230 Rue Rambuteau and by connecting corridors with Châtelet–Les Halles. It has an information area with a members counter and is equipped with automatic ticketing machines.

Station layout

Platforms

Les Halles is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and an open load-bearing wall.

Other train connections

It allows connections with RER A, B and D of the commuter rail network via the platforms of

station, as well as to Line 1, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14 of the Paris Métro at Châtelet accessed via the RER station, through pedestrian corridors. The station, in the heart of a pedestrian area, is not served by any bus lines.

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Halles (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 1st arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1908 Railway stations in France opened in 1977