Porte de Clignancourt () is a station of the

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, the northern

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of line 4, situated in the

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Location

The station is located under Boulevard Ornano at the Porte de Clignancourt.

History

Luigi Loir - Le marché aux puces, Porte de Clignancourt

The station was opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet. A terminal loop is provided at the station for trains to turn around to return south towards

Montrouge Montrouge () is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. After a long period of decline, the population has increased again in recent years. ...

. Passengers usually detrain at the arrival platform and then the train proceeds empty via the loop to the departure platform. Beyond the turning loop lie a series of storage sidings and the main depot for Line 4 in Saint-Ouen. Clignancourt was an ancient hamlet that belonged to the

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, and was annexed to Paris in 1860. The term "porte" refers to a gate of the Thiers Wall built to defend Paris between 1841 and 1844 and demolished in the 1920s. Porte de Clignancourt is also one end of

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, which links Paris to

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. The station lies just inside the city limits of Paris; to the north of the station is the

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of Saint-Ouen. Thus a short walk from the station is the ''marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen'' (), a large

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founded in the late 17th century and possibly where the term ''flea market'' originated about 1880. Nearby is the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, a Roman Catholic cemetery associated with

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronat ...

. In 2018, 8,050,206 travelers entered this station, which places it at the 30th position of metro stations for its usage.

Passenger services

Access

The station has three accesses that lead to Nos 79, 80bis and 82 Boulevard Ornano.

Station layout

Platforms

Porte de Clignancourt is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the roof is elliptical. The decoration is in the style of green ''Ouï-dire''. The lighting strip is of the same color, supported by false curved consoles. The direct lighting is white while the indirect lighting, projected on the vault, is multicolored. The white ceramic tiles are flat and cover the walls, the roof, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are green and cylindrical and the name of the station is written in capital letters on enamelled plates. The platform towards Montrouge, known as the departure platform, is equipped with ''sit-stand'' seats and individual gray benches. The other platform, known as the arrival platform, is devoid of seats.

Bus and other connections

The station is served by Lines 56, 85, 137, 166, 255 and 341 of the

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and, at night, by Lines N14 and N44 of the

Noctilien Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien SNC ...

network. The station is also in correspondence with the T3b line of the Ile-de-France tramway since the extension of the latter to the Porte d'Asnières on November 24, 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Porte de Clignancourt (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 18th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1908