Porte de la Chapelle () is a station on line 12 of the

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in the districts of La Chapelle and

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and the

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. The station opened on 23 August 1916 as part of the extension of the

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's line A from Jules Joffrin. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the ''Métro''. Porte de la Chapelle was the terminus of line 12 until 18 December 2012, when an extension opened to

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. The station is named after the ''Porte de la Chapelle'', a

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in the nineteenth century

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of Paris, on the ''Rue de la Chapelle'', the old

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via Saint-Denis, now

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. It was named after a village that was annexed by Paris in 1860 and was named after a

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built in the 6th century. The station is featured in "Crossroads", an episode of the American HBO series "Band of Brothers". Work is under way to extend the line into the

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, initially to

, which opened in 2012. It is proposed to extend it further north through several stations to La Courneuve – Aubervilliers RER line B station or ''La Courneuve 6 Routes'' Tramway line 1 station. An interchange with

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opened on 15 December 2012. The tramway terminates at Porte de la Chapelle.

Station layout

Gallery

File:PorteChapelle-acces.jpg, Street-level entrance at Porte de la Chapelle File:PteChap-sortiefond.jpg,

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rolling stock on Line 12 at Porte de la Chapelle

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Porte de la Chapelle (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 18th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1916