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Balard (Paris Métro)
Balard () is the southwestern Train station, terminus of Paris Métro Line 8, Line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Since 16 December 2006, it has also been a stop on Île-de-France tramway Lines 3a and 3b, tramway T3a as part of the initial section of the line between Pont du Garigliano and Porte d'Ivry (Paris Métro), Porte d'Ivry. The station is named after Place Balard, itself named after Antoine Jérôme Balard, Antoine-Jérôme Balard (1802-1876), a French chemist and the discoverer of bromine. Among the stations serving the Boulevards of the Marshals, Boulevards des Maréchaux along the City gates of Paris, former gates of Paris, it is the only one not called ''Porte de…'', though it serves the Porte de Sèvres. History The station opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle (Paris Métro), La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle, serving as its new south-western terminus. On 3 September 1943, the Royal Air Fo ...
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Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (, , or , ), short for Métropolitain (), is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architecture and Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard, historical entrances influenced by Art Nouveau. The system is long, mostly underground. It has 321 stations of which 61 have transfers between lines. The Montmartre funicular is considered to be part of the metro system within which is represented by a 303rd fictive station, "Funiculaire".Statistiques Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France rapport 2005' (in French) states 297 stations + Olympiades + Les Agnettes + Les Courtilles The Métro has sixteen lines (with an additional Grand Paris Express, four under construction), numbered 1 to 14, with two lines, Paris Métro Line 3bis, Line 3bis and Paris Métro Line 7bis, Line 7bis, named because they used to be part of Paris Métro Line 3, Lin ...
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allies of World War I, Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has played History of the Royal Air Force, a significant role in Military history of the United Kingdom, British military history. In particular, during the Second World War, the RAF established Air supremacy, air superiority over Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, and led the Allied strategic bombing effort. The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence (MOD), which are to "provide the capabilities nee ...
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Pont Du Garigliano–Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou Station
Pont du Garigliano station () is a station on the RER C line of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the Réseau Express Régional (RER) and Line 3a of the Île-de-France tramway network. The station is named for the nearby Pont du Garigliano and Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou It is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, near the Seine. The station was originally named Boulevard Victor when it first opened, but it was renamed Boulevard Victor–Pont du Garigliano in 2006 for the opening of tramway Line 3, then renamed again in early 2010. See also *List of stations of the Paris RER *List of stations of the Paris Métro A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links * Buildings and structures in the 15th arro ...
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RER C
RER C 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 and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south. Briefly, between September 1979 and May 1980, the line was known as the ''Transversal Rive Gauche''. The line is operated by SNCF. The line runs from the northern termini Pontoise (C1), Versailles-Château-Rive-Gauche (C5) and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (C7) to the southern termini Massy-Palaiseau (C2), Dourdan-la-Forêt (C4) and Saint-Martin d'Étampes (C6). The RER C line is the second-longest in the network, created from an amalgamation and renovation of several old SNCF commuter lines, unlike RER A and B which had newer sections owned and constructed by RATP. Each day, over 531 trains run on the RER C alone, and carries over 540,000 passengers daily, 150,000 passengers more than the entirety of the TGV network. It is the most popular RER li ...
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Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are sometimes used between the opposite-direction tracks on twin-track route stations as they are cheaper and occupy less area than other arrangements. They are also useful within larger stations, where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be accessed from opposite sides of the same platform instead of side platforms on either side of the tracks, simplifying and speeding transfers between the two tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms on twin-track routes is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platf ...
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Lourmel (Paris Métro)
Lourmel () is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the nearby rue de Lourmel, which in turn is named after General Frédéric Henri Le Normand de Lourmel (1811-1854), who was killed at the Battle of Inkerman where the Franco-British armies defeated the Russian armies under Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov during the Crimean War. History The station opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle to Balard. As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 13 November 2003. In 2019, the station was used by 2,301,922 passengers, making it the 226th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 1,120,497 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 231st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 1,696,432 passenge ...
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Pointe Du Lac (Paris Métro)
Pointe du Lac station () is a station on Line 8 of the Paris Métro in the commune of Créteil. It is the eastern terminus Terminus may refer to: Ancient Rome *Terminus (god), a Roman deity who protected boundary markers Transport *Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination *Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end des ... of the line. History It opened on 8 October 2011 as part of a extension from , with construction having started in 2007. It is the easternmost on the Paris Métro system (not including stations on RER lines) and was also the southernmost one until the opening of the Aéroport d’Orly station in 2024. It is situated to the southeast of Créteil Lake. It is currently the second-newest above-ground station on the Paris Métro, behind Coteaux Beauclair on Line 11. In 2019, the station was used by 2,849,288 passengers making it the 186th busiest of the Métro network, out of 302 stations. In 2020, the ...
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Side Platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines (as opposed to, for instance, the island platform where a single platform lies between the tracks). Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform, where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two side platforms are connected by a footbridge or tunnel to allow safe access to the alternate platform. While a pair of side platforms is often provided on a dual-track line, a single side platform is usually sufficient (trains are usually only boarded from one side) for a single-track line. Layout Where the station is close to a level crossing (g ...
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Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou
The Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou (, ''Georges Pompidou European Hospital'', abbr. HEGP) is a French hospital located in Paris. The HEGP is under the aegis of the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP). Opened in 2001, the HEGP is the last-born Parisian hospital resulting from the merger of three older hospitals of the 15th district (Boucicaut Hospital, Broussais Hospital and Laënnec Hospital). The hospital architect was . The HEGP is located near the city gate called the ''Porte de Sèvres'', in the southwestern part of the 15th arrondissement. (There is also a Museum of Modern Art in the Centre Georges Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.) The HEGP can be reached by the Métro station Balard on Line 8, the station Pont du Garigliano on both RER C and Tramway T3 and the Buses ''42'', ''88'' and ''169''. It is known as one of the leading hospitals at European and World level in the cardiac domain. In 2013, French Professor Alain Carpentier develo ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ...
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Porte De Versailles
Porte de Versailles () is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro, a stop on tramway T3a as well as the southern terminus of tramway T2 in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the ''Porte de Versailles'', a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to the city of Versailles. History The station opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 23 April 1930, a collision between two trains near the station resulted in the deaths of two people and 37 injured. A northbound train parked in front of a red signal between ''Porte de Versailles'' and Convention was hit in the rear by another train that had passed two stop signals at full speed. In anticipation of its extension south to Mairie d'Issy, the station was relocated south of its original location on 31 December 1929. The old platforms were removed and additional sidings to store trains were instal ...
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Issy–Val De Seine Station
Issy–Val de Seine () is a station on RER C served by RER C5 and C7. Situated in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, the station serves the business district of Val de Seine. In rush hours, the station is served by 12 trains per hour; in off-peak hours, it is served by 6 trains per hour. The station provides an interchange with Paris Tramway Line 2. It was the terminus of the tramway between 1997 and 2009, when the tramway was extended eastwards to Porte de Versailles. File:RER C - Gare IssyValSeine 3.JPG, Platforms. File:Ile-de-France - Tramway - T2 - Issy Val de Seine (4).jpg, Tram stop with entrance the RER station behind File:GI 2069 - Chemin de fer électrique de Versailles - Station d'Issy.JPG, The station in 1907 See also * List of stations of the Paris RER A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, ...
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