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Bastille Station (Paris Métro)
Bastille () is a station on Line 1, Line 5 and Line 8 of the Paris Métro. Located under the Place de la Bastille and near the former location of the Bastille, it is situated on the border of the 4th, 11th and 12th arrondissement. Location The station is located on Place de la Bastille, the platform being established: * Line 1, south of the square, outside the Canal Saint-Martin (between Saint-Paul and Gare de Lyon stations); * Line 5, west of the square between Boulevard Richard-Lenoir and Boulevard Bourdon (between Bréguet-Sabin and Quai de la Rapée stations, not including the Arsenal ghost station); * Line 8, north of the square between Boulevard Beaumarchais and Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine (between Chemin Vert and Ledru-Rollin stations). History The Line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. It derives its name from the Place de la Bastille, symbolic place of the French Revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 4th arrondissement of Paris (''IVe arrondissement'') is one of the twenty Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''quatrième''. Along with the 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st, 2nd arrondissement of Paris, 2nd and 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd arrondissements, it is in the first sector of Paris, which maintains a single local government rather than four separate ones. The arrondissement, also known as Hôtel-de-Ville, is situated on the Rive Droite, right bank of the River Seine. It contains the Renaissance-era Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Paris City Hall, rebuilt between 1874 and 1882. It also contains the Renaissance square of Place des Vosges, the overtly modern Centre Georges Pompidou, Pompidou Centre, and the lively southern part of the medieval district of Le Marais, which today is known for being the Gay village, gay district of Paris. (The quieter northern part of Le Marais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platform Screen Doors
Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail systems. Primarily used for passenger safety, they are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, some having been retrofitted to established systems. They are widely used in newer Asian and European metro systems, and Latin American bus rapid transit systems. History The idea of platform edge doors dates from as early as 1908, when Charles S. Shute of Boston was granted a patent for "Safety fence and gate for railway-platforms". The invention consisted of "a fence for railway platform edges", composed of a series of pickets bolted to the platform edge, and vertically movable pickets that could retract into a platform edge when there was a train in the station. In 1917, Carl Albert West was granted a patent for " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Entrances By Hector Guimard
Between 1900 and 1913, Hector Guimard was responsible for the first generation of entrances to the underground stations of the Paris Métro. His Art Nouveau designs in cast iron and glass dating mostly to 1900, and the associated lettering that he also designed, created what became known as the Métro style (''style Métro'') and popularized Art Nouveau. However, arbiters of style were scandalized and the public was also less enamored of his more elaborate entrances. In 1904 his design for the Opéra (Paris Métro), Opéra station at Place de l'Opéra was rejected and his association with the Métro ended; many of his station entrances have been demolished, including all three of the pavilion type (at Bastille (Paris Métro), Bastille and on Avenue de Wagram at Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Paris Métro and RER), Étoile). Those that remain are now all protected Monument historique, historical monuments, one has been reconstituted, and some originals and replicas also survive outsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte De Charenton (Paris Métro)
Porte de Charenton () is a station on Line 8 of the Paris Métro located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. History The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot for the Paris Colonial Exposition, held in the nearby Bois de Vincennes. It was the southeastern terminus of the line until its extension to Charenton–Écoles on 5 October 1942. It is named after the Porte de Charenton, a gate in the 19th-century Thiers wall of Paris on the road to Charenton-le-Pont. An interchange with Île-de-France tramway Line 3a opened on 15 December 2012. The nearby Pelouse de Reuilly (part of the Bois de Vincennes) is the location of the Foire du Trône funfair in April and May. Passenger services Access The station has four access points. The first two, at the south-west end of the platforms, lead: * at 68, Boulevard Poniatowski, alongside the Léo-Lagrange stadium; * at 25, Boulevard Poniatowski. The last two, at the north-east end of the quays, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richelieu - Drouot (Paris Métro)
Richelieu (, ; ) may refer to: People * Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal * Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1696–1788), marshal of France, grandnephew of the cardinal * Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720–1782), statesman, nephew of the marshal * Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, (1766–1822), statesman, grandson of the marshal * Duke of Richelieu, a title in the peerage of France created for Cardinal Richelieu * Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu (1852–1932), Danish naval officer and businessman * Richelieu Levoyer (1930–2015), politician of the Republic of Ecuador Places * Richelieu, Kentucky, United States * Richelieu, Quebec, Canada * Richelieu (federal electoral district), Quebec * Richelieu (provincial electoral district), Quebec * Richelieu River, Quebec * Richelieu Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Bonsergent (Paris Métro)
Jacques Bonsergent () is a metro station, station of the Paris Métro, serving Paris Métro Line 5, line 5 and located in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. History The station was opened on 17 December 1906 as the northern terminus of Line 5 from Place d'Italie (Paris Métro), Place d'Italie, replacing the temporary terminus of Quai de la Rapée (Paris Métro), Quai de la Rapée, before the line was extended to Gare du Nord on 15 November 1907. The stations original name of Lancry is after proximity to the Rue de Lancry and its former local owner, Sieur Lancry. The station kept that name until 1946. The current name refers to the Place Jacques Bonsergent, named after Jacques Bonsergent, an engineer who became the first Parisian (and possibly first French) civilian executed by the German occupation in 1940. Bonsergent was born at Malestroit, in 1912 and was condemned to death by a German military tribunal on 5 December 1940 after being accused, and found guilty, of an act of viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte Maillot (Paris Métro)
Porte Maillot () is a station on Paris Métro Line 1. It is connected to the station ' on the RER C and RER E, as well as a stop of tramway line T3b. The station in its current form opened in 1937, replacing the original Porte Maillot station that opened in 1900 as the original terminus of Line 1. It serves the Palais des Congrès and has exits towards Neuilly-sur-Seine. It is located close to the Bois de Boulogne. History The first station called "Porte Maillot" opened in 1900 and was the terminus of Line 1, and was therefore a loop, allowing trains to turn around without reversing. Like Porte Dauphine and Porte de Vincennes, it was arranged with a central waiting area and tracks on either side, with two tunnels. When Line 1 was extended to the west to Pont de Neuilly in 1937, the station needed to be replaced as it was at the same depth as the tunnels of the railway line today served by the RER C. Thus, the tunnel of the Line 1 extension descends and passes under the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte De Vincennes (Paris Métro)
Porte de Vincennes () is a station on Line 1 of the Paris Métro, situated on the Cours de Vincennes, at the border of the 12th and 20th arrondissements of Paris. It is named after the ''Porte de Vincennes'', a gate at the former Thiers Wall, which was at the beginning of the road to Vincennes. History The station opened on 19 July 1900 as part of the first stage of line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900, serving as its original eastern terminus. It was the site of the very first construction work on the Métro. Due to its status at the time as a terminal station, it featured a unique platform configuration, consisting of two diverging half-stations on a single-tracked loop. The southern half-station housed the arrival platform, and the northern half-station housed the departure platform. Each half-station consisted of a central island platform flanked by two tracks. Porte Maillot, then the line's western terminus, also had a similar configurati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ledru-Rollin (Paris Métro)
Ledru-Rollin () is a Metro station, station on Paris Métro Line 8, Line 8 of the Paris Métro. It is located at the intersection of the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and Avenue Ledru-Rollin (after which it is named), on the border between the 11th arrondissement of Paris, 11th arrondissement and 12th arrondissement of Paris, 12th arrondissement. History The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu – Drouot (Paris Métro), Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Charenton (Paris Métro), Porte de Charenton. Avenue Ledru-Rollin is named after lawyer Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807–1874) who founded the newspaper ''La Réforme'' in 1843 and served as List of Interior Ministers of France, Minister of the Interior in 1848. The station is one of three stops chosen as prototypes of the decorative ''Andreu-Motte'' style, with Pont-Neuf on line 7 and Voltaire on line 9, which was tested there in 1974. It is the model for those in dark blue. As part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
