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Hoche (Paris Métro)
Hoche () is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5. It is named after the nearby rue Hoche, which in turn was named after Lazare Hoche (1768-1797), a general during the French Revolution who at the age of 25, commanded the Army of the Moselle in which he drove the Austrians back to Wœrth, cleared Landau and Alsace. The platform in the direction of ''Bobigny'' contains in a display case where a bust of Lazare Hoche as well as several images evoking his life as a general were installed. History The station opened on 12 October 1942 when the line was extended from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin. As part of the "Renouveau du métro" programme by the RATP, the station was renovated and modernised on 30 August 2002. In 2024, it will be served by line 3 of the T Zen network, a bus rapid transit system. It was originally slated to open in 2018, then postponed to the end of 2022, then again to 2024. In 2019, the station was used by 4,995,902 passengers, making it the 83rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MF 01
The MF 01 (; ; also called MF 2000 from its year of its invitation to tender) is a model of steel-wheeled electrical multiple units used on Paris's Paris Métro, Metro system. The cars first arrived in December 2007 and delivery was completed in 2015. Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, RATP ordered 160 trains or 800 cars in 2001, to replace the aging MF 67. It is used on Paris Métro Line 2, Line 2, Paris Métro Line 5, Line 5, and Paris Métro Line 9, Line 9. The MF 01 was first introduced to the press on 17 June 2005 but it would not be until January 2006 that the first trains would undergo testing on the system. Commercial service on Line 2 began on 11 June 2008, with all of Line 2 being equipped with the new rolling stock by March 2011. Testing quickly commenced on Line 5, where two trains were initially deployed. Commercial service on Line 5 began on 15 June 2011, with nearly 25 trains in service as of April 2012. On 9 February 2011, the Syndicat des transports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T Zen
T Zen (stylised Tzen) is a bus rapid transit network managed by ÃŽle-de-France Mobilités and operating in the ÃŽle-de-France region. History Overview * 7 October 2009: The ÃŽle-de-France Mobilités, Syndicat des transports d'ÃŽle-de-France (STIF) plans the creation of a bus rapid transit service * Autumn 2009: Works begin on the creation of , planned to run from Sénart to Corbeil-Essonnes * 9 December 2009: An Iveco Bus Iveco Bus Urbanway, Crealis Neo, is presented to journalists and elected officials, allowing them to see a what a potential T Zen bus could look like * 22 September 2010: Jean-Paul Huchon, then-leader of STIF, presents the future lines of the network when he visits a Line 1 construction site: ** T Zen 1 : Lieusaint - Moissy station (Sénart) – Corbeil-Essonnes ** T Zen 2 : Carré Sénart – Melun ** T Zen 3 : Porte de Pantin station, Porte de Pantin or Jules Ladoumègue – Livry-Gargan (via Route nationale 3, RN 3) ** T Zen 4 : Corbeil-Essonnes â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte Des Lilas (Paris Métro)
Porte des Lilas station () is a station of the Paris Métro. It serves Line 11 and is the northern terminus of Line 3bis. Located on the edge of the 19th and 20th arrondissements of Paris, it serves the neighborhood of the Porte des Lilas. The station is named after the nearby ''Porte des Lilas'', a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris, which led to the town of Les Lilas. The station was referred to in Serge Gainsbourg's famous 1958 chanson "''Le poinçonneur des Lilas'' about the ennui of a Métro employee's workday. A Scopitone music video for the song was filmed in Porte des Lilas, showing the singer in a Métro uniform, punching tickets. Until January 2021 when Line 14 was extended to , Porte des Lilas was the only station at one of the gates of Paris to be served by two separate métro lines. History The station was opened on 27 November 1921 when line 3 was extended from Gambetta to Porte des Lilas, serving as its eastern terminus. It was origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 8
Paris Métro Line 8 (French language, French: ''Ligne 8 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects Balard (Paris Métro), Balard in the southwestern part of Paris to Pointe du Lac (Paris Métro), Pointe du Lac station in the southeastern suburbs, following a parabolic route on the Rive Droite of the Seine. The last line of the original 1898 Paris Métro plan, which opened in July 1913, it was initially intended to link and . With 105.5 million travellers in 2017, it is the network's eighth busiest line; at in length, it is also the third longest Métro Line after Paris Métro Line 13, Line 13 and Paris Métro Line 14, Line 14, and the second longest fully straight line, as line 13 has two branches. Along with Paris Métro Line 7, Line 7, it serves the most stations of any line on the network, at 38. Line 8 interchanges with all but three other Métro lines (Paris Métro Line 2, Line 2, Paris Métro Line 3bis, Line 3bis and Paris Métro Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filles Du Calvaire (Paris Métro)
Filles du Calvaire () is a Metro station, station on Paris Métro Line 8, Line 8 of the Paris Métro, at the limit between the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd and 11th arrondissement of Paris, 11th arrondissements. History The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot station, Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Charenton station, Porte de Charenton. It is named after the Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, which is named after the ''Calvairiennes'' or ''Filles du Calvaire'' (Daughters of Calvary), who were an order of reformed Benedictines, Benedictine sisters. Antoinette d'Orléans and Père Joseph founded the order in Poitiers, in 1617. The convent was later moved to Paris before it was closed in the French Revolution. Although named after the boulevard, it is located just north of it, under the Boulevard du Temple. Station layout See also *Cirque d'hiver, located just southeast of the station References *Roland, Gérard (2003). ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parisine
Parisine is a typeface that was created by Jean-François Porchez and is distributed by Typofonderie. The typeface is used in Paris Métro, tramways and buses and the parts of RER parts that are operated by the RATP Group in Île-de-France. In 2015, the Osaka City Subway in Japan adopted Parisine as the Latin-character component of its new signage system, which is gradually being introduced throughout its network. Parisine The font was originally developed in 1996 as a custom typeface in Bold and Bold Italic developed for the RATP to improve signage legibility and space economy. The design was based on the proportions of Helvetica Bold but is condensed at 90%. In 1999, the font was extended to a font family for multiple uses like communication material and maps. In 2000, hinted TrueType versions were added for internal corporate use. The name Parisine is a trademark of the RATP. Parisine Std Parisine Std is an OpenType variant of Parisine. A small caps version was produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faience
Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white Ceramic glaze, pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an stannous oxide, oxide of tin to the Slip (ceramics), slip of a lead glaze, was a major advance in the Pottery#History of pottery types, history of pottery. The invention seems to have been made in Iran or the Middle East before the ninth century. A kiln capable of producing temperatures exceeding was required to achieve this result, after millennia of refined pottery-making traditions. The term is now used for a wide variety of pottery from several parts of the world, including many types of European painted wares, often produced as cheaper versions of porcelain styles. English generally uses various other terms for well-known sub-types of faience. Italian tin-glazed earthenware, at least the early forms, is called maiolica in English, Dutch wares are called Delftware, and their E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the ÃŽle-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
