Alexandre Dumas () is a

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on Line 2 of the

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, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

Location

The station is located under Boulevard de Charonne at its intersection with Rue de Charonne and Rue de Bagnolet. Oriented approximately along a north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the Philippe Auguste and Avron metro stations.

History

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from

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. It was the eastern terminus of the line until 2 April 1903 when it was extended to

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. The station was originally called ''Bagnolet'' after the ''Rue de Bagnolet'', the road to

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. On 13 September 1970, it was renamed after the

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author

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and the ''Rue Alexandre Dumas''. It was the location of the ''Barrière de Fontarabie'', a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the

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; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the nineteenth century. As part of the RATP ''Metro Renewal'' program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated on 12 May 2005. On 1 April 2016, some of the station's name plates were temporarily replaced by the RATP to produce April Fools jokes for a day, as in the case of twelve other stations.

was humorously renamed ''

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'' (The Three Musketeers) in reference to the famous novel by this writer. As part of the action plan in 2018 to improve air quality in the metro, the station was the first in which two air purifiers were tested using an ''Ip'Air'' device developed by

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. They were inaugurated on 7 June 2019 on the platform in the direction of Nation and set up for a period of six months. In 2019, 3,439,879 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 142nd position of the metro stations for its usage.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single exit entitled ''Boulevard de Charonne'', leading to the central reservation of the boulevard to the right of No. 111. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard entrance, which is subject to a registration as historic monuments by decree of 12 February 2016.

Station layout

Platforms

Alexandre Dumas is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is the style used for most metro stations, the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits, and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is written in

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font on enameled plates. The seats are dark blue ''Motte'' style (replacing yellow seats of the same original model).

Bus connections

The station is served by line 76 of the RATP Bus Network.

Gallery

File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 2 - Alexandre Dumas 01.jpg, Street-level entrance to station platforms File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 2 - Alexandre Dumas 05.jpg, Station signage

References

;Sources *Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandre Dumas (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 11th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1903