Anatole France () is a station on

Paris Métro Line 3 Paris Métro Line 3 (French language, French: ''Ligne 3 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects Pont de Levallois–Bécon (Paris Métro), Pont de Levallois–Bécon station in the near northwestern su ...

. It is located in the commune of

Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret () is a Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of north-central France. It lies on the right bank of the Seine, some from the Kilometre z ...

, northwest of the capital.

Location

The station is located under Rue Anatole-France in Levallois-Perret at the intersection with Rue Voltaire.

History

It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois–Bécon. The station is on the Rue Anatole France, which is named after the author

Anatole France (; born ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...

in 1921. In 2018, 3,734,650 passengers entered this station, which placed it at 140th position of the metro stations for its usage. Since June 2017, the station has benefited from a renovation aimed at alleviating leakage problems and was completed by 31 December 2018.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances and an escalator, located on Place du Général-Leclerc.

Station layout

Platforms

Anatole France is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms, 105 meters long, separated by the metro tracks, and the vault is elliptical. The platforms are partially offset (like

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) due to the narrow width of the street under which they are located. The

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and

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stations have platforms that are completely offset for the same reason. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the ''renouveau du métro'' of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are

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in a honey colour and the name of the station is also of faience. It is equipped with benches.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 174 and 274 of the RATP Bus Network and at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the

Noctilien Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien S ...

network.

Nearby

* Mairie de Levallois-Perret * Parc de la Planchette, open to the public in 1924 * Temple de la Petite Étoile

Gallery

File:Paris metro3 - anatole france - entrance.jpg, Street-level entrance File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 3 - Anatole France 01.jpg, Line 3 platforms File:Métro Anatole France pendant rénovation Juin 2018.jpg, Platforms prior renovation

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anatole France (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in Levallois-Perret Railway stations in France opened in 1937