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Couronnes () is a
The station was the site of a fire and stampede that caused the worst catastrophe in the history of the Paris Métro, killing 84 people on 10 August 1903 (earlier estimates had put the number of fatalities at over 100).100 dead in the Paris disaster
''New York Times'' Retrieved 22 December 2008
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station
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on Line 2 of the 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 architectur ...
, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") fromAnvers
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to ''Bagnolet'' (now called Alexandre Dumas
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His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...
). It is named after the ''Rue des Couronnes'', which was named after either the local village of ''Les Couronnes-sous-Savies'', or from a tavern called ''Les Trois Couronnes''. It was the location of the ''Barrière des Trois-Couronnes'', a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General
A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, Shelter in place, shelter, or soundproofing; or serves a decorative purpose. There are various types of walls, including border barriers between countr ...
; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the 19th century.
In 2020, with the COVID-19 crisis, 1,623,475 passengers entered this station, that places it in 157th position for metro stations in terms of attendance.
1903 disaster
The station was the site of a fire and stampede that caused the worst catastrophe in the history of the Paris Métro, killing 84 people on 10 August 1903 (earlier estimates had put the number of fatalities at over 100).100 dead in the Paris disaster''New York Times'' Retrieved 22 December 2008
Passenger services
Access
The station has a single entrance that leads to the central reservation of Boulevard de Belleville, facing no. 37.Station layout
Platforms
Couronnes is a station of standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is of the style used for the majority of metro stations: the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the metro renovation of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is inParisine
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. I ...
font on an enamel plate. The seats are red ''Motte'' style.
Bus connections
The station is served by lines 20, 71 and 96 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N12 and N23 of theNoctilien
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.
Gallery
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 complet ...
rolling stock on Line 2 at Couronnes
References
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