La Muette (Paris Métro)

La Muette () is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro, in France, named after the ''Chaussée de la Muette'', a nearby street. The station opened on 8 November 1922 with the opening of the first section of the line from Trocadéro to Exelmans.

History

The ''Chaussée de la Muette'' is named after the Château de la Muette, which was converted from a hunting lodge to a small castle for Margaret of Valois, the first wife of King Henry IV of France. The meaning of the name of the hunting lodge is not known. It may have derived from "muete", a spelling which appears frequently up to the end of the eighteenth century, and which signifies a pack of deer-hounds (meute); it may have come from the "mues" or horns which stags shed in the autumn; or again from the "mue" or moulting-period of hunting hawks. The old château was demolished in the 1920s to make room for a wealthy housing estate. A new château was built nearby for Baron Henri James de Rothschild (1872–1947) in 1922. This is now the headquarters for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances:
* access 1 - ''Chaussée de la Muette'', consisting of a fixed staircase decorated with a Val d'Osne candelabra, leading to the corner formed by Avenue Mozart and Chaussée de la Muette;
* access 2 - ''Avenue Mozart'', consisting of an escalator going up only allowing only an exit, located to the right of no. 5 of the avenue.

The ticket room in the station is in the form of a mezzanine overlooking the tracks, a rare situation that it shares with the two previous stations in the direction towards Mairie de Montreuil (Ranelagh and Jasmin). Thus, the platforms are visible from the room and the information desk.

Station layout

Platforms

La Muette is a standard station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks. Established at ground level, the ceiling is made up of a metal deck, whose silver-coloured beams are supported by vertical walls. White bevelled ceramic tiles cover the walls, the tunnel exits and the shaft staircase surrounds giving access to the RER. The metal advertising frames are inclined, and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plaques. The green seats are in the ''Akiko'' style. The lighting is partly indirect, projected on the walls, the advertising, and the vaults above the platforms.

The decoration is like that of the École Militaire station on line 8 and Charles Michels station on line 10, also built with a metal roof, bodied in the 1960s and completely renovated at the end of the 2000s.

Other connections

The station is connected to the Boulainvilliers station on the RER C line, accessible via an underground corridor.

In addition, it is served by lines 22, 32, 52 and 70 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by line N53 of the Noctilien bus network.

Gallery

Train at La Muette metro station October 2015.jpg, MF 01 rolling stock at La Muette in October 2015
Station Muette Métro Paris Ligne 9 - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2022-07-04 - 1.jpg, MF 01 rolling stock at La Muette in July 2022

Places of interest

Nearby are (closest first):
* Jardin du Ranelagh
*Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
*Musée Marmottan Monet, a museum specialising in impressionist works, including a significant collection of paintings by Claude Monet and works by Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
*Bois de Boulogne

References

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Paris Métro stations in the 16th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1922