Pereire (Maréchal Juin) () is a

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on Line 3 of the

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located in the

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Location

The station is located under Avenue de Villiers, east of Place du Maréchal-Juin. Oriented approximately along an east–west axis, it is located between the Porte de Champerret and

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stations.

History

''Pereire'' was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers. The station is named after the ''Boulevard Pereire'' and the ''Place du Maréchal Juin'' by municipal decree of 6 April 1973. The

Péreire brothers Émile Pereire (3 December 1800, Bordeaux - 5 January 1875, Paris) and his brother Isaac Pereire (25 November 1806, Bordeaux – 12 July 1880, Gretz-Armainvilliers) were major figures in the development of France's finance and infrastructure duri ...

, Émile Péreire (1800–1875) and his brother

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(1806–1880), created the ''

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'' bank in 1852. They established railroad companies in France and in Europe. Émile Péreire was the first director of the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain, which opened the first railway in Paris in 1837. He was later in charge of the ''Auteuil'' railroad, which later became RER line "C".

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(1888–1967) was commander of the French forces in Italy in 1943 and 1944. As part of the RATP ''Renouveau du métro'' program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated on 5 September 2002. In 2018, 4,804,340 travelers entered this station which places it at the 99th position of metro stations for its frequency.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances opening to the south-east of the Place du Maréchal-Juin: * Entrance 1: Place du Maréchal-Juin located at the right of the square n ° 1; * Entrance 2: Square Albert-Besnard located on the edge of this square located in the center, facing Rue de Courcelles.

Station layout

Platform

Pereire is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations. The lighting fittings 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 enamelled plates. The docks are fitted with blue ''sit-stand'' bars.

Bus and other connections

The station connects with Pereire-Levallois station on

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. It is also served by lines 84, 92, 93 and 341 of the RATP Bus Network, by the Pereire-Pont Cardinet shuttle on the SNCF Transilien bus network and, at night, by lines N16, N52 and N152 of the

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bus network.

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereire (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 17th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1911