Porte de Saint-Cloud () is a

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

of Line 9 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 ...

. The station is named after the ''Porte de Saint-Cloud'', a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris, which led to the town of

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...

. It serves the

Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes (, ) is an all-seater stadium, all-seater football stadium in Paris, France. It is located in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement, near the Stade Jean-Bouin (P ...

and the Stade Jean-Bouin, respectively the homes of

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

and

Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

History

The station opened on 28 September 1923 with the extension of the line from , serving as its western terminus until its extension to in 1934. A track exists to the west of the station in a tunnel called ''Voie Murat'' which leads to the ghost station of , ultimately connecting to the southwest of the Auteuil loop on Line 10. It also leads to the Auteuil workshops. In 2019, the station was used by 5,174,694 passengers, making it the 77th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 2,576,290 passengers amidst the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, making it the 80th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 3,485,946 passengers, making it the 78th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.

Passenger services

Access

The station has 6 accesses: * Access 1:

* Access 2: avenue Édouard-Vaillant ''Boulogne Billancourt'' * Access 3: avenue Georges-Lafont * Access 4: rue Gudin * Access 5: avenue de Versailles * Access 6: boulevard Murat

Station layout

Platforms

The station has a particular arrangement specific to the stations serving or had served as a terminus. It has four tracks divided amongst two island platforms and one side platform. Trains from ''Mairie de Montreuil'' can only stop on the northernmost track (the side platform) while trains from ''Pont de Sèvres'' usually stop on the southernmost track, although it occasionally uses the two central tracks either for long-term stabling or to allow short-working trips to turn back trains to ''Mairie de Montreuil'' for passenger services to allow for a higher frequency along that stretch.

Other connections

The station is also served by the following bus networks: * RATP bus network: lines 22, 42, 62, 72, 175, 189, 289, and PC * Sénart bus network : line 3754 *

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 ...

: lines N12 and N61

Nearby

* Fontaines de la porte de Saint-Cloud * Hôpital Henri-Dunant *

Lycée Claude-Bernard The lycée Claude-Bernard is a French public school opened in 1938, both a collège and a lycée. It is located at 1, avenue du Parc-des-Princes in Paris, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and bears the name of French doctor Claude Bernard ...

* Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin *

Place de la Porte-de-Saint-Cloud The Place de la Porte-de-Saint-Cloud is a thoroughfare in the Auteuil district of Paris's 16th arrondissement. Location and access The Place de la Porte-de-Saint-Cloud is served by line 9 at Porte de Saint-Cloud station. Origin of name Th ...

Gallery

File:Dernier MF67 Pte St-Cloud par Cramos.JPG,

MF 67 The MF 67 (; ) is a fleet of steel-wheel electric multiple unit trains for the Paris Métro. The first MF 67 trains entered service on Paris Métro Line 3, Line 3 in June 1968, and became one of the biggest orders for the Métro, with ...

at Porte de Saint-Cloud File:Accès Station Métro Porte Saint Cloud Avenue Porte Saint Cloud - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2022-01-22 - 1.jpg, Access 1 File:Accès Station Métro Porte Saint Cloud Place Porte Saint Cloud - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2022-01-22 - 3.jpg, Access 2 File:Accès Station Métro Porte Saint Cloud Avenue Georges Lafont - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2022-01-22 - 2.jpg, Access 3 File:Station de Metro porte de Saint Cloud - panoramio.jpg, Access 4 File:Accès Station Métro Porte Saint Cloud Avenue Versailles - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2022-01-22 - 3.jpg, Access 5 File:Accès Station Métro Porte Saint Cloud Boulevard Murat - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2022-01-22 - 1.jpg, Access 6 File:Station Métro Ligne 9 Porte Saint Cloud - Paris XVI (FR75) - 2021-12-05 - 3.jpg, Station signboard

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Porte de Saint-Cloud (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 16th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1923