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Porte Molitor (), along with the station '' Haxo'' makes up a part of the
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The station

The stations ( Line 9) and ( Line 10 westbound) are linked both by the service depots of Auteuil and a single platform situated under the boulevard Murat. A station with a central platform is found here and is called Murat or Porte Molitor. This station was originally intended to service the
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stadium on matchdays. However, access to the station was never constructed and the station today serves as storage sidings for trains. The station's tracks merge into a single track at both ends of the station, so the station would have been served in only one direction (southbound) had it been opened.


Station layout


See also

* Haxo, a never-opened station on the
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References


External links


Brief description of the station at Jean-Christophe Patats Magic Paris website
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