Wagram () is a

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on Line 3 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 ...

located in the

17th arrondissement of Paris The 17th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le dix-septième'' (; "the seventeenth"). The arrondissement, known as Batignol ...

. Alphabetically, the station is the last on the Paris Métro system.

Location

The station is located under Avenue de Villiers, between

Avenue de Wagram The Avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, extending from the Place de Wagram to the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly ''Place de l'Étoile'', and the site of the Arc de Triomphe). It is long and wide, a ...

and Rue Jouffroy-d'Abbans. Oriented approximately along an east–west axis, it lies between Pereire and Malesherbes stations.

History

''Wagram'' was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers to Pereire. The station is named after the

, which was named after the

Battle of Wagram The Battle of Wagram (; 5–6 July 1809) was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor of the French, Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian Empire, Austrian arm ...

, where

Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

defeated the

Archduke Charles of Austria Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen (; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian field marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the youn ...

in 1809 in the Austrian town of

Deutsch-Wagram Deutsch-Wagram (literally "German Wagram", ), often shortened to Wagram, is a village in the Gänserndorf District, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria. It is in the Marchfeld Basin, close to the Vienna city limits, about 15 km (9 mi) north ...

near Vienna. From the 1960s, the platforms walls were modernized with the installation of a metallic bodywork with blue painted surrounds. This technique is then widely used in the network stopping points as an inexpensive way to modernize them quickly. As part of the RATP's ''Renouveau du métro'' program, the station's corridors were renovated in the course of the 2000s. In 2018, 2,565,333 travelers entered this station.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances: * Entrance 1: Place Monseigneur-Loutil, consisting of a fixed staircase adorned with a Guimard entrance registered as a historic monument (decree of 12 February 2016), leading to the corner formed by Rue Brémontier (at No. 72) and Avenue de Villiers (near No. 1); * Entrance 2: Avenue de Villiers, consisting of an

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allowing only an exit from the platform in the direction of Pont de Levallois – Bécon, located opposite no. 74 of this avenue.

Station layout

Platforms

Wagram is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the arch is elliptical. Since the 1950s, the walls have been cladded in metal bodywork with blue horizontal uprights and golden, illuminated advertising frames, complemented by blue ''Motte'' style seats. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the side walls, the tunnel exits and the outlets of the corridors. The vault is painted white, and lighting is provided by independent fluorescent tubes. The name of the station is written in

Parisine 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 enamelled plates incorporated into the bodywork.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 31 and 93 of the RATP Bus Network, as well as, at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the

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 ...

network.

Nearby

* Église Saint-François-de-Sales de Paris

Gallery

File:Wagram-quai2.jpg, Line 3 platforms at Wagram File:Wagram-ramepart.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 ...

rolling stock on Line 3 at Wagram

References

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