Neuilly–Porte Maillot stationRailway station in Paris Neuilly–Porte MaillotPalais des CongrèsStation building in May 2024General informationLocationFranceCoordinates48°52′40″N 2°17′3″E / 48.87778°N 2.28417°E / 48.87778; 2.28417OperatorSNCFPlatforms1 island platform (RER C) 2 platforms (RER E)Tracks4Connections (Porte Maillot) ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundAccessibleNoOther informationStation code87381020Fare zone1HistoryOpened2 May 1854 (1854-05-02) 6 May 2024 (2024-05-06) (RER E)Passengers20244,548,277 Services Preceding station RER Following station Pereire–Levalloistowards Pontoise RER C Avenue Fochtowards Massy-Palaiseau or Dourdan-la-Forêt La Défensetowards Nanterre–La Folie RER E Haussmann–Saint-Lazaretowards Chelles–Gournay or Tournan Location Neuilly–Porte Maillot station (French pronunciation: [nœji pɔʁt majo]) is a station in Paris's express suburban rail system, the RER and is situated in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Thiers wallThe Thiers wall (French: Enceinte de Thiers) was the last of the defensive walls of Paris. It was an enclosure constructed between 1841 and 1846 and was proposed by the French prime minister Adolphe Thiers but was actually implemented by his successor, Marshal Soult. The 33 kilometres (21 mi) long wall and ditch made a complete circuit around the city as it stood at the time of the July Monarchy.
Porte MaillotThe Porte Maillot (also known as the porte Mahiaulx, Mahiau or Mahiot after a Paille-maille court, or the Porte de Neuilly) is one of the access points into Paris mentioned in 1860 and one of the ancient city gates in the Thiers wall. City gateIt was on the boundary between the 16th and the 17th arrondissements, at the junction of the Avenue de la Grande Armée, the Boulevard de l'Amiral-Bruix and the .
17th arrondissement of ParisThe 17th arrondissement of Paris (XVII arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le dix-septième (pronounced; "the seventeenth"). The arrondissement, known as Batignolles-Monceau, is situated on the right bank of the River Seine. In 2023, it had a population of 159,212.
Porte Maillot stationPorte Maillot (French pronunciation:; lit. 'Maillot Gate') is a station on Line 1 of the Paris Métro. It is connected to the Neuilly–Porte Maillot railway station on the RER C and RER E, as well as a stop of tramway Line T3b. The station in its current form opened in 1937, replacing the original Porte Maillot station that opened in 1900 as the original terminus of Line 1. It serves the Palais des Congrès and has exits towards Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Luna Park, ParisLuna Park was an amusement park near Porte Maillot in Paris, France from 1907 (or 1909) to 1931. Features of the park included a shoot-the-chutes ride, a scenic railway, "Le Chatouilleur" ("Diabolic wheels", a roller coaster-type ride in which people ride in a car that rocks as it is pulled up a mountain), a river ride through the mountain that was the base of the scenic railway, and a dance hall. An additional attraction was named the Brooklyn Bridge.
Shopping mallLarge indoor shopping centerThe Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the largest mall in the United StatesThe West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, the largest mall in CanadaMy Mall Limassol in CyprusSM Seaside City, the second largest mall in Cebu, PhilippinesA shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores.
BastionA bastion is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and the adjacent bastions.
Boulevard PériphériqueThe Boulevard Périphérique (French pronunciation: [bulvaʁ peʁifeʁik]], {English} 'Peripheral Road'), often called the Périph, is a limited-access dual-carriageway ring road in Paris, France. With a few exceptions, it is situated along Paris's administrative limit. The speed limit along the Périphérique is 50 km/h (31 mph) as of 1 October 2024. Each ring generally has four traffic lanes, with no hard shoulder. Its major interchanges are called portes.
FranceCountry primarily in Western EuropeFrance, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.
Bois de Boulogne48°52′N2°15′E / 48.86°N 2.25°E / 48.86; 2.25The Bois de Boulogne (French pronunciation:, "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park that is the western half of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Emperor Napoleon III to be turned into a public park in 1852.Neuilly-sur-SeineNeuilly-sur-Seine (French pronunciation:; lit. 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban commune in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. An immediate western suburb of Paris, it is physically separated from the capital centre only by the Périphérique to its east and the Bois de Boulogne to its south. Neuilly is mainly made up of residential neighborhoods and hosts several corporate headquarters and foreign embassies.
Convention centerA convention center (American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows, are sometimes known as exhibition halls.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.