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Les positions géographiques des stations ont été initialement mises à disposition par « Metropolitan », pour wikipédia : File:Paris_Metro_map.gif. Carte qui a ensuite été vectorisée par « Pmx » : File:Paris_Metro_map.svg. Les deux cartes sont disponibles dans le domaine public.
Stations are often named after a square or a street, which, in turn, is named for something or someone else. A number of stations, such as Avron or Vaugirard, are named after Paris neighbourhoods (though not necessarily located in them), whose names, in turn, usually go back to former villages or hamlets that have long since been incorporated into the city of Paris.
The Paris Métro runs mostly underground; surface sections include sections on viaducts in Paris (Lines 1, 2, 5, and 6) and at the surface in the suburbs (Lines 1, 5, 8, and 13). In most cases, both tracks are laid in a single tunnel. Almost all lines follow roads, having been built by the cut-and-cover method near the surface (the earliest by ...
The remaining five MP 89 CC trains remained stored on Line 1 near the Fontenay workshops until a new garage for Line 4 was opened south of the new Mairie de Montrouge station in February 2013. Line 1 is currently being extended to Val de Fontenay to make a link with Paris Metro Line 15, RER A, RER E and an extension of Tram 1.
The extension of line 8 south of Créteil-Préfecture, over 1.3 km (0.81 mi) to Pointe du Lac station was opened on 8 October 2011. [17] It was approved by the launch of the preliminary project and the financing agreement by the STIF council, the transport organising authority in Île-de-France, during its meeting of 20 September 2006. [ 18 ]
These are lists of Paris Métro stations arranged by arrondissement within Paris or by municipality elsewhere in Île-de-France. Subcategories This category has the following 41 subcategories, out of 41 total.
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system.
At 12.4 km (7.7 mi) in length, it is the ninth-busiest line of the system, with 105.2 million riders in 2017. Slightly over 2 km (1.2 mi) of the line is built on an elevated viaduct with four aerial stations. In 1903, it was the location of the worst incident in the history of the Paris Métro, the fire at Couronnes.