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Champ de Mars became a stop on the line serving the Eiffel Tower and the connection stop for trains from Pontoise and Versailles. The station is currently covered, situated below the Quai Branly but many features from the original station remain such as the platform walls. The current station has two side platforms serving 2 out of 3 tracks.
The view from the Pont de Bir-Hakeim has an especially breathtaking panorama on the Eiffel Tower. Line 6 passes near several places of interest: The Place de l'Étoile and the Arc de Triomphe. The place du Trocadéro. The Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars. Montparnasse, with its famous cafés and the Montparnasse Tower.
Bir-Hakeim (French pronunciation: [biʁ akɛm]) is an elevated station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 in the Boulevard de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement.It is situated on the left bank of the Pont de Bir-Hakeim over the Seine and is the closest station to the Eiffel Tower.
Location. The station opened as part of the initial section of the line 8 from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels on line 10) and Opéra on 13 July 1913.. On 2 September 1939, the station was closed as part of the government's plan that reduced service on the métro network as a cost-saving measure in light of the onset of World War II, with all but 85 stations closed.
Metro line 9 passes near several places of interest : Parc des Princes football stadium (Home of Paris Saint-Germain football team). The place du Trocadéro offering a view of the Eiffel Tower. The avenue des Champs-Élysées. Place Saint-Augustin. Place de la République. Place de la Nation.
The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.
Paris Métro Line 14 (French: Ligne 14 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen lines on the Paris Métro.It connects Saint-Denis–Pleyel and Aéroport d'Orly on a north-west south-east diagonal via the three major stations of Gare Saint-Lazare, the Châtelet–Les-Halles complex, and Gare de Lyon.
View of the Eiffel Tower from the Eiffel Tower Stadium during the 2024 Olympics. Champ de Mars contains both a basketball court and a football field. For the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics , a temporary stadium known as the Eiffel Tower Stadium ( French : Stade de la Tour Eiffel ) was erected atop the Place Jacques-Rueff, and hosted the ...