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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 ...
Only 8 of the 18 planned stations were opened. 6 August and 1 September 1900: The other 10 stations of the line opened. 24 March 1934: The line was extended to the east from Porte de Vincennes to Château de Vincennes. 15 November 1936: Porte Maillot station was rebuilt in order to allow a further extension of the line to the west.
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 September 20, 2006. [ 18 ]
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.
The line 1 platforms, at 123 metres (404 ft) long, are significantly longer than the average Métro platform length. The latter part overlooks the Canal Saint-Martin that, at this point, passes from being underground to open air. The Line 1 station is also particular in that the remnants of a former narrow island platform are visible. The ...
The station remained as the line's eastern terminus until it was further extended to Château de Vincennes on 24 March 1934, resulting in several changes in the station's layout. The loop was removed and the tunnels from each half-station were extended to meet further east under avenue de la Porte-de-Vincennes.