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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.
Situated almost entirely above the former customs barrier around the capital (Boulevards extérieurs), it runs in a semicircle in the north of Paris. As its name suggests, Line 2 was the second line of the Métro network to open, with the first section put into service on 13 December 1900; it adopted its current configuration on 2 April 1903 ...
The Gare du Nord (pronounced [ɡaʁ dy nɔːʁ]; English: North Station), officially Paris Nord, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. The station is served by trains that run between the capital and northern France via the Paris–Lille railway , as well as to international destinations in Belgium ...
La Chapelle (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl]) is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 10th and 18th arrondissements above the Boulevard de la Chapelle. The station is connected to the Gare du Nord and the Gare du Nord Métro station on lines 4 and 5. It should not be confused with the Porte de la Chapelle station, located ...
Magenta station is directly connected to the Gare du Nord, with two of the three exits leading to this station. The third exit is located at 5-7 Rue de l'Aqueduc, facing Rue d'Alsace, which is the main pedestrian route between the Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord.
Gare du Nord (French: [ɡaʁ dy nɔʁ]) is a station on Line 4 and Line 5 of the Paris Métro. It is the busiest station in the system (not including RER stations), with 48 million entrances a year.
The first digit represents the sector in Paris where the line's starting point is located: 2x representing Gare Saint-Lazare; 3x representing Gare de l'Est; 4x representing Gare du Nord; 5x representing Opéra and overall Rive Droite; 6x representing Austerlitz or Gare de Lyon train stations
It contains two of Paris's six main railway stations: the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est. Built during the 19th century, these two termini are among the busiest in Europe . The 10th arrondissement also contains a large portion of the Canal Saint-Martin , linking the northeastern parts of Paris with the Seine.