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2 unusual facts about Paris Metro


Clichy-sous-Bois

Clichy-sous-Bois is not served by any station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network.

Fulgence

Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852-1936), French civil engineer, famous for his participation in the creation of the Paris Métro


Charente-Maritime

Just outside the city is a factory for the French engineering giant Alstom, where the TGV, the cars for the Paris and other metros are manufactured.

Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris

The Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (Paris Metropolitan Railway Company), or CMP, was the forerunner of the RATP, the company managing the Parisian Underground.

Fort d'Aubervilliers

It gives its name to the Fort d'Aubervillers station of Line 7 of the Paris Métro, opened in 1979.

Guy Môquet

After the occupation of Paris by the Germans and the installation of the Vichy government, he was denounced on 13 October 1940 and arrested at the Gare de l'Est metro station by three police officers of the French Anti-Communist Special Brigade.

Île-de-France tramway Line 2

It connects Porte de Versailles, Paris, with Pont de Bezons via La Défense.

Jean-Baptiste Berlier

Though these were never realised, Berlier was heavily involved with the Paris Metro from its opening in 1900 and indeed was one of the key instigators of the Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord-Sud de Paris which went on to build two privately funded lines that were later absorbed by the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris, and are still in use today as (parts of) Paris Métro Line 12 and Paris Métro Line 13.

Les Lilas

Les Lilas is known for the hit 1958 song by Serge Gainsbourg, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", about a ticket puncher at the Porte des Lilas Métro station.

Lviv railway station

Made of bent steel, the balustrades and railings bore direct resemblance to the style of the Paris Métro ornaments designed by Hector Guimard.

Millie's Cookies

Millie's currently operates most of its stores in England, Scotland and Wales, and there are stores in International Airport, France Métro-station Opéra in Paris, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, Frankfurt central station and Berlin central station.

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

Recommended access is underground Metro station Saint-Denis Porte de Paris, on Line 13, located about 100 meters south of the museum.

Musée d'Art Juif

The nearest Paris Métro station is Lamarck – Caulaincourt on Line 12.

Paris Métro Line 1

It connects the La Défense – Grande Arche and Château de Vincennes stations.

A western extension of Line 1 from La Défense station to the center of Nanterre is being considered.

Paris Métro Line 12

It was extended bit by bit until 1934 when it reached Mairie d'Issy in the south.

Beginning at Issy-les-Moulineaux, south-west of Paris, with a three way tunnel underneath l'avenue Victor-Cresson, the terminus is at Mairie d'Issy, and has only two tracks.

Paris Métro Line 3bis

In light of these changes, the voie des Fêtes and the station Haxo were left unused: the former serving as a garage for trains and the latter being left inaccessible by the public.

Paris Métro Line 6

The northern circulator, now Line 2, opened in 1903, while the tracks from Étoile to Trocadéro (referred to as Line 2 Sud) opened on 2 October 1900 as part of a branch of Line 1 meant to serve the World Expo of that year.

La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle contains several crests of the family of Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, who lends his name to the name of the street over which the station lies.

Romainville

The closest stations to Romainville are Mairie des Lilas station on Paris Métro Line 11 and Bobigny - Pantin - Raymond Queneau station on Paris Métro Line 5.

Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora

In only 10 years, "Little Jaffna", located at the last stretch of the winding street of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement, between metros Gare de Nord and La Chapelle, has sprung to life and begun to truly flourish.

Wall of the Farmers-General

It was 24 kilometers long and roughly followed the route now occupied by the line 2 and line 6 of the metro.


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Museum railway station

Museum's signage and cream tiling with maroon highlights are reminiscent of a typical London Underground tube station of the era, however its layout of central tracks under a grand arch are more in keeping with older stations of the Paris Metro.

Passage SAS

At the same time, the brand developed construction applications, in particular by supplying the nosing for the Paris metro steps and equipping the pedestrian zones in cities such as Lyon, Lille and Bordeaux.

Remaisnil

The village contains the Château de Remaisnil, which held two different influential people (one of the Paris subway designers, as evidenced by the tiles used in the wine cellars, which were also used in the Paris metro stations) and Laura Ashley.