Paris Métro Line 5

Line 5
Year opened	1906
Last extension	1985
Rolling stock	MF 67, MF 2000 5 carriages per trainset
Stations served	22
Terminal stations	Bobigny – Pablo Picasso / Place d'Italie
Length	14.6 km (9.1 mi)
Average interstation	695 m
Journeys made	92,778,870 (per annum)

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Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. It crosses the east of Paris from Bobigny to Place d'Italie. It is the eighth busiest line on the network.

Currently, the MF 2000 is gradually being incorporated onto Line 5, gradually replacing the aging MF 67 stock. The initial announcement was made in 2006 and trains began to be tested during the course of late 2010 and early 2011. Three MF 2000 trains went into passenger service on June 15, 2011. As of October, 2011, 40 MF 67 trains and 16 MF 2000 trains are in operation on Line 5 fr:Ligne 5 du métro de Paris.

[edit] Chronology

6 June 1906: Line 5 was inaugurated with a section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (now known as Gare d'Austerlitz).
14 July 1906: The line was temporarily extended to Gare de Lyon.
17 December 1906: The line was extended to Lancry (now known as Jacques Bonsergent).
14 October 1907: Line 2 Sud from Etoile to Place d'Italie was incorporated to the line 5.
15 November 1907: The line was extended from Lancry to Gare du Nord.
15 November 1936: Gare du Nord station was rebuilt so that the line could be extended later.
2 September 1939: Services to Arsenal station ceased at the start of World War II and was eventually closed permanently.
12 October 1942: The Etoile – Place d'Italie portion of the line was transferred to line 6 (Place d'Italie – Nation). Line 5 was extended from Gare du Nord to Eglise de Pantin.
25 April 1985: The line was extended from Eglise de Pantin to Bobigny Pablo Picasso.
15 June 2011: Cascading of MF 67 to MF 2000 rolling stock began.

[edit] Future

An extension south from Place d'Italie to Place de Rungis has been put forward and may be built between 2020–2030.
An intermediate station, Bobigny – la Folie, could be built in between Bobigny – Pablo Picasso and Bobigny – Pantin – Raymond Queneau stations. The current stretch of track between the two is one of the longest between adjacent stations on the Métro network (excluding RER lines). If it is to go ahead, the station would be completed by 2016.

[edit] Map

Map of Paris Métro Line 5.

[edit] Stations renamed

15 October 1907: Avenue de Suffren renamed as Rue de Sèvres and Place Mazas renamed as Pont d'Austerlitz.
11 March 1910: Bienvenüe renamed Avenue du Maine.
1 November 1913: Rue de Sèvres renamed Sèvres – Lecourbe.
1 June 1916: Pont d'Austerlitz renamed Quai de la Rapée.
15 October 1930: Gare d'Orléans renamed Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz.
30 June 1933: Avenue du Maine renamed Bienvenüe.
6 October 1942: Bienvenüe renamed Montparnasse – Bienvenüe.
10 February 1946: Lancry renamed Jacques Bonsergent.
1979: Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz renamed Gare d'Austerlitz.