Porte de Versailles (Paris Métro)

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Porte de Versailles
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Date opened 5 November 1910 (1910)
Municipality/
Arrondissement
the 15th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone 1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 12
Direction
Mairie d'Issy
Direction
Porte de la Chapelle
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Location of metro station

Porte de Versailles is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro and a stop on tramway lines 2 and 3.

The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the stage of the Nord-Sud Company's line C from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. The line was taken over by the metro in 1930 and became line 12. It was the eastern terminus of the line until the extension of the line to Mairie d'Issy on 24 March 1934. The station was relocated during the extension and the area of the old station is now occupied by storage sidings. The tramway line 3 stop opened on 16 December 2006 as part of the initial section of Tramway Line 3 between Pont du Garigliano and Porte d'Ivry. Tramway line 2 was extended from Issy - Val de Seine to Porte de Versailles on 21 November 2009.

The station is named after the Porte de Versailles, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to the town of Versailles.

Nearby are the Parc des Expositions (exhibition ground) and the Palais de Sports (indoor sports venue).

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Coordinates: 48°49′56″N 2°17′16″E / 48.832328°N 2.287841°E / 48.832328; 2.287841

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