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Père Lachaise station

Coordinates: 48°51′47″N 2°23′15″E / 48.862921°N 2.387388°E / 48.862921; 2.387388
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Père Lachaise
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
Line 2 platforms
General information
Location63 bis, boul. de Ménilmontant
Av. de la République × rue Spinoza
11th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°51′47″N 2°23′15″E / 48.862921°N 2.387388°E / 48.862921; 2.387388
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened31 January 1903 (1903-01-31) (Line 2)
19 October 1904 (1904-10-19) (Line 3)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
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Location
Père Lachaise is located in Paris
Père Lachaise
Père Lachaise
Location within Paris

Père Lachaise is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 2 and 3 on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). The line 3 platforms opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of the line between Père Lachaise and Villiers. It was a terminus for three months until the line was extended to Gambetta on 25 January 1905.

The station is named for the Père Lachaise Cemetery, which it serves, and which in turn takes its name from Father François d'Aix de La Chaise, confessor to Louis XIV of France. It was the location of the Barrière de Amandiers, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the 19th century.[1][2]

In 1909 the station became the first metro station to have an escalator.

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 2 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound toward Porte Dauphine (Ménilmontant)
Eastbound toward Nation (Philippe Auguste)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 3 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound toward Pont de Levallois – Bécon (Rue Saint-Maur)
Eastbound toward Gallieni (Gambetta)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ^ "La barrière des Amandiers" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  2. ^ "La barrière des Amandiers" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.