Place des Fêtes station
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Paris Métro station | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 19th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°52′37″N 2°23′35″E / 48.87684°N 2.39296°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | |||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 January 1911 | |||||||||||||||
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Place des Fêtes is a station of the Paris Métro, serving lines 7bis (eastbound only) and 11 in the 19th arrondissement and the Belleville district. It is one of the deepest stations in the metro, at 22.45 meters below the surface. (Abbesses is the deepest, at 36 meters.)
The station was opened on 18 January 1911 as part of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais. On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming line 7bis. The line 11 platforms opened with the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas on 28 April 1935.
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
B1 | Mezzanine | to Exits/Entrances |
B2 | Platform 2bis | toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais) → (No service from inbound: Botzaris) (No service eastbound: Haxo) |
Platform 2 | toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais) → (No service from inbound: Botzaris) (No service eastbound: Haxo) | |
B3 | ||
Platform 2 | ← toward Châtelet (Jourdain) | |
Platform 1 | toward Mairie des Lilas (Télégraphe) → | |
Gallery
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Line 7bis platforms at Place des Fêtes
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MF 88 rolling stock on Line 7bis at Place des Fêtes
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MP 59 rolling stock on Line 11 at Place des Fêtes
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Place des Fêtes (Paris Metro).
References
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.