Porte Dauphine (Paris Métro)

Porte Dauphine
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
Other names Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny
Location
  • boul. de l'Amiral Bruix × Av. Foch
  • Av. Foch × av. Bugeaud
  • Av. Bugeaud × av. Foch
  • Av. Bugeaud × boul. Lannes

16th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates 48°52′17″N 2°16′36″E / 48.87139°N 2.27667°E / 48.87139; 2.27667Coordinates: 48°52′17″N 2°16′36″E / 48.87139°N 2.27667°E / 48.87139; 2.27667
Owned by RATP
Operated by RATP
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 12 December 1900 (1900-12-12)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
TerminusParis Métro Paris Métro Line 2
toward Nation
Location
Porte Dauphine
Location within Paris

Porte Dauphine (Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny) is a station of the Paris Métro. It is the western terminus of Line 2. Nearby, one can transfer to the RER C at Avenue Foch station (with no direct transfer). Paris Dauphine University is nearby.

Architecture

The station contains one of the three remaining "dragonfly" roofed Métro entrances by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), the Art Nouveau architect who was originally commissioned by the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1899 to design the entrances for the Métro stations. It is the only roofed entrance that is original, not reconstructed, and on its original site. It was restored in 1999.[1]:43

Porte Dauphine's train hall also features the last complete set of the Métro's original cream-colored tilework. It dates from 1900, shortly before a decision was taken to adopt the Métro's now-ubiquitous white bevelled tilework.[2]:149

History

The Porte Dauphine station was inaugurated on 13 December 1900. At the time, Line 2 had only been completed as far as Charles de Gaulle – Étoile. It now runs from Porte Dauphine around the northern part of Paris, through Montmartre, around to its eastern terminus at the Place de la Nation. It is named after Porte Dauphine, a gate in the 19th-century Thiers wall of Paris. Its subtititle honours Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny.[3]

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Westbound (drop-off) platform Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 ← termination platform
Platform 3 siding, no regular service
Eastbound platform Platform 4 toward Nation (Victor Hugo) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 2, right for platform 4
Platform 2 toward Nation (Victor Hugo) →
  • Note: The station is on a loop, so the westbound/drop-off and eastbound platforms are slightly offset.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Canac, Sybil (2014). Paris Métro: Histoire et design. Éditions Massin.
  2. ↑ Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro Insolite (2011 ed.).
  3. ↑ Gérard, Roland (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
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