Bolivar (Paris Métro)

Bolivar ([bɔlivaʁ]) is a station on 7bis of the Paris Métro in the 19th arrondissement, on the Avenue Simon Bolivar.

Bolivar
Paris Métro station
Location19th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°52′50″N 2°22′30″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened18 July 1911 (1911-07-18)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
toward Louis Blanc
Location
Bolivar
Location within Paris

History

The station was opened on 18 July 1911, six months the opening of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais on 18 January 1911. On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming ligne 7bis. The Avenue Simon Bolivar is named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), liberator of several South American countries.

During the World War I, the station, like other deep metro stations was converted into an air raid shelter. During a violent bomb attack on 11 March 1918, the local population rushed to the shelter in panic and tried to enter it down the stairs of an exit that led to gates that only opened to the outside. The first rows of the crowd were crushed or suffocated by those behind them, and were eventually trampled when the doors finally broke under pressure. Seventy-six people died in this incident. In response all gates on the metro are now designed to open inward as well as outward.[1]

Station layout
Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 7bis platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inbound ← toward Louis Blanc (Jaurès)
Outbound → toward Pré Saint-Gervais (Buttes Chaumont) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References
  1. Robert, Jean. Notre métro ("Our metro") (in French). p. 102.


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