Maison Blanche (Paris Métro)

Maison Blanche ([mɛzɔ̃ blɑ̃ʃ]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 7. South of this station, the line forks into two branches, one leading to Villejuif – Louis Aragon and the other to Mairie d'Ivry. The station is under the Avenue d'Italie, between the streets of Rue Caillaux and Rue Bourgon, near the Porte d'Italie, a gate in the former Thiers Wall.

Maison Blanche
Paris Métro station
Location	13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°49′20″N 2°21′31″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	7 March 1930 (1930-03-07)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Le Kremlin-Bicêtre toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon Villejuif branch Tolbiac toward La Courneuve – 8 mai 1945 Porte d'Italie toward Mairie d'Ivry Ivry branch
Location
Maison Blanche Location within Paris

It opened as part of a planned section of Line 7, which was temporarily operated as part of Line 10 until the completion of the under-Seine crossing of line 7 from Pont de Sully to Place Monge. On 7 March 1930 the line was extended from Place d'Italie to Porte de Choisy, including Maison Blanche. The station was integrated into line 7 on 26 April 1931. The station is named after the district, which gets its name from a hotel of the same name, which is French for "White House".

Early plans to extend line 14 from Olympiades to the Orly Airport included the possibility of taking over the existing line 7 branch from this station to Villejuif – Louis Aragon, which opened in the early-1980s. However, the inclusion of line 14 in the Grand Paris Express project means that the line 14 extension to Orly will only consist of new infrastructure.[1]