Place des Fêtes (Paris Métro)

Place des Fêtes ([plas de fɛt]) 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.)

Place des Fêtes
Paris Métro station
Line 11 platforms at Place des Fêtes
Location19th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°52′37″N 2°23′35″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened18 January 1911 (1911-01-18)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
One-way operation
Loop eastbound only
Terminus
toward Châtelet
Location
Place des Fêtes
Location within Paris

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)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Platform 2 toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais)
(No service from inbound: Botzaris)
(No service eastbound: Haxo)
B3 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 toward Châtelet (Jourdain)
Platform 1 toward Mairie des Lilas (Télégraphe)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  • Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.


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