Chevaleret (Paris Métro)

Chevaleret
Tariff zone	1
Line (s)
place	Paris XIII
opening	March 1, 1909

Substructure the station during construction

Access on rue du Chevaleret and ticket office

The Metro Station Chevaleret is a high station of line 6 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located on the border of the Quartier de la Salpêtrière and the Quartier de la Gare in the 13th arrondissement of Paris . It lies along the median of the Boulevard Vincent-Auriol east of the confluence of the Rue du Chevaleret.

Surname

It is named after the Rue du Chevaleret. It can be traced back to 1670 as Chemin du Chevaleret, the origin and meaning of the name are not clear.

History and description

On March 1, 1909, the station went into operation with the opening of the first section of line 6 from Nation to Place d'Italie . In July 1974 the line was converted to run on pneumatic trains .

The structure of the station corresponds to that of most other stations in the elevated position of line 6. It is 75 m long and has 4.10 m wide side platforms on two parallel tracks. Two longitudinal beams, each resting on a row of iron columns, carry the track bed and the inner edges of the platforms. Their outer edges and the side walls rest on two further longitudinal girders, which are supported by brick pillars. At the four corners of the station, a pillar protrudes over the roof for design reasons. The station has a gable roof - glass near the ridge - which also spans the tracks. The brick side walls show geometric ornaments on the outside.

Access is via a staircase that divides halfway up the west end of the station, at the foot of which there is a brick building for ticket sales. There is also an escalator for each platform.

vehicles

Before 1974, Sprague-Thomson- type trains ran on the route . In July 1974, line 6 was converted to rubber-tired vehicles, and since then there have been trains from the MP 73 series consisting of three multiple units and two sidecars .

Surroundings

The Hôpital de la Salpêtrière hospital is nearby .

Remarks

1. ↑ The section is also the last opened line on line 6 - its continuation to Étoile went into operation under line number 2 Sud between 1900 and 1906 and has only been part of line 6 since 1942
2. ↑ The route was completed in 1906, but initially not opened due to the low number of passengers expected
3. ↑ At the similarly constructed elevated railway stations on Line 2, the side walls are glazed and only the platforms, but not the tracks, are covered
4. ↑ A railcar with a one-sided driver's cab runs at each end of the train, with a driverless cab and two non-motorized sidecars in between

Web links

Commons : Chevaleret (Paris Metro)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Gérard Roland: Les Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . Bonnetot, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 82 .
2. ^ Jean Tricoire: Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor . 2nd Edition. La Vie du Rail, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-902808-87-9 , p. 210 .
3. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
4. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 51.
5. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 53.

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