Courcelles (Métro Paris)

Courcelles
Tariff zone	1
Line (s)
place	Paris VIII , XVII
opening	October 7, 1902

The Metro Station Courcelles is an underground station of Line 2 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located on the border of the Quartier du Faubourg du Roule with the Quartier de l'Europe in the 8th arrondissement and the Quartier de la Plaine-de-Monceaux in the 17th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways below the Boulevard de Courcelles at the intersection with the Rue de Courcelles.

Surname

The name gives the Boulevard de Courcelles and the Rue de Courcelles. Courcelles was a village outside the city, near gate 25 "Barrière de Courcelles" in the wall of the general tenants .

History and description

The station was opened on October 7, 1902, when the first extension of Line 2 (until 1907: Line 2 North) from Étoile (since 1970: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile ) to Anvers went into operation.

The white-tiled station is located lengthways below the Boulevard de Courcelles. It has side platforms on two main tracks and an elliptical vaulted ceiling, which was built in Belgian construction . Its walls follow the curvature of the ellipse, it is 75 m long. The two simply designed exits lead from the eastern end of the platform to the Boulevard de Courcelles.

vehicles

Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky

Initially, there were trains on line 2 north, which were made up of two-axle vehicles with wooden superstructures. From 1914 to 1981 line 2 was used by Sprague-Thomson trains. Since it was not to be converted to vehicles with rubber tires in the medium term, the MF 67 series was launched in 1979 , completely replacing its predecessor within two years. Series MF 01 series vehicles have been in use since 2008 , and mixed traffic with the MF 67 trains prevailed until 2011.

Surroundings

In the Rue Daru stands the Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky , built in the neo-Byzantine style , seat of the Archbishop of the Exarchate of the Orthodox Congregations of Russian Tradition in Western Europe .

Web links

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

literature

• Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 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. 88 .
2. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
3. ^ 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. 154 .
4. ^ Julian Pepinster: Le métro de Paris . Éditions La Vie du Rail, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-918758-12-9 , p. 185 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 45.4 "  N , 2 ° 18 ′ 11.9"  E