Félix Faure (Paris Métro)

Félix Faure
Tariff zone	1
Line (s)
place	Paris XV
opening	July 27, 1937

The metro station Félix Faure is an underground station line 8 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located in the Quartier de Javel in the 15th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the Avenue Félix Faure at its northeastern end.

Surname

The name gives the Avenue Félix Faure. Félix Faure (1841–1899) was a member of the National Assembly , minister and French president from 1895 until his death .

History and description

On July 27, 1937, the station went into operation when the section from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle to Balard of line 8 was opened. On that day, the old route from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle to Porte d'Auteuil was abandoned and this section of the route was assigned to line 10 .

The station is located under an elliptical , white tiled vault, the side walls of which follow the curvature of the ellipse. It was built from the beginning with a length of 105 m, sufficient for seven-car trains.

The three entrances are at the confluence of Avenue Félix Faure and Rue de'Église with Place Étienne-Pernet. They are marked by candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style with the word METRO.

vehicles

Despite the length of the platforms, only five-car trains were ever used, as five stations on line 8 are still only 75 m long. Trains of the Sprague-Thomson type ran until 1975 . In that year MF 67 trains came on the line, which were replaced from 1980 by the MF 77 series .

Web links

Commons : Félix Faure (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. 102 .
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. 243 .
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. 74.
5. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 241.

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