Gaîté (Paris Métro)
 Gaîté
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| opening | January 21, 1937 |
The metro station Gaîté is an underground station of Line 13 of the Paris Métro .
location
The station is located on the border of the Quartier de Plaisance and the Quartier du Montparnasse in the 14th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the Avenue du Maine at the level of the rue de la Gaîté which flows into it.
Surname
The name gives the Rue de la Gaîté. "Gaîté", more often written "gaieté", means happiness or exuberance. The street, which was busy day and night, and its surroundings were home to theaters, ballrooms, dance halls and restaurants in the 19th century.
History and description
The station was opened on January 21, 1937, when the first section of the then line 14 from Bienvenüe (since 1942: Montparnasse - Bienvenüe ) to Porte de Vanves went into operation. This route was planned by the railway company Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord-Sud de Paris (North-Sud) as line C. After the takeover of this company by the competing Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1930, it was built as line 14, according to its numbering scheme. On November 9, 1976, line 14 was connected to line 13 and was given the name of the line. Line number 14 was assigned to a new line in 1998 .
The station lies under an elliptical , white tiled vault, its side walls follow the curvature of the ellipse. It is 75 m long and has two side platforms on two parallel tracks.
vehicles
Line 13 has been used by vehicles from the MF 77 series since 1978 . Before that, trains from the MF 67 series were in service there , which in turn replaced the Sprague-Thomson trains in 1976.
Surroundings
- Cimetière du Montparnasse cemetery
- Bobino concert and theater stage
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abesses à Wagram. 5th edition. Bonneton, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-86253-382-3 (EA Paris 1980)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 107 .
- ^ 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. 306 f .
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 309.
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 311.
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
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Montparnasse - Bienvenüe ← Saint-Denis - Université or Asnières - Gennevilliers - Les Courtilles |
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Pernety Châtillon - Montrouge → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ N , 2 ° 19 ′ 21 ″ E