Iéna (Métro Paris)

Iéna
Tariff zone	1
Line (s)
place	Paris XVI
opening	May 27, 1923

Place d'Iéna: on the left the Musée Guimet , in the middle in front of Avenue d'Iéna the equestrian statue of George Washington , in between an entrance to the metro station

"Val d'Osne" candelabra at the entrance to the Musée Guimet

The Metro Station Iéna is an underground station of line 9 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located on the Avenue du Président Wilson under the Place d'Iéna in the Quartier de Chaillot in the 16th arrondissement of Paris .

Surname

It is named after the Place d'Iéna and the Avenue d'Iéna that crosses this square . Near Jena (fr: Iéna) on October 14, 1806, the French troops defeated the Prussian army in the Battle of Jena .

History and description

The station opened on May 27, 1923 when the first extension of line 9 from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin was put into operation.

The station has two side platforms on two main tracks. It has an elliptical cross-section, the ceiling and walls are tiled in white. Like most of the Paris metro stations, it is 75 m long - enough for five-car trains.

One of the three entrances is adorned by a candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style , and another by one of the Val d'Osne art foundry .

vehicles

Initially, Sprague-Thomson trains ran on line 9 , and in 1983 they were replaced by those of the MF 67 series . The MF 01 series has been increasingly used since October 2013 .

Others

The Museum of Asian Arts Musée Guimet , the museum and exhibition building for modern art Palais de Tokyo and the Paris Goethe Institute are in the immediate vicinity of the Iéna station .

Web links

Commons : Iéna (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. 120 .
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. 258 .
3. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 53 "  N , 2 ° 17 ′ 38"  E