Metro line 10 (Paris)

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Route length:	11.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Opening:	1923
Passengers (daily) :	114,000
Stations:	23
Legend Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud Boulogne - Jean Jaurès to the Auteuil depot Connecting track to Porte Molitor and line 9 Porte d'Auteuil Michel-Ange-Molitor Connecting track to line 9 Michel-Ange - Auteuil Chardon lagache Église d'Auteuil Mirabeau His Javel - André Citroën Charles Michels Avenue Emile Zola Line 9 La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle Connecting track to line 9 Ségur Duroc Former connecting track to line 13 Vaneau Sèvres - Babylone Croix-Rouge (until September 2, 1939) Mabillon Odéon Connecting track to line 4 Cluny - La Sorbonne siding Maubert - Mutualité Sidings Cardinal Lemoine Connecting track to line 7 Jussieu Gare d'Austerlitz Turning and sidings

The Line 10 of the Paris Métro connects the stations Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud in the west and Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris city center.

history

Building history

The crossing under the Seine runs parallel to the Pont Mirabeau

Mirabeau Metro Station on line 10

Line 10 actually consists of various individual sections of other lines.

The first section of line 10 was opened December 30, 1923 between the Invalides and Croix-Rouge stations . The latter station can no longer be found today, it is located between the Sèvres - Babylone and Mabillon stations and was closed in 1939. A frequent use of only 400 passengers a day caused the RATP not to reopen it after the war. At that time it was still assumed that this route would become part of an inner metro ring.

On March 10, 1925, this short section was extended by one station to Mabillon, and on February 14, 1926 to Odéon . On March 15, 1930, the line to Place d'Italie went into operation, and on March 7, 1931, from here to Porte de Choisy .

The route network in the south-east of Paris was reorganized on April 26, 1931. Line 10 was withdrawn to Maubert - Mutualité station , the southern part of the line was taken over by line 7 from Place Monge . The 10 itself reached the new terminus at Jussieu from Maubert Mutualité station .

Six years later, the Métro in the south was reorganized again: the Invalides – Duroc section was transferred to the new line 14. The 10 went over to a new route west of the Duroc station and reached La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle on July 27, 1937. The Auteuil branch of line 8 was taken over here.

The Auteuil branch opened on September 30, 1913 as part of Line 8. From the La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle station to the crossing under the Seine , it is designed as a classic metro route. The first notable stop in Auteuil is Mirabeau . Both tracks come from the Seine underpass from the east and are therefore lower than usual. Since a roundabout was to be built in Auteuil, the one-way Mirabeau station was built for the eastbound track and the westbound counterpart in front of the church of Auteuil ( Église d'Auteuil ). Due to the instability of the foundations of the church, the location of the latter station had to be raised; the ramp for the ascent is located in the Mirabeau station. So that the railcar, which was still weakly motorized at the time, with its two sidecars and passengers could drive up the steep ramp, the ascent began immediately after leaving the tunnel under the Seine in order to overcome a height difference of more than 60 meters. For reasons of space, the Mirabeau station could not be created twice, but only with a platform and the visible ramp. The route leads past the church on the right under the Rue Auteuil to the Porte d'Auteuil . Access to the Église d'Auteuil station - practically the twin platform of the Mirabeau station - is on the church forecourt.

The terminus at Porte d'Auteuil was designed very generously. It has three tracks with two platforms, as the line to the Porte Molitor station, which was never opened, was to branch off here. This should serve the nearby Parc des Princes stadium during games, the station should be accessed by line 9 . To this end, a connection was created at the Michel-Ange - Auteuil crossing station . From here, the trains should continue to Porte d'Auteuil station, where they should join the branch line. From the Porte Molitor station, the route continued to Porte de Saint-Cloud station on line 9. The shell of the project was built by the city, but the CMP, which was responsible for building the accesses, had no interest in it Project, which is why the station never opened.

In addition, the Auteuil underground depot for lines 9 and 10 is located at Porte d'Auteuil station, which is also connected to the aforementioned unused route.

Line 10 runs from Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud to Gare d'Austerlitz

On July 12, 1939, the extension from Jussieu to Gare d'Austerlitz went into operation; the distance of 1.03 kilometers was the longest between two stations at the time.

On October 3, 1980 the station Boulogne - Jean Jaurès was reached westward , a year later, on October 2, 1981 Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud . As a result, a special feature of the operation was started: some trains go to Boulogne, the others continue at the Porte d'Auteuil .

Renamed stations

During the more than 100-year history of the Paris Metro , the official names of a number of stations have changed. Some stations have even been renamed several times. Five stations were affected on line 10:

Name changes on line 10

today's name	since	previous name (s)
La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle	1913	La Motte-Picquet
Église d'Auteuil	1921	Wilhem
Charles Michels	1945	Beaugrenelle
Gare d'Austerlitz	1979	Gare d'Orléans - Austerlitz
Cluny - La Sorbonne	1988	Cluny

Possible extension to the southeast

At the end of 2013, the Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF for short) approved an agreement between the French state and the Region of Île de France in which the two undertook to commission a study to determine the usefulness of a Extension of line 10 via the current terminus Gare d'Austerlitz to Place Gambetta in Ivry-sur-Seine to be investigated. Various scenarios are to be developed for a meaningful route including cost estimates, also in connection with other existing or planned local transport systems and urban development projects. € 300,000 is available for the study.

Technical innovations and vehicle fleet

In 1974 PCC was introduced, but pilotage automatique never. MF 67 series vehicles have been running on Line 10 since 1994.

literature

• Jean Tricoire: Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes: De Bienvenüe à Météor . 3. Edition. La Vie du Rail, Paris 2004. ISBN 2-915034-32-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ STIF press release from December 2013 (French), accessed on March 23, 2014