Metro line 3bis (Paris)

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Route length:	1.3 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Opening:	1971
Passengers (daily) :	4,500
Stations:	4th
Legend Former connecting track to line 3 Gambetta Connecting track to line 3 Pelleport Saint-Fargeau Voie navette to line 7bis Porte des Lilas Porte des Lilas-Cinéma Turning loop Haxo

The line 3 ^to the Paris Métro is equipped with four stations, the shortest line of the Paris metro network . It was opened on November 27, 1921 and is only 1.3 kilometers long. Until April 2, 1971, the route between Gambetta and Porte des Lilas underground stations was the north-eastern end of Line 3 . From that day line 3 was led from Gambetta to Gallieni , the old end section became line 3 ^bis . It runs completely under Avenue Gambetta in the 20th arrondissement in the east of Paris and connects lines 3 and  11 . The Latin additional name ^bis indicates a supplementary line to the regular line 3.

The line has rail connections with line 7 ^bis on the operating lines " Voie navette " between the stations Porte des Lilas and Pré-Saint-Gervais and "Voie des Fêtes" between Porte des Lilas and Place des Fêtes . At its southern end, the former main line in the direction of Porte des Lilas became the operating track that connects to Line 3.

history

Gambetta terminus and transfer tunnel (former route tunnel) to line 3

Track plan of the terminus Porte des Lilas and adjacent lines

Porte des Lilas A station with a class MF 67 train

Platform of the disused Porte des Lilas B station (Porte des Lilas - Cinéma)

The southern terminus of line 3 ^bis went into operation on January 25, 1905, when line 3 was extended from Père Lachaise to Gambetta. The Gambetta underground station consisted of a double-track arrival station with a central platform and a departure station, both of which were located within an end loop. Their tunnel is still there. However, it is no longer used for loop travel, the corresponding switch connections have been dismantled.

For the extension to Porte des Lilas, which opened in 1927, a short single-track tunnel was built from the end loop to the new line. The trains in the direction of Porte des Lilas stopped at the former arrival platform, those in the opposite direction at the former departure platform. Via the intermediate stations of Pelleport and Saint-Fargeau , the trains coming from Gambetta reached the terminus Porte des Lilas A and turned in a subsequent loop.

In the immediate vicinity, the Porte des Lilas B underground station was built, which was built for through traffic to today's line 7 ^bis . But that didn't happen, instead a shuttle train (fr: navette) ran over the "Voie navette" to the Pré-Saint-Gervais station. In the course of mobilization at the beginning of the Second World War , this type of operation was given up on September 3, 1939, and station B has been closed to passengers since then. At the beginning of the 1950s, the “Voie navette” with station B was used to test the prototype vehicle MP 51 with rubber tires . Station B was repeatedly used for filming and is therefore also known as the “Porte des Lilas - Cinéma”.

With the conversion into the independent line 3 ^bis , the former departure station of the Gambetta underground station became its southern end point. There are now two butt tracks on the central platform, the following tunnel became a pedestrian passage for those transferring to Line 3.

vehicles

Conventional vehicles run on line 3 ^bis ; the Sprague-Thomson type was replaced by the MF 67 series in 1981 . These trains are still in service on the line in 2017.

Operating times and cycle

Planned connection of lines and

The travel time on the line is just four minutes. Like the other lines of the metro, the line has its first journey after 5:30 am (5:27 am from Porte des Lilas and 5:32 am from Gambetta); the last trip at 1:04 am from Porte des Lilas and at 1:11 am from Gambetta, on weekend nights and before public holidays at 2:05 am and at 2:11 am. The frequency is 3 to 5 minutes during the day and 8 to 9 minutes in the evening. On Sunday mornings it runs every 6 to 8 minutes, and every 10 minutes at night after 0:30 a.m. or after 1:15 a.m. on nights with night traffic.

Planning

For a long time there have been plans ^to merge line 3 ^bis with line 7 ^bis . These plans were published in September 2008 in the Schéma directeur de la région Île-de-France . They provide for the use of the track connections with line 7bis via the Voie navette between Pré-Saint-Gervais and Porte des Lilas and via the Voie des Fêtes between the stations Place des Fêtes and Porte des Lilas. The line would then probably be extended beyond Louis Blanc to Château-Landon or Magenta and would thus also connect the Gare de l'Est . In addition, the ghost station Haxo could then be opened in the direction of Gambetta .

Remarks

1. ↑ The designation 3 ^bis corresponds to the German 3a
2. ↑ This connector is partially used for a maintenance workshop on the northeastern railway station Pré-Saint-Gervais, the there for the vehicles of the line 7 ^to was set up
3. ↑ The addition “A” does not appear in route and timetables
4. ↑ In contrast to the rest of the network, they run with only three cars

Web links

Commons : Paris Métro, Ligne 3bis  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Lignes 3 et 3 Bis at karodaxo.fr, with photos

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 .
• Schéma directeur de la region Île-de-France (SDRIF). Projet final de SDRIF adopté par le Conseil régional le 25 septembre 2008 , p. 81 (left column) and p. 138 (right column).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 167 .
2. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. , P. 168.
3. ↑ Lignes 3 et 3 Bis at karodaxo.fr, accessed on April 10, 2017