Philippe Auguste (Métro Paris)

Philippe Auguste
Tariff zone	1
Line (s)
place	Paris XI , XX
opening	January 31, 1903

Access designed by Hector Guimard in the Art Nouveau style

Philippe Auguste is an underground station on line 2 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located on the border of the Quartier de la Roquette in the 11th arrondissement and the Quartier du Père-Lachaise in the 20th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the Boulevard de Charonne at its northern end.

Surname

The avenue Philippe-Auguste, which begins there, gives its name. Philip II August (fr: Philippe Auguste; 1165–1223) was King of France from 1180 to 1223. As a victor in the Battle of Bouvines , he brought several provinces , including Normandy and Berry , under the influence of the Crown.

History and description

The station was opened on January 31, 1903 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP), when the extension of line 2 from Anvers to Bagnolet (since 1970: Alexandre Dumas ) was put into operation.

The 75 m long station is located under an elliptical vaulted ceiling. It has side platforms on two tracks and side walls that follow the curvature of the ellipse. One of the two entrances is in the median of the Boulevard de Charonne and has the Art Nouveau decor designed by Hector Guimard .

vehicles

Two-axle vehicles with wooden superstructures initially ran on Line 2; the trains consisted of six short sidecars and one railcar at each end of the train. From 1914 to 1981 the line was operated by five-part, green-painted Sprague-Thomson trains. Since it was not to be converted to vehicles with rubber tires in the medium term, the MF 67 series was launched in 1979 , completely replacing its predecessor within two years. Series vehicles of the MF 01 series have been in use since 2008, and exclusively since 2011.

Surroundings

• Cemetery Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise

Remarks

1. ↑ To distinguish it from Line 2 South (today Line 6 ) it was initially called Line 2 North
2. ↑ The side walls of similar stations of the competing company Nord-Sud run in a straight line vertically in the lower area
3. ↑ Towards the end of their service life, gray Sprague-Thomson trains, which were originally reserved for line 1 , also came onto the line

Web links

Commons : Philippe Auguste (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. 161 .
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. 150 .
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. 154.
5. ^ Julian Pepinster: Le métro de Paris . Éditions La Vie du Rail, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-918758-12-9 , p. 185 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '30.2 "  N , 2 ° 23' 22.9"  E