Pigalle (Paris Metro)
 Pigalle
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| place | Paris IX , XVIII |
| opening | October 7, 1902 |
Pigalle is an underground transfer station of the Paris Métro . It is served by lines 2 and 12 .
location
The metro station is located on the border of the Quartier Saint-Georges in the 9th arrondissement with the Quartiers des Grandes-Carrières and de Clignancourt in the 18th arrondissement of Paris . The station of line 2 is located lengthways under the Boulevard de Clichy east of the Place Pigalle , that of the line 12 under the square and south of it under the Rue Frochot.
Surname
The station is named after Place Pigalle , which in turn is named after the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714–1785), whose workshop was in today's Rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, which faces south.
History and description
The station was put into operation on October 7, 1902, when the section of line 2 north of Étoile (since 1970: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile ) after Anvers of the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) was put into operation. The addition "North" was dropped on October 14, 1907, and the line has only been numbered 2 since then.
The station of today's line 12 was built as line A by the competing company Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord-Sud de Paris (Nord-Sud) and opened on April 8, 1911. After the takeover of Nord-Sud by CMP in 1930, the line was given the number 12.
The 75 m long station of Line 2 is located under an elliptical vault at a shallow depth below street level. It has two side platforms on two main tracks. The ceiling and walls are tiled in white, the side walls follow the curvature of the ellipse.
From the station of line 12, line 2 to the west of its station is crossed almost at right angles. The former has a similar structure, but lies in a curve. In accordance with the construction of the Nord-Sud, its side walls run straight and vertical in the lower area. It is also slightly higher because an overhead line was originally installed to supply power to the railcars at the Zugspitze . Like all north-south stations, it was visually more elaborate than that of the CMP, but is now much simpler. The walls are tiled in white without decorations, the ceiling tiles have been removed.
The first-built entrance opens to the west side of the square. It has largely been preserved in the original and has been a listed building since 1978. Hector Guimard designed it at the time in the style of Art Nouveau . Adolphe Dervaux designed the entrances to the station on Line 12 .
vehicles
Initially, trains made up of two-axle vehicles ran on Line 2 North. From 1914 to 1981 line 2 was used by 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 MF 01 series vehicles have been used in the station of Line 2 since 2008 , now exclusively.
On line 12, trains of the north-south type Sprague-Thomson ran initially, which differed in several points from the Sprague-Thomson vehicles of the CMP. A striking feature was the power supply of the leading railcar by means of a pantograph . After the takeover of Nord-Sud by CMP, this type of business was given up in the 1930s. In the 1970s, the north-south trains were eliminated in favor of the Sprague-Thomson standard design, and in 1977 modern trains of the MF 67 series came onto the line.
Surroundings
Pigalle is also the namesake of the entertainment district of the same name , in the center of which is the square and the underground station.
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 162 .
- ^ 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. 290 ff .
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
- ^ Julian Pepinster: Le métro de Paris . Éditions La Vie du Rail, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-918758-12-9 , p. 95 .
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 154.
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 295.
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
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Blanche ← Porte Dauphine |
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Anvers Nation → |
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Abbesses ← Front Populaire |
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Saint-Georges Mairie d'Issy → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 56.1 " N , 2 ° 20 ′ 15.1" E