Pyramides (Métro Paris)
 Pyramides
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| place | Paris I |
| opening | July 1, 1916 |
Pyramides is an underground transfer station of the Paris Métro . It is served by lines 7 and 14 .
location
The metro station is located in the Quartier du Palais-Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris . The station of line 7 is located lengthways under the avenue de l'Opéra between the rue des Pyramides and the rue de l'Échelle, the station of the lower-lying line 14 passes under the buildings and crosses the station of line 7 near the junction with the rue des Pyramides.
Surname
It is named after the Rue des Pyramides. Whose name refers to the Battle of the Pyramids on July 21, 1798. On that day defeated in Egypt five divisions under Napoleon Bonaparte that of Murad Bey led army of Mamluks . Napoleon coined the term "Battle of the Pyramids" even though the Giza pyramids were several kilometers away.
History and description
Line 7 station was opened on July 1, 1916, when its southern extension from Opéra to Palais Royal went into operation. It lies under an elliptical , white-tiled vault and is 75 m long. There are side platforms on the two main tracks.
On October 15, 1998, the station on line 14 went into operation. Their fully automatic trains initially ran between Madeleine and Bibliothèque François Mitterrand . It is located under a round concrete vault, is 120 m long and equipped with platform screen doors. It also has side platforms on two main tracks.
vehicles
Conventional five-car trains of the MF 77 series run on Line 7 . Between 1971 and 1979 trains of the MF 67 series ran there , before that of the Sprague-Thomson type .
Line 14 is equipped with rubber-tyred , driverless eight-car trains from the MP 89 CA and MP 05 series .
Remarks
- ↑ CA means "Conduite Automatique" (automatically controlled), in contrast to the driver-controlled type MP 89 CC
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . Bonneton, Paris 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. 178 .
- ^ 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. 223 .
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 330.
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 227 and 245.
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
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Opéra ← La Courneuve - May 8, 1945 |
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Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre Mairie d'Ivry or Villejuif - Louis Aragon → |
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Madeleine ← Saint-Lazare |
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Châtelet Olympiades → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 57 ″ N , 2 ° 20 ′ 5 ″ E