Riquet (Paris Metro)
 Riquet
|
|
|---|---|
|
|
| Tariff zone | 1 |
| Line (s) |
|
| place | Paris XIX |
| opening | November 6, 1910 |
The metro station Riquet is an underground station of Line 7 of the Paris Métro .
location
The station is located in the Quartier de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the avenue de Flandre at the level of the crossing rue Riquet.
Surname
The name gives the Rue Riquet. The engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet (1604–1680) built the Canal du Midi , which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean .
History and description
On November 5, 1910, the first section of line 7 from Opéra to Porte de la Villette went into operation. The Riquet station was not opened until November 6, 1910, until then the trains ran through without stopping.
It lies under an elliptical vault, the ceiling and the vertical walls in the lower part are tiled in white. At 75 m, it has the original Parisian standard length, sufficient for five-car trains. The two main tracks are flanked by two side platforms.
The only access is in a corner house on the above. Crossing. This makes the underground station one of the few metro stations that have an address: 19, rue Riquet.
Between 1911 and 1967, line 7 split from the Louis Blanc underground station , with trains coming from the south alternating between one of the two branches. The Riquet station was therefore only served by every second train on the line. This state lasted until December 3, 1967, when the eastern branch became an independent line 7bis .
vehicles
Conventional trains that run on steel rails run on Line 7. Until 1971 it was Sprague-Thomson type vehicles painted green , which were replaced by the MF 67 series for the next eight years . In 1979 these were replaced by five-car trains from the MF 77 series .
Remarks
- ↑ The designation 7bis corresponds to the German 7a
- ↑ Five lines of the Paris Métro are of rubber-tired trains traveled
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 186 .
- ^ 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. 222 f .
- ^ 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. 223.
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 227.
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
|---|---|---|
|
Crimée ← La Courneuve - May 8, 1945 |
|
Stalingrad Mairie d'Ivry or Villejuif - Louis Aragon → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 16 " N , 2 ° 22 ′ 25" E