Télégraphe (Paris Metro)

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Metro-M.svg Telegraphe
Télégraphe métro 02.jpg
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 11Paris Metro 11.svg
place Paris XIX , XX
opening April 28, 1935
North platform, looking towards Châtelet

Télégraphe is an underground station on line 11 of the Paris Métro . Located around 20 m below the surface, it is one of the deepest underground stations in the Metro network.

location

The station is located on the border of the Quartier d'Amérique in the 19th arrondissement with the Quartier Saint-Fargeau in the 20th arrondissement of Paris . It is located alongside the Rue de Belleville to the west of the rue du Télégraphe which joins it.

Surname

The name gives the Rue du Télégraphe. The engineer Claude Chappe experimented with optical telegraphs in 1792/93 and built one on the highest point of the hills of the then still independent community of Belleville east of Paris.

History and description

Access on the perimeter of the Cimetière de Belleville cemetery with a candelabra in the Art Deco style
Escalator in the Telegraphe station

The underground station went into operation on April 28, 1935 with the opening of line 11, which at that time ran on the section from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas . It is 75 m long and has two side platforms on two main tracks. Due to the nature of the ground, it consists of two parallel stations that are separated from each other by a supporting wall with multiple perforations between the tracks. Their cross-sections are elliptical , the walls and part of the ceilings are tiled in white.

The three entrances are on the east side of the station in Rue de Belleville at the confluence of Rue du Télégraphe. They are each marked by a candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style .

vehicles

Initially, conventional Sprague-Thomson trains ran on line 11 . In the mid-1950s, it was the first to be prepared for passenger use with rubber-tired vehicles. The MP 55 series was used for the first time on November 13, 1956. In January 1999 they were replaced by the MP 59 series , and MP 73 trains have also been running since 2009 .

Others

Because of its depth, the subway station was considered one of the safest air raid shelters in the city during World War II .

Surroundings

The Cimetière de Belleville cemetery is in the immediate vicinity of the station .

literature

Web links

Commons : Télégraphe (Paris Metro)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 203 .
  2. ↑ 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. 284 .
  3. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 31.7 "  N , 2 ° 23 ′ 56"  E