Paris Métro Line 8

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Line 8
standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Conduction system	Conductor
Average inter-station distance	614 m (2,014 ft)
Route map Legend Balard    Lourmel Javel Shops Boucicaut Félix Faure Commerce   to Boulogne–Pont de Saint-Cloud La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle      to Gare d'Austerlitz Champ de Mars École Militaire La Tour-Maubourg Invalides Shops Invalides     Seine Concorde    Madeleine    Opéra        to Pont de Sèvres Richelieu–Drouot   Grands Boulevards Bonne Nouvelle Strasbourg–Saint-Denis    Saint-Martin République        to Mairie de Montreuil Filles du Calvaire Saint-Sébastien–Froissart Chemin Vert Bastille    Ledru-Rollin Faidherbe–Chaligny Reuilly–Diderot   Montgallet Daumesnil   Michel Bizot Porte Dorée   Porte de Charenton   Liberté Charenton–Écoles Marne École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort Maisons-Alfort–Stade Maisons-Alfort–Les Juilliottes Créteil–L'Échat Créteil–Université Tvm Créteil–Préfecture Pointe du Lac Pointe du Lac shops This diagram: view talk edit

Paris Métro Line 8 (

• 13 July 1913: Line 8 opened between Beaugrenelle and Opéra.
• 30 September 1913: Line extended from Beaugrenelle to Porte d'Auteuil.
• 30 June 1928: Northern extension from Opéra to Richelieu-Drouot
• 5 May 1931: Line extended from Richelieu-Drouot to Porte de Charenton.
• 27 July 1937: Section between La Motte-Picquet and Porte d'Auteuil transferred to Line 10; Line 8 extended from La Motte-Picquet to Balard.
• 2 September 1939: Like many other stations, service to Saint-Martin and Champ de Mars was halted because of World War II; both stations were eventually closed.
• 5 October 1942: Line extended eastbound from Porte de Charenton to Charenton – Écoles.
• 19 September 1970: Line extended from Charenton – Écoles to Maisons-Alfort – Stade.
• 27 April 1972: Line extended from Maisons-Alfort – Stade to Maisons-Alfort – Les Juillottes.
• 24 September 1973: Line extended from Maisons-Alfort – Les Julliottes to Créteil – l'Echat.
• 9 September 1974: Line extended from Créteil – l'Echat to Créteil – Préfecture.
• 8 October 2011: Line extended from Créteil – Préfecture to Pointe du Lac.

Birth of the line

Line 8 was the last line created by the

Construction of the underwater crossing of the

Although metal caissons were originally planned to be sunk vertically (as had been done on Line 4), a tunnel was drilled following a single circular tube with the aid of a shield; authorities opposed the first method because of the risks to boating. However, the crossing near Pont Mirabeau was made with vertical caissons. The Invalides-Javel section was completed in 1910. The Grenelle station was planned as a double station with platforms on two levels, with the aim to later send trains on the two branches. However, only one station with a central platform was built, as the Balard branch was planned to be built later.

Before the completion of work near Pont Mirabeau, the line opened to the public on 13 July 1913 between Beaugrenelle and Opéra; the extension to Porte d'Auteuil followed on 30 September. The Invalides and Concorde stations were still unfinished and opened on 24 December 1913 and 12 March 1914, respectively.^[3] In 1914, the line had fifteen stations between Porte d'Auteuil and Opéra.^[4]

First extensions

Extension of the line began on 29 December 1922,

The line's southwestern portion was modified during the 1930s,

The section between La Motte-Picquet and Balard opened on 27 July 1937,[10] at the same time as the Javel maintenance workshop. At that time, the line included thirty-one stations between Balard and Porte de Charenton.

Second wave of extensions toward Créteil

The extension to

After the war, the only metro extension was

A concrete, 199-metre (653 ft) viaduct was built in spring 1968. Aesthetically designed to integrate with the landscape, it has six supports (including one of its three piers in the river. The two central spans are 55.5 metres (182 ft) long, and the two side spans 30 metres (98 ft) long. The structural steel is a continuous metal beam, supported by two vertical beams. These beams frame the bottom of the trains, and the rails are laid on track ballast, for noise reduction. On the north, the viaduct overhangs the A4 autoroute before going underground on a 100-metre (330 ft) access ramp. On the south, the line immediately goes underground on a 70-metre (230 ft) ramp. The viaduct has a continuous slope of 40 mm/m, enabling it to go underground when it crosses the left bank of the Marne. In June 1969 the metal beams were put in place, and the structure was completed in November.^[12]

This viaduct, the first built since the

Route

Line 8 is 22.057 km (13.706 mi) long, including 2.8 km (1.7 mi) of open-air tracks in the southeastern suburbs. It is the second-longest line (after Line 13), with the greatest distance between its terminals.

The line begins in

In a planned future extension, Line 8 will continue south past the intersection of CD 1 and CD 60 to a new station. The line will continue to stop behind the Stade Dominique Duvauchelle at Créteil, where a new maintenance shop will be located.^[26]

List of stations

Line 8 has 38 stations, including 13 which connect to 12 other Métro and two RER lines.

List of stations

Station	Arrondissement or commune	Connections	Notes
Balard	15th		Named after French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard
Lourmel	15th
Boucicaut	15th
Félix Faure	15th		Named after Félix Faure, seventh President of the French Republic
Commerce	15th
La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle	15th		Named after French admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte and the neighbourhood of Grenelle
École Militaire	7th		Near École Militaire
La Tour-Maubourg	7th
Invalides	7th		Near Les Invalides
Concorde	1st, 8th		Near the Place de la Concorde
Madeleine	8th		Near the Église de la Madeleine
Opéra	2nd, 9th		Located near the Opéra Garnier
Richelieu – Drouot	2nd, 9th		Named after Louis XIII's first minister Cardinal Richelieu and Napoleon's general, Antoine Drouot
Grands Boulevards	2nd, 9th		Originally Rue Montmartre, but renamed to avoid confusion with Montmartre
Bonne Nouvelle	2nd, 9th, 10th		Named after nearby church Notre-Dame de Bonne-Nouvelle (Our Lady of the Good News)
Strasbourg – Saint-Denis	2nd, 3rd, 10th		Named for areas named after the French city and the first bishop of Paris Saint-Denis
République	3rd, 10th, 11th		Located under Place de la République
Filles du Calvaire	3rd, 11th		"Daughters of Calvary", named after the old convent of this order
Saint-Sébastien – Froissart	3rd, 11th		Named after the streets referring to Saint Sebastian and 14th-century poet and writer Jean Froissart
Chemin Vert	3rd, 11th
Bastille	4th, 11th, 12th		Under the Place de la Bastille, near the former Bastille
Ledru-Rollin	4th, 11th, 12th		Named after the avenue of 19th century lawyer Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
Faidherbe – Chaligny	11th, 12th		Streets named after 19th-century General Louis Faidherbe and the Chaligny family of metalworkers
Reuilly – Diderot	12th		Named after 18th-century philosopher Denis Diderot
Montgallet	12th
Daumesnil	12th		Named after general Pierre Yrieix Daumesnil
Michel Bizot	12th
Porte Dorée	12th
Porte de Charenton	12th
Liberté	Charenton-le-Pont
Charenton – Écoles	Charenton-le-Pont
École Vétérinaire de Maisons–Alfort	Maisons-Alfort
Maisons-Alfort – Stade	Maisons-Alfort
Maisons-Alfort – Les Juilliottes	Maisons-Alfort
Créteil – L'Échat	Créteil
Créteil – Université	Créteil
Créteil – Préfecture	Créteil
Pointe du Lac	Créteil

Renamed stations

Five stations on the line have been renamed:^[27]

Themed and unique stations

Some stations still show signs of difficulty in construction or integration into urban space:^[25]

• Commerce
  has offset platforms because of the narrowness of the Rue du Commerce.
• The platforms at La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle do not face each other because of the original role of the station, serving the d'Auteuil and Balard branches. The platform to Balard is below and shifted slightly with respect to the Créteil platform.
• Champ de Mars and Saint-Martin are two ghost stations, closed on 2 September 1939.
• République is a part-time terminus.^{[citation needed}
  ]
• Porte de Charenton
  , an old terminus, has four tracks with platforms: two sidings framed by the two main tracks.
• Charenton – Écoles
  , another old terminus, includes two tracks with a platform and two sidings.
• Maisons-Alfort – Les Juilliottes
  , like the two preceding stations, has three tracks with a platform; the middle one is a part-time terminus.
• Créteil – Université
  are two-track stations framing a central platform.

The lines has eight connections with other lines in the system:^[29]

• Line 10 between École Militaire and La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle toward Balard, facing the exit of the closed Champ de Mars station
• Line 13 – Two connections in the Invalides complex: one (made into a reception area) between Invalides and Concorde toward Créteil – Préfecture, and the other facing the La Tour-Maubourg entrance toward Balard
• Line 1, facing the exit of Concorde toward Balard
• Line 5 between République and Strasbourg – Saint-Denis, at the entrance of the closed Saint-Martin station toward Balard
• Line 9 – Two connections: between Strasbourg – Saint-Denis and République (both tracks) and a crossover at République (Line 9) and Strasbourg – Saint-Denis (Line 8)
• Line 6 between Daumesnil and Montgallet toward Balard, trailing

Tourism

Line 8 runs near several points of interest in Paris:

• École Militaire
  station)
• Invalides
  station)
• Concorde
  )
• Madeleine
  )
• The
  Opéra
  )
• The
  République
  )
• Place de la République (République)
• The
  Bastille
  )
• Porte Dorée
  )
• The
  Charenton – Écoles
  )

Further east, the line passes points of interest in Val-de-Marne:

• The museum of the
  École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort
  )
• The museum of Maisons-Alfort (
  Maisons-Alfort – Les Juilliottes
  )
• Créteil Soleil Mall (
  Créteil – Préfecture
  )

See also

References

• Robert, Jean (1983). Notre Métro [Our metro] (in French). p. 512.
  OCLC 461957199
  .
• Tricoire, Jean (1999). Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor [A century of metro in 14 lines. From Bienvenüe to Météor] (in French). Paris: Éditions La Vie du Rail.
  ISBN 2-915034-32-X
  .
• Zuber, Henri (1996). Le patrimoine de la RATP [The Patrimony of the RATP] (in French). éditions Flohic. p. 400.
  ISBN 2-84234-007-8
  .

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paris Métro Line 8.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Paris.

• (in French) RATP official website
• (in English) RATP english speaking website
• (in English) Interactive Map of the RER (from RATP's website)
• (in English) Interactive Map of the Paris métro (from RATP's website)
• (in French) Metro-Pole website, dedicated to Paris public transports (unofficial)