Porte Maillot station
Porte Maillot Palais des Congrès | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 23/27, av. Charles de Gaulle 80, av. de la Grande Armée 87, av. de la Grande Armée Place Maillot 16, place de Verdun 16th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°52′41″N 2°16′55″E / 48.87806°N 2.28194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 15 November 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Porte Maillot (French pronunciation:
The name derives from the Porte Maillot, a former gate to the Bois de Boulogne, whose name derives perhaps from maille, or croquet. The present day Porte Maillot is in the centre of a roundabout close to the modern Palais des congrès de Paris which the station serves. The centre of the roundabout is a small park, providing a midpoint on the long view between the arches of La Defense and the Arc de Triomphe.
History
The first station called "Porte Maillot" opened in 1900 and was the terminus of
The new line dives down and passes under the old loop. In 1992 this old station was turned into a reception area by the RATP, now the "Espace Maillot". The new platforms were built 105 metres long to accommodate 7-car trains in the future, a plan which has never been realised.[2]
Since 1988 and the opening of the northern branch of the
The
Work is currently underway, but nearing completion to convert "Espace Maillot" into a light maintenance facility for the new MP 05 rolling stock, which are fully automated.
Passenger services
Access
- Access 1 - Palais des Congrès
- Access 2 - Boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr
- Access 3 - Place de la Porte-Maillot
- Access 4 - Avenue de la Grande-Armée
- Access 5 - Avenue de Malakoff
- Access 6 - Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle
- Access 7 - Rue de Chartres
Station layout
Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine for platform connection |
B2 Platforms |
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← Les Sablons )
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Westbound siding | ← La Défense – Grande Arche (No regular service)
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Side platform with PSDs, no regular service | ||
Side platform with PSDs, no regular service | ||
Eastbound siding | → Château de Vincennes (No regular service)
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Eastbound | → Argentine )
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Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right |
Platforms
The current station is made up of two parallel stations, each of standard configuration with two platforms separated by the metro tracks under an elliptical arch. The trains run on the outer tracks, the others being used as termini or garages. The decoration is in the style used for the majority of metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s (with the exception of one on the south platform of the north station), and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are made of brown ceramic and the name of the station is inscribed in the metro's font, Parisine, on enamelled plaques. The platforms are equipped with yellow Akiko seats, and are fully equipped with screen doors, as is the north platform of the south station (the fourth platform, bordered by a dead-end track on the east side, has façade modules only at the ends, on the spaces not covered by the trains that are parked there).
Other connections
Since 1988 and the opening of the northern branch of the
The station is served by bus lines 73, 82, PC, 244 and 274 (remotely, from the Porte des Ternes stop) of the
Tourism
The Porte Maillot is an entrance to the Bois de Boulogne, and is located between the avenue Charles de Gaulle of Neuilly-sur-Seine and the avenue de la Grande Armée of Paris.
The Palais des congrès can be accessed directly via the corridor between the metro and RER stations.
The roof over the tracks between the RER station and the
Gallery
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Automatic platform gatesat Porte Maillot
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Installation of gates in November 2008
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Platform Signage, exit and interchange signs
References
- ^ "Porte Maillot (voie 1) Ligne 1". Metrorama [French].
- ^ Hardy, B. Paris Metro Handbook, 3rd edition, Capital Transport Publishing, 1999.