

← toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry ( Poissonnière) Side platform, doors will open on the right In 2018, it was the fifth busiest metro station in the network, with 21,432,041 million passengers passing through the train station. Apart from the replacement of the orange Motte tiles at the ends of the platforms and the passage of a layer of paint on the damaged tile of the vault. Only slight changes occurred on the platforms of Line 4. The new standard signage was installed throughout the station. Finally, the Parisine typeface replaced the Motte typeface, symbolizing the end of work on the platform. The lights were also replaced, and the latest model of smiley style seating had been installed. On the platforms of Lines 5 and 7, orange tiles and blue paint gave way to traditional white tiles. įrom September 2006 to June 2007, Gare de l'Est and its metro station underwent a major renovation thanks to the Gares en mouvement and Un métro + beau projects, to accommodate a more beautiful and modern station the LGV Est line. The name Verdun is in memory of World War I's Battle of Verdun to which French soldiers were sent from the railway station.
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Its full name is Gare de l'Est-Verdun, named after the Avenue de Verdun nearby. The station bears the name of Gare de l'Est, the station under which it is built. Line 4 runs under 5 and 7 perpendicularly. Lines 5 and 7 are parallel, running as four tracks with an island platform with two side platforms. The line 7 platforms were opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the first section of the line from Opéra to Porte de la Villette. The line 4 platforms were opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt. The station was opened on 15 November 1907 as part of the extension of line 5 from Lancry (now Jacques Bonsergent) to Gare du Nord.

The station is also in correspondence with the T3b line of the Ile-de-France tramway since the extension of the latter to the Porte d'Asnières on November 24, 2018.The metro station consisting of three lines is located in front of the Gare de l'Est at the intersection of Rue du and Boulevard de Strasbourg, Line 4 follows a north/south axis and Lines 5 and 7 follow an east / west axis. The station is served by Lines 56, 85, 137, 166, 255 and 341 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by Lines N14 and N44 of the Noctilien network. The other platform, known as the arrival platform, is devoid of seats. The platform towards Montrouge, known as the departure platform, is equipped with sit-stand seats and individual gray benches. The advertising frames are green and cylindrical and the name of the station is written in capital letters on enamelled plates. The white ceramic tiles are flat and cover the walls, the roof, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The direct lighting is white while the indirect lighting, projected on the vault, is multicolored. The lighting strip is of the same color, supported by false curved consoles. The decoration is in the style of green Ouï-dire. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the roof is elliptical. Porte de Clignancourt is a standard configuration station. → toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac ( Simplon) → Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right The station has three accesses that lead to Nos 79, 80bis and 82 Boulevard Ornano. In 2018, 8,050,206 travelers entered this station, which places it at the 30th position of metro stations for its usage. Nearby is the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, a Roman Catholic cemetery associated with Joan of Arc. Thus a short walk from the station is the marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen ( 48★4′13″N 2☂0′23″E / 48.90372°N 2.3398☎ / 48.90372 2.3398), a large flea market founded in the late 17th century and possibly where the term flea market originated about 1880. The station lies just inside the city limits of Paris to the north of the station is the commune of Saint-Ouen. Porte de Clignancourt is also one end of Route nationale 14, which links Paris to Rouen. The term "porte" refers to a gate of the Thiers Wall built to defend Paris between 18 and demolished in the 1920s.
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Beyond the turning loop lie a series of storage sidings and the main depot for Line 4 in Saint-Ouen.Ĭlignancourt was an ancient hamlet that belonged to the abbey of Saint-Denis, and was annexed to Paris in 1860. Passengers usually detrain at the arrival platform and then the train proceeds empty via the loop to the departure platform. A terminal loop is provided at the station for trains to turn around to return south towards Montrouge. The station was opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet.
The marché aux puces, Porte de Clignancourt, by François-Joseph Luigi Loir.
