Porte de Vincennes station

Porte de Vincennes
Porte de Vincennes
Paris Métro station
General information
Location	81, cours de Vincennes; 90, cours de Vincennes; 99, cours de Vincennes; 102, cours de Vincennes; 106, cours de Vincennes; 12th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°50′50″N 2°24′28″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	19 July 1900
Services
Location
	Porte de Vincennes Location within Paris

Porte de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də vɛ̃sɛn]) is a station on Paris Métro Line 1. It is located on the Cours de Vincennes and named after the Porte de Vincennes, a gate in the former Thiers Wall, which was at the beginning of the road to Vincennes.

History

The station opened on 19 July 1900 as part of the first stage of the line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot. As the original eastern terminus of the line, Porte de Vincennes was the site of the very first construction work on the Paris Métro.[1] An extension to Château de Vincennes subsequently opened in 1934. Originally the station consisted of two separate island platforms for arrival and departure with tracks on each side. After the extension, a track on each island was filled in to create the present wide platforms.[2]

An interchange with an extension of Paris tramway Line 3a and the new Line 3b opened on 15 December 2012. Both routes terminate at Porte de Vincennes.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
M	Mezzanine	Connecting level, passageway to RER, to Exits/Entrances
P Platform level	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Nation)
	Eastbound	→ toward Château de Vincennes (Saint-Mandé) →
	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right

References

Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro Insolite (2011 ed.). p. 139.
Hardy, B. Paris Metro Handbook. 3rd Ed, 1999. Capital Transport Publishing.

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[1] Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro Insolite (2011 ed.). p. 139.

[2] Hardy, B. Paris Metro Handbook. 3rd Ed, 1999. Capital Transport Publishing.