Louis Blanc (Paris Métro)
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Location | 10th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°52′52″N 2°21′53″E / 48.881137°N 2.364839°ECoordinates: 48°52′52″N 2°21′53″E / 48.881137°N 2.364839°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | |||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 23 November 1910 | |||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Louis Blanc Location within Paris |
Louis Blanc (French pronunciation: [lwi blɑ̃]) is a Paris Métro station on line 7 and 7bis (serving as the western terminus of Paris Métro Line 7bis).
The station was opened on 23 November 1910, 18 days after the opening of the first section of the line between Opéra and Porte de la Villette on 5 November 1910. On 18 January 1911 a new branch was opened from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais. On 3 December 1967 the branch to Pré Saint-Gervais was separated as 7bis, terminating at this station.
The station is named after the Rue Louis Blanc, which honours Louis Blanc (1811–1882), who published political works, which led to the foundation of the French Socialist Party. He was a member of the Provisional Government of 1848. He exiled himself to London during the Second Empire from 1848 to 1870. He was elected to the French National Assembly in 1870.
The station has two island platforms and two side platforms, a layout rarely found elsewhere in the Métro.
Station layout[]
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
B1 | Mezzanine | to Exits/Entrances, connection between platforms |
Southbound/ Eastbound Platforms |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Platform 1 | ← ![]() ![]() | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left for Line 7 trains, right for Line 7bis trains | ||
Platform 1 | ![]() ![]() | |
Northbound Platforms | Platform 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 2 | No regular service | |
Side platform, not in service |
- Note: The northbound and southbound platforms run under different streets that intersect at the station's northern end.
Gallery[]
Plan of Louis Blanc station c.1905
Line 7 platform towards La Courneuve (right). The opposite platform is not in use.
MF 88 rolling stock on Line 7bis at Louis Blanc
MF 77 rolling stock on Line 7 at Louis Blanc
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References[]
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
- Paris Métro line 7
- Paris Métro line 7bis
- Paris Métro stations in the 10th arrondissement of Paris
- Railway stations in France opened in 1910
- Paris Métro stubs