Poissonnière (Paris Métro)

Poissonnière
Paris Métro station
Station view
Location	Rue La Fayette 9th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′37″N 2°20′54″E / 48.87708°N 2.34845°E / 48.87708; 2.34845Coordinates: 48°52′37″N 2°20′54″E / 48.87708°N 2.34845°E / 48.87708; 2.34845
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 November 1910 (1910-11-05)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Cadet toward Villejuif–Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Gare de l'Est toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
Location
Poissonnière Location within Paris

Poissonnière (French pronunciation: [pwasɔnjɛʁ] (listen)) is a station on Line 7 of the Paris Métro. The station, which was opened on 5 November 1910, was used by 3,594,301 passengers in 2013; it was the 145th busiest Métro station out of 302.^[1]

It is located near the junction between Rue La Fayette and the Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, after which it is named and along which fishmongers (French: Poissonnières) brought fish from Boulogne-sur-Mer and other harbours on the Channel coast to the market at Les Halles in chasse-marées. The route from the coast generally followed that of a Roman Road and entered nineteenth century Paris at the Porte des Poissonniers.

The station has three entrances on the Rue La Fayette and features a 1960s-style yellow neon Métro sign.

Station layout[]

Line 7 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry (Cadet)
	Northbound	→ toward La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 (Gare de l'Est) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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