One station a day: Bastille, evoking the French Revolution

Uncover secrets from the history of metro station Bastille, where metro lines 1, 5 and 8 meet.

Abbesses

One station a day: Abbesses station, beneath the « Butte »

Discover the features of the Abbesses station located on line 12 of the metro. A remarkable station in many ways.

One station a day: Jasmin station, an air of perfume

Discover the story behind the name of the Jasmin station, located on line 9 of the metro.

One station a day: Gambetta, the Big Station That Swallowed the Small One

Inaugurated in January 1905 on Metro Line 3, Gambetta station remained largely unchanged for several decades. It underwent a major…

anvers

One station a day: Anvers station, at the foot of Montmartre

Behind the scene at Anvers station on metro line 2.

Station Cité

One station a day: Cité, the station that was not part of the plan

As one of the stops on metro line 4, Cité is the only metro station that was built on an island – Paris’ Île de la Cité. Yet, the…

barbes

One station a day: Barbès-Rochechouart, Resistance in Action

At the intersection of metro lines 2 and 4 is the Barbès-Rochechouart station, a place shaped by history over the ages. Discover its…

metro line 14

Metro line 14: a line and its history

With nearly 820,000 passengers daily on weekdays, line 14 is the busiest line in the Paris metro system! We tell you the story of the…

Metro line 13: a line and its history

Metro line 13 is special: it was created by merging two historic lines! The line’s history is marked by many ups and downs, changes and…