Porte de Clichy Metro Station (Line 14)

Porte de Clichy (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də kliʃi]) is a station on Line 13 of the Paris Métro and RER C, as well as a stop on Île-de-France tramway Line 3b. Located in the 17th arrondissement, the Métro station is situated on the northwestern branch of Line 13, under the Avenue de Clichy. It serves the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris.

History

The station opened 20 January 1912 with the inauguration of the second branch of Line B of the Nord-Sud Company from La Fourche. On 27 March 1931, Line B became Line 13 of the Métro network. The station remained the line's terminus until 3 May 1980, when the extension to Gabriel Péri opened. As such, a loop track is provided at the northern end of the station for trains to terminate and return towards central Paris.

The RER station opened on 29 September 1991. The station is named after the Porte de Clichy, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Clichy. On 24 November 2018, the Île-de-France tramway Line 3b was extended to Porte d'Asnières via Porte de Clichy. Porte de Clichy Métro station has had the free-out-of station interchange to tramway Line 3b.

In 2020, Line 14 will be extended to Mairie de Saint-Ouen via Porte de Clichy.

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