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Paris metro line 1 was the first metro line opened in Paris, France, in
1900 . The line crosses Paris horizontally and is the busiest metro line with 161 million journeys per annum. The line currently links La Défense to the castle of Vincennes and is 16.6 km long.
- Inauguration of the line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot. Only 8 of the 18 planned stations were opened.
- The other 10 stations of the line inaugurated.
- The line is extended to the east from Porte de Vincennes to the castle of Vincennes.
- Porte Maillot station is rebuilt in order to welcome a further extension of the line westbound.
- The line is extended on the west from Porte Maillot to Pont de Neuilly.
- The rails are converted in order to accommodate rubber-tyred trains. In the same time, stations are enlarged in order to accommodate 6-car trains instead of 5-car trains as before.
- The line is extended again on the west from Pont de Neuilly to La Défense business district.
It is planned to convert the line to a fully automated system (similar to the
Line 14 ) by the end of 2010. It will be the first heavy duty line to be converted without interruption of traffic.
An extension of Line 1 from
La Défense station to the center of
Nanterre is in examination.
- Alma station is renamed George V.
- Reuilly station is renamed Reuilly-Diderot.
- Champs-Elysées is renamed Champs-Elysées - Clémenceau.
- Tourelle is renamed Saint-Mandé - Tourelle.
- Marbeuf is renamed Marbeuf - Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées
- Marbeuf - Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées is finally renamed Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Obligado is renamed Argentine.
- Etoile is renamed Charles-de-Gaulle - Etoile.
- Palais Royal is renamed Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre after the entrance to the museum have been moved with the building of the Louvre Pyramid. Meanwhile, Louvre station is renamed Louvre - Rivoli.
- Grande Arche de la Défense station is renamed La Défense.
- Saint-Mandé - Tourelle is renamed Saint-Mandé.
Because of less advanced building techniques of the
1900s , line 1 of the Paris metro is the closest line to the surface; Many station have a steel beam structure comprising of both arched and beam section maintaining the large station roof. At the time of the building, the streets were dug up in open air to be finally covered up in order to hide the underground line. As a result, the line strictly follows the path of streets which are located above. This was done to both facilitate building and avoid the adjacent buildings' cellars. The
Bastille station is located above the entrance of the tunnel of the
Canal Saint-Martin , just below the pavement of the Place de la Bastille. Indeed, there was no way in 1900 to build underwater.
Unlike older trains on other lines, the cars of line 1 trains are all connected at one another by pedestrian platforms, allowing people to stand between those cars. Furthermore the number of seats is reduced compared to trains on other lines, and those trains are made of 6 cars instead of 5. Those specificities increase the standing room on the trains of the Paris' busiest metro line.
Despite being almost entirely underground (only the crossing of the Seine at the Pont de Neuilly is overground), the line 1 is fully covered by mobile phones networks.
Metro line 1 crosses several places of interest :
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- The Arc De Triomphe at Charles de Gaule-Étoile. A 289 staircase is opened to the public and leads to the top of the Arch (For a fee of course). There is also a museum just under the roof.
- L' Avenue Des Champs-Élysées .
- The Place De La Concorde dominated by the Obelisk, Tuileries Garden and Louvre Museum .
- The Louvre station is filled with copies of precious art figurines and historical information. The station's benches are made of glass and the Western portal has roman inspired arches along the platform edge.
- The Hôtel de Ville (Paris City Hall) et the Marais district.
- Bastille where lies the Opera .
- Gare De Lyon train station.
- The Place de la Nation.
- The Bois De Vincennes (Vincennes Wood) and Vincennes Zoo.
- The Château De Vincennes . A medieval castle at the east of Paris.
