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  Line line 3
  ColourName #808000
  TextColour White
  YearOpened 1904
  LastExtension 1971
  RollingStock MF 67
  StationsServed 25
  LengthKm 117
  AverageInterstation 488
  LengthMiles 73
  AnnualPassengers 87,600,000


The line 3 is one of the 16 Metro lines built in Paris , France . It links Levallois-Perret to Bagnolet in crossing the areas of the St-Lazare Train Station , the Grands Boulevards and République in the center of Paris .

Its traffic is of 87,600,000 passengers per annum, but this figure also includes the traffic of the line 3bis.


CHRONOLOGY

  • October 10th, 1904 : The first portion of the line 3 is inaugurated between Père Lachaise cemetery and Villiers. Works have taken a longer time than expected because of existing infrastructures making them difficult.

  • January 25th, 1905 : The line is extended at the east from Père Lachaise to Gambetta.

  • May 23rd, 1910 : The line is extended westbound from Villiers to Pereire.

  • February 15th, 1911 : The line is extended from Pereire to Porte de Champerret.

  • November 27th, 1921 : The line is extended eastbound from Gambetta to Porte des Lilas.

  • September 24th, 1937 : The line is extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois.

  • 1967 : The line 3 is the first metro line to receive the new rolling stock MF 67. It still uses this material today which has been renovated recently.

  • March 23rd, 1971 : The section between Gambetta and Porte des Lilas is cut from the line and become the independent Line 3bis .

  • April 2nd, 1971 : The line is extended from Gambetta to Gallieni.



STATIONS RENAMED

  • October, 15th 1907 : Rue St-Denis is renamed Réaumur-Sébastopol.

  • 1926 : Caumartin is renamed Havre-Caumartin

  • May 1st, 1946 : Vallier is renamed Louise Michel in honour of the leader of Paris communist insurrection known as "'' La Commune ''".

  • September 1998 : Saint-Maur is renamed rue Saint-Maur in order to avoid misunderstandings with the suburb of Saint-Maur-les-Fossées.





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TOURISM

Metro line 3 crosses several places of interest :


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