Paris Metro Stations in the 1st Arrondissement of Paris - Chatelet, Concorde, Palais Royal - Musee Du Louvre, Louvre - Rivoli, Les Halles (Paperback)

Chapters: Chatelet, Concorde, Palais Royal - Musee Du Louvre, Louvre - Rivoli, Les Halles, Tuileries, Pont Neuf, Etienne Marcel, Pyramides. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chatelet is a station on lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14 of the Paris Metro in the centre of medieval Paris and the 1st arrondissement. The station is made up of two parts connected by a long corridor: Chatelet is connected by another long underground corridor to the southern end of the RER station Chatelet - Les Halles, the northern end of which is again connected to the Metro station Les Halles. The walking distance from Line 7 at Chatelet to the RER lines at Chatelet - Les Halles is circa 750 metres. The station was opened on 6 August 1900, three weeks after trains began running on the original section of line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 4 platforms were opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the original section of the line from Porte de Clignancourt to Chatelet. It was the southern terminus of line 4 until the opening of the connecting section of the line under the Seine to Raspail on 9 January 1910. The line 7 platforms were opened on 16 April 1926 as part of the line's extension from Palais Royal to Pont Marie with the name Pont Notre-Dame-Pont au Change. It had no direct connection with Chatelet. On 15 April 1934 a connecting corridor was opened to the platforms of lines 1 and 4 and the line 7 station was renamed. The line 11 platforms were opened near the line 7 platforms on 28 April 1935 as part of the original section of the line from Chatelet to Porte des Lilas. On 9 December 1977 the Chatelet - Les Halles RER station was opened with a connecting corridor with a moving walkway to Chatelet. The line 14 platforms were opened near t...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=502254