Montgallet (Paris Métro)

Montgallet
Date opened 5 May 1931 (1931)
Municipality/
Arrondissement
the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone 1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 8
Direction
Balard
Direction
Créteil – Préfecture
Reuilly - Diderot Daumesnil
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

Montgallet is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro, named after the Rue Montgallet. The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Charenton.

The Promenade Plantée (a 4.5km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former Gare de La Bastille railway station) is nearby. The Rue Montgallet is well known in Paris for its computer shops.