| Line 1 | |||
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| Year opened | 1900 | ||
| Last extension | 1992 | ||
| Rolling stock | MP 89 MP 05
6 carriages per trainset |
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| Stations served | 25 | ||
| Terminal stations | La Défense/ Château de Vincennes | ||
| Length | 16.6 km (10.3 mi) | ||
| Average interstation | 692 m | ||
| Journeys made | 213,921,408 (per annum) | ||
Paris Métro Line 1 is one of the sixteen lines composing the Paris Métro (in Paris, France). It connects the La Défense – Grande Arche and Château de Vincennes stations. With a 16.5 km length, it constitutes an "East-West" route transportation important for the City of Paris. Excluding RER (French: Réseau Express Régional) lines, it is the most utilised subway line on the network with 213 million travellers in 2008[1] and 725,000 people per day on average[2].
Line 1, as indicated by its name, was the first one to open, its first section opened in 1900.
Between 2008 and 2011, a project was undertaken to make Line 1 fully automated, as the Line 14. Automation process included new rolling stock, MP 05, and laying of platform edge doors in all stations. The construction process was completed during summer 2011 and the first eight MP 05 trains (#s 501 through 508) went into passenger service on November 3, 2011 [1][2]. Transfer of the existing MP 89 stock from Line 1 to Line 4 began in May, 2011 with train #01. Since then, a total of ten trains have been moved to Line 4 (as of December 21, 2011) [3].
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In November 1898, Paris decided to undertake preliminary work of the metro network with the construction of the first line of the Parisian subway system. Work lasted twenty months under the leadership of engineer Fulgence Bienvenüe and was financed by the municipality of Paris. The line was divided into eight parts distributed between several companies. On 19 July 1900, the line was opened between Porte Maillot and Porte de Vincennes to connect the various sites of the World Fair. Only eight stations were finalized and opened with the inauguration; ten more were gradually opened between 6 August and 1 September 1900. The line followed the east-west monument axis in Paris. These eighteen stations were entirely built under the control of engineer Fulgence Bienvenüe, the majority of them 75 metres long and 4.10 metres wide. In March 1934, the first extension into the suburbs brought service to Château of Vincennes towards the east.
The line is being converted to a fully automated system (similar to Line 14), with end of automation scheduled for end 2011 as of mid-2010. Automation will be carried without interrupting traffic, with both automatic (MP 05) and manual (MP 89 CC) rolling stock running simultaneously until enough automatic rolling stock is available, thanks to the SAET (French: Système d'automatisation de l'exploitation des trains) system, which is the first version of Siemens Transportation Systems' Trainguard MT CBTC.
A western extension of Line 1 from La Défense station to the center of Nanterre is being considered. An eastern extension to Rigollots and later to Val de Fontenay is also being investigated.
Line 1 passes near several places of interest:
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