Kléber (Paris Métro)

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Kléber

Date opened

2 October 1900

Municipality/
Arrondissement

the 16th arrondissement of Paris

Fare zone

Next stations

Paris Métro Line 6
Direction Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	Direction Nation
Charles de Gaulle — Étoile	Boissière

List of stations of the Paris Métro

Location of metro station

Kléber is a station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the intersection of the Avenue Kleber and the Avenue des Portugais in the 16th arrondissement.

The station, in the direction of Nation, is the true terminus of line 6. Due to the single track loop at Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, the trains cannot stop there for long, so instead they depart quickly back round the loop and then wait for an extended period of time at Kléber.

The station opened on 2 October 1900 as a branch of line 1 from Étoile to Trocadéro. On 5 November 1903 this line was extended to Passy and the line from Étoile to Trocadéro and Passy became known as line 2 South as part of a planned ring line around central Paris to be built under or over the boulevards built in place of the demolished Wall of the Farmers-General; this circle is now operated as two lines: 2 and 6. On 14 October 1907 the line from Étoile to Trocadéro, Place d'Italie and Gare du Nord became part of line 5. On 6 October 1942 the section of line 5 from Étoile to Place d'Italie, including Boissière, was transferred to line 6. The Avenue Kléber commemorates Jean Baptiste Kléber (1753–1800), a General in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and particularly noted for his leadership in the Egyptian campaign, where he was assassinated.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Platform level	toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	← toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Terminus)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left, right
	toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	← toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Terminus)
	toward Nation	→ toward Nation (Boissière) →
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left, right
	toward Nation	→ toward Nation (Boissière) →

Gallery

Line 6 platforms at Kléber
Line 6 platforms at Kléber

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References

Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.

v t e	Paris Métro	Line 6
Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Kléber Boissière Trocadéro Passy Bir-Hakeim Dupleix La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle Cambronne Sèvres – Lecourbe Pasteur Montparnasse – Bienvenüe Edgar Quinet Raspail Denfert-Rochereau Saint-Jacques Glacière Corvisart Place d'Italie Nationale Chevaleret Quai de la Gare Bercy Dugommier Daumesnil Bel-Air Picpus Nation

Coordinates: 48°52′16″N 2°17′35″E / 48.871138°N 2.293118°E / 48.871138; 2.293118

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