Ternes (Paris Métro)

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Ternes
Date opened 7 October 1902 (1902)
Accesses Pl. des Ternes
3, pl. des Ternes
130, boul. de Courcelles
Municipality/
Arrondissement
the 8th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone 1
Next stations
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Charles de Gaulle — Étoile
 
toward Nation
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

Ternes is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, under the Place des Ternes on the border of the 8th and 17th arrondissement of Paris.

The station was opened on 7 October 1902 as part of the extension of line 2 from Étoile to Anvers. The name of the street derives from Villa Externa (Latin for "external house"), a medieval farm and residence of the Bishop of Paris outside the city, that became the name of the locality, which was originally part of Saint-Denis, then Neuilly, and was finally annexed by Paris in 1860. The Barrière des Ternes was a gate (also known as the Barrière du Roule) at the same location built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in 1859.[1][2]

Station layout

G
Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 toward Porte Dauphine (Charles de Gaulle – Étoile)
Platform 2 toward Nation (Courcelles)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. "Barrière du Roule, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009. 
  2. "Barrière du Roule" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009. 
Barrière du Roule or Ternes of the Wall of the Farmers-General in 1791

Coordinates: 48°52′40″N 2°17′55″E / 48.87778°N 2.29861°E / 48.87778; 2.29861

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