Avron (Paris Métro)

Avron
Paris Métro
Location 35, boul. de Charonne
11th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates 48°51′07″N 2°23′52″E / 48.85194°N 2.397863°ECoordinates: 48°51′07″N 2°23′52″E / 48.85194°N 2.397863°E
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 2 April 1903
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 2
Terminus
Location
Avron
Location within Paris

Avron is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

The station was opened on 2 April 1903 when the line was extended from Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas) to Nation. It is named after the Rue d'Avron, which is named after a small nearby plateau that served an important role in the defence of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. It was the location of the Barrière de Montreuil, a gate 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 during in the nineteenth century.[1][2][3]

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 ← toward Porte Dauphine (Alexandre Dumas)
Platform 2 toward Nation (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Barrière de Montreuil, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Barrière de Montreuil, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Barrière de Montreuil" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
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References

Paris Métro Line 2