Chemin Vert (Paris Métro)

Chemin Vert
Location	3rd arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′24″N 2°22′06″E / 48.856778°N 2.368348°E / 48.856778; 2.368348Coordinates: 48°51′24″N 2°22′06″E / 48.856778°N 2.368348°E / 48.856778; 2.368348
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 May 1931 (1931-05-05)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Saint-Sébastien - Froissart toward Balard Bastille toward Créteil - Pointe du Lac
Location
Chemin Vert Location within Paris

View of the Canal Saint-Martin at Paris (Alfred Sisley - Musée d'Orsay, 1870)

Chemin Vert is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 8, named after the Rue de Chemin Vert.

It is located in between Bastille station and Saint Sébastien - Froissart.

The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Charenton. The Rue de Chemin Vert (green path) follows the route of an old foot path through the middle of market gardens. In 1868 the Rue de Chemin Vert was extended from the Rue des Amandiers-Popincourt to the Barrier des Amandiers, a gate on the former Wall of the Farmers-General.

In 2011, 1,448,436 riders entered this station.^[1]

Nearby are the Canal Saint-Martin and the Place des Vosges.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	toward Balard	← toward Balard (Saint-Sébastien – Froissart)
	toward Pointe du Lac	→ toward Pointe du Lac (Bastille) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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References

1. ↑ Entrants annuels provenant de l'extérieur de la station (voie publique, correspondances bus, réseau SNCF, etc.), sur le site data.ratp.fr. Consulté le 5 novembre 2012.

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