Concorde (Paris Métro)

Concorde
Location	Jardin des Tuileries (two) Place de la Concorde × Rue Royale (two) Place de la Concorde × Rue de Rivoli (two) Rue de Rivoli × Rue de Mondovi Rue de Rivoli × rue St-Florentin 1st arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′55″N 2°19′16″E / 48.86541°N 2.32111°E / 48.86541; 2.32111Coordinates: 48°51′55″N 2°19′16″E / 48.86541°N 2.32111°E / 48.86541; 2.32111
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	13 August 1900 (1900-08-13)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau toward La Défense Tuileries toward Château de Vincennes Invalides toward Balard Madeleine toward Créteil - Pointe du Lac Assemblée Nationale toward Mairie d'Issy Madeleine toward Front Populaire
Location
Concorde Location within Paris

Concorde is a station on lines 1, 8 and 12 of the Paris Métro in the Place de la Concorde in central Paris and the 1st arrondissement.

The station was opened on 13 August 1900, almost a month after trains began running on the original section of line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 12 platforms were opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the first section of the Nord-Sud Company's line C from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. This line was taken over by the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris and was renamed line 12 on 27 March 1931. The line 8 platforms were opened on 12 March 1914 on the first section of the line from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels on line 10) to Opéra; this line had been opened on 13 July 1913, although the platforms at Concorde and Invalides were not yet finished.

Concorde is distinctive due to its décor created by artist Françoise Schein: she covered the entire station's voult line 12 with tiles spelling the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen of 1789.

Ezra Pound's famous Imagist poem, "In a Station of the Metro", was inspired by this station.

Station layout

Line 8 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Balard (Invalides)
	Northbound	→ toward Pointe du Lac (Madeleine) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Line 1 platforms	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau)
	Eastbound	→ toward Château de Vincennes (Tuileries) →
	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right

Line 12 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Mairie d'Issy (Assemblée Nationale)
	Northbound	→ toward Front Populaire (Madeleine) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Places of interest

• The Place de la Concorde is on the right bank of the Seine opposite the French National Assembly, which sits in the Palais Bourbon.
• To the east of the Place is the western end of the Tuileries Gardens, including Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume and the Musée de l'Orangerie.

Gallery

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  Line 1: MP 89CC rolling stock

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  Line 8: MF 77 rolling stock

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  Line 12 platforms

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  Line 12: MF 67 rolling stock

References

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

External links

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