Pigalle (Paris Métro)

Pigalle

Paris Métro station

Location

16, boul. de Clichy
26, boul. de Clichy
18th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France

Coordinates

48°52′56″N 2°20′15″E / 48.882255°N 2.337573°ECoordinates: 48°52′56″N 2°20′15″E / 48.882255°N 2.337573°E

Owned by

RATP

Operated by

RATP

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

7 October 1902

Services

Preceding station		Paris Métro		Following station
Blanche toward Porte Dauphine				Anvers toward Nation
Saint-Georges toward Mairie d'Issy				Abbesses toward Front Populaire

Location

Pigalle

Location within Paris

Pigalle is a station on lines 2 and 12 of the Paris Métro, named after the Place Pigalle, which commemorates the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714–1785) on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissement. The station is located under the Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre and serves the famous Pigalle red-light district.

The station was opened on 21 October 1902 as part of the extension of line 2 from Étoile to Anvers. The line 12 platforms were opened on 8 April 1911 with the extension of the Nord-Sud Company's line C from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. It was the northern terminus of line C until its extension to Jules Joffrin on 31 October 1912. 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 Place Pigalle was named after the Barrière Pigalle, 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 in the 19th century.

Station layout

G Street Level
M	Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 2 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← toward Porte Dauphine (Rome)
	Platform 2	→ toward Nation (Anvers) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 12 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← toward Mairie d'Issy (Saint-Georges)
	Platform 1	→ toward Front Populaire (Abbesses) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

Pigalle station ticket concourse
Line 2: MF 67 rolling stock
Line 12
Line 12: MF 67 rolling stock

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References

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

	Paris Métro	Line 2
Porte Dauphine Victor Hugo Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Ternes Courcelles Monceau Villiers Rome Place de Clichy Blanche Pigalle Anvers Barbès – Rochechouart La Chapelle Stalingrad Jaurès Colonel Fabien Belleville Couronnes Ménilmontant Père Lachaise Philippe Auguste Alexandre Dumas Avron Nation

	Paris Métro	Line 12
Front Populaire Porte de la Chapelle Marx Dormoy Marcadet - Poissonniers Jules Joffrin Lamarck - Caulaincourt Abbesses Pigalle Saint-Georges Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Trinité - d'Estienne d'Orves Saint-Lazare Madeleine Concorde Assemblée Nationale Solférino Rue du Bac Sèvres – Babylone Rennes Notre-Dame-des-Champs Montparnasse - Bienvenüe Falguière Pasteur Volontaires Vaugirard Convention Porte de Versailles Corentin Celton Mairie d'Issy

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