Place des Fêtes (Paris Métro)

Place des Fêtes
Paris Métro station
Line 11 platforms at Place des Fêtes
Location	19th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′37″N 2°23′35″E / 48.87684°N 2.39296°E / 48.87684; 2.39296Coordinates: 48°52′37″N 2°23′35″E / 48.87684°N 2.39296°E / 48.87684; 2.39296
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	18 January 1911 (1911-01-18)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Botzaris One-way operation Loop eastbound only Pré-Saint-Gervais Terminus Jourdain toward Châtelet Télégraphe toward Mairie des Lilas
Location
Place des Fêtes Location within Paris

Place des Fêtes is a station of the Paris Métro, serving lines 7bis (eastbound only) and 11 in the 19th arrondissement and the Belleville district. It is one of the deepest stations in the metro, at 22.45 meters below the surface. (Abbesses is the deepest, at 36 meters.)

The station was opened on 18 January 1911 as part of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais. On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming line 7bis. The line 11 platforms opened with the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas on 28 April 1935.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances
B2	Platform 2bis	→ toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais) → (No service from inbound: Botzaris) (No service eastbound: Haxo)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform 2	→ toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais) → (No service from inbound: Botzaris) (No service eastbound: Haxo)
B3	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← toward Châtelet (Jourdain)
	Platform 1	→ toward Mairie des Lilas (Télégraphe) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

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  Line 7bis platforms at Place des Fêtes

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  MF 88 rolling stock on Line 7bis at Place des Fêtes

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  MP 59 rolling stock on Line 11 at Place des Fêtes

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References

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