Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 Metro lines built in Paris, France. It crosses the east of Paris from Bobigny – Pablo Picasso to Place d'Italie. It is the eighth-busiest line on the network.

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Line 5
MF 01 stock train at Gare d'Austerlitz.
Overview
Termini	Bobigny–Pablo Picasso Place d'Italie
Connecting lines
Stations	22
Service
System	Paris Métro
Operator(s)	RATP
Rolling stock	MF 01 (52 trains as of 30 July 2023)
Ridership	92,778,870 (avg. per year) 10th/16 (2010)
History
Opened	1906
Technical
Line length	14.6 km (9.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Conduction system	Conductor
Average inter-station distance	697 m (2,287 ft)
Route map Legend Bobigny–Pablo Picasso Bobigny shops Bobigny–La Folie proposed RER E Canal de l'Ourcq Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau Église de Pantin Hoche Porte de Pantin Ourcq Laumière Jaurès Canal Saint-Martin Stalingrad Gare du Nord  Gare de l'Est Jacques Bonsergent République Oberkampf Richard-Lenoir Bréguet–Sabin Bastille Arsenal Bassin de l'Arsenal Quai de la Rapée Viaduc d'Austerlitz over the Seine Gare d'Austerlitz Saint-Marcel Campo Formio Italie shops Place d'Italie proposed extension proposed extension Paul Verlaine Place de Rungis This diagram: view talk edit

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On 15 June 2011 the MF 01 began entering revenue service onto Line 5, gradually replacing the aging MF 67 stock. The initial announcement was made in 2006 and trains began to be tested during the course of late 2010 and early 2011. As of June 2013, only three to five MF 67 trains remain in service. There is also one MF 01 train for Line 9 (#096) that is in revenue service along Line 5. None of the Line 9 trains will enter revenue service on Line 9 until sometime in September 2013.

• 2 June 1906: Line 5 was inaugurated with a section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (now known as Gare d'Austerlitz).
• 14 July 1906: The line was temporarily extended to Gare de Lyon.
• 17 December 1906: The line was extended to Lancry (now known as Jacques Bonsergent).
• 14 October 1907: Line 2 Sud from Étoile to Place d'Italie was incorporated to the line 5.
• 15 November 1907: The line was extended from Lancry to Gare du Nord.
• 2 September 1939: Services to Arsenal station ceased at the start of World War II and was eventually closed permanently.
• 12 October 1942: The Étoile–Place d'Italie portion of the line was transferred to line 6 (Place d'Italie–Nation). Line 5 was extended from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin.
• 25 April 1985: The line was extended from Église de Pantin to Bobigny–Pablo Picasso.
• 15 June 2011: Cascading of MF 67 to MF 01 rolling stock began.

• An extension south from Place d'Italie to Place de Rungis has been put forward and may be built between 2020 and 2030.
• An intermediate station, Bobigny–la Folie, could be built in between Bobigny–Pablo Picasso and Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau stations. The current stretch of track between the two is one of the longest between adjacent stations on the Métro network (excluding RER lines).

Métro line 5 passes near several places of interest :

• The Place d'Italie and the area of the Butte aux Cailles
• The Place de la République
• place de la Bastille and the Opera Bastille.
• The 19th century railway stations of Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est and Gare d'Austerlitz.
• The Parc de la Villette and the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie.

• Other Métro lines and RER lines
• Eurostar to St. Pancras Station, London

• Bobigny–Pablo Picasso
• Bréguet–Sabin
• Gare d'Austerlitz
• Gare de l'Est
• Place d'Italie
• Quai de la Rapée
• République
• MF 67 trains at Bobigny depot.
• MF 67 train on Viaduc d'Austerlitz.
• New MF 01 stock train.