Concorde_(Paris_Métro)

Concorde station

Concorde station

Metro station in Paris, France

Concorde (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃kɔʁd] ⓘ) is a station on lines 1, 8, and 12 of the Paris Métro. Serving the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, it is located in the 1st arrondissement.

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History

The station opened on 13 August 1900, almost a month after trains began running on the initial section of line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900.[1] The station was the site of the first accident on the métro. On 19 October 1900, a current capture fault between the contact shoe on the train and the third rail resulted in a short circuit that started a fire. It caused a collision with the following train, injuring 29 passengers and 1 driver.[2][3] [4]

Line 12's platforms opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.

Ezra Pound wrote in 1914 that his famous Imagist poem, "In a Station of the Metro", was inspired by his impressions upon exiting a train at Concorde three years earlier.

Line 8's platforms opened on 12 March 1914 as part of the initial section of the line from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels on Line 10) to Opéra, seven months after the opening of the initial section of the line on 12 July 1913 as the platforms at Concorde and Invalides were not completed at the time.

On 27 March 1931, line A became line 12 when It was taken over by its competitor, the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP), incorporating it into the Paris Métro.[5]

Decoration on line 12's platforms

The original Nord-Sud decor of line 12's station was removed in 1991 when it was redecorated by a new artwork by the artist Françoise Schein. It consisted of blue letters set on a white square tile that form the text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.[6] The name of the station was also inscribed using the same letters albeit on navy blue tiles. The platforms' vault are covered with horizontal and vertical bands of navy blue tiles and have a speckled-grey tiling on its floors. Numerous metro stations around the world have also been designed with the same theme in mind by the same artist such as: Luz in São Paulo,[7] Parvis de Saint-Gilles in Brussels,[8] Parque in Lisbon,[9][10] and Westhafen in Berlin.[11]

Up until 1997, line 8's station had a single dead-end track alongside the platform towards Pointe du Lac. It was removed to create offices.

Over the weekend of 13–14 June 2009, line 1's platforms were closed to raise its platform levels for the installation platform screen doors to improve passenger safety and for its eventual automation; it was installed in October 2010.

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, between 11 April to 30 June 2016, line 8's platforms and lighting were renovated and modernised, requiring a closure of its platforms during that time.[12]

In 2019, the station was used by 6,115,023 passengers, making it the 58th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.[13]

In 2020, the station was used by 2,617,251 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 75th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.[14]

In 2021, the station was used by 3,401,219 passengers, making it the 86th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.[15]

Passenger services

Access

The station has seven accesses:

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine
Line 8 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 8 toward Balard (Invalides)
Northbound → Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 8 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 ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau)
Eastbound → Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 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 ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 12 toward Mairie d'Issy (Assemblée Nationale)
Northbound → Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 12 toward Mairie d'Aubervilliers (Madeleine) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

All three lines have a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms, although the lower portion of the side walls on line 12's platforms are vertical instead of elliptical, as with the other stations constructed by the Nord-Sud company (today on lines 12 and 13).

Other connections

The station is also served by lines 42, 45, 72, 73, 84, and 94 of the RATP bus network, and at night, by lines N11 and N24 of the Noctilien bus network.

Nearby

  • Line 8 platforms
  • MF 67 on line 12
  • Mezzanine
  • Connection between lines 8 and 1, south of the platform towards Balard
  • Access 1
  • Access 2
  • Access 3
  • Access 4
  • Access 5
  • Access 6
  • Access 7

References

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    Tricoire, Jean (1999). Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor (in French). La Vie du Rail. p. 131. ISBN 978-2-90-280887-8.
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    Berton, Claude; Ossadzow, Alexandre (1998). Fulgence Bienvenüe et la construction du métropolitain de Paris (in French). Presses des Ponts et Chaussées. ISBN 978-2-85-978296-2.
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    Soppelsa, Peter (2009). "Finding Fragility in Paris: The Politics of Infrastructure after Haussmann". Journal of the Western Society for French History. 37. Michigan Publishing. ISSN 2573-5012.
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    Pound, Ezra (1 September 1914). "Vorticism". Fortnightly Review. No. 96. pp. 461–471.
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    Jean, Robert (1983). Notre Métro (in French) (2nd ed.). Neuilly-Sur-Seine. p. 124.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "La RATP et le développement durable" (PDF). RATP. June 2010. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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    Pioda, Stéphanie (17 November 2016). "Françoise Schein, engagée pour les droits de l'homme". La Gazette Drouot (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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    "Les élèves de 6ème primaire de l'école 1-2 célèbrent les 70 ans de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l'Homme à la station du Parvis Saint-Gilles". enseignementstgilles.wordpress.com (in French). 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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    "The Discoveries". francoiseschein.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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    Luís, Telmo; Garção, Lopes (October 2008). "THE ROLE OF PUBLIC ART IN 'LISBON 1994':AN IMPROVEMENT TO THIS CITY'S FUTURE". On the W@terfront. 11: 77. ISSN 1139-7365. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023 – via raco.cat.
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    "En trànsit". Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme (in French) (231): 26–31. 2001.
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    "Métro ligne 8 : la station Concorde en travaux". RATP (in French). 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
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    "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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    "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020". data.ratp.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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    "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  • Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro: D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
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