- Concorde (Paris Métro)
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Concorde Date opened 13 August 1900 Accesses 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-FlorentinMunicipality/
Arrondissementthe 1st arrondissement of Paris Fare zone 1 Next stations Paris Métro Line 1 Direction
La DéfenseDirection
Château de VincennesChamps-Élysées – Clemenceau Tuileries Paris Métro Line 8 Direction
BalardDirection
Créteil – PréfectureInvalides Madeleine Paris Métro Line 12 Direction
Mairie d'IssyDirection
Porte de la ChapelleAssemblée Nationale Madeleine List of stations of the Paris Métro 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; the tunnel for line 12 is decorated with tiles spelling the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen.
Ezra Pound's famous Imagist poem, In a Station of the Metro, was inspired by this station.
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
Paris Métro Line 8 Balard
• Lourmel • Boucicaut • Félix Faure • Commerce • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle
• École Militaire • La Tour-Maubourg • Invalides
• Concorde
• Madeleine
• Opéra
• Richelieu — Drouot
• Grands Boulevards • Bonne Nouvelle • Strasbourg — Saint-Denis
• République
• Filles du Calvaire • Saint-Sébastien — Froissart • Chemin Vert • Bastille
• Ledru-Rollin • Faidherbe — Chaligny • Reuilly — Diderot
• Montgallet • Daumesnil
• Michel Bizot • Porte Dorée • Porte de Charenton • Liberté • Charenton — Écoles • École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort • Maisons-Alfort — Stade • Maisons-Alfort — Les Juilliottes • Créteil — L'Échat • Créteil — Université • Créteil — Préfecture
Categories:- Paris Métro line 1
- Paris Métro line 8
- Paris Métro line 12
- Paris Métro stations in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
- Paris Métro stations in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Railway stations opened in 1900
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