Haxo (Paris Métro)

Haxo (Paris Métro)

Haxo is a ghost station on the Paris Métro. It lies on an unused connecting branch between lines 3bis and 7bis. [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxo_(m%C3%A9tro_parisien) Haxo on fr.Wikipedia] ]

History

The station is situated on a line which was constructed in the 1920s between Porte des Lilas (line 3bis) and Pré Saint-Gervais (line 7bis). A single track was built linking Place des Fêtes to Porte des Lilas, known as "la voie des Fêtes", with one intermediate station, Haxo. For traffic in the other direction, another track was constructed linking Porte des Lilas to Pré Saint-Gervais, with no intermediate station, called "la voie navette". Consequently, Haxo would have been a single-direction station with only one platform.1]

However, despite the network owners, the City of Paris, having delivered the necessary infrastructure, the railway operator, "Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris", did not consider a service to be sufficiently profitable. [http://w3.teaser.fr/~aquintanar/metro/haxo-en.html André Quintanar's home page - Closed stations in Paris' Subway - Haxo ] ]

Service trains have never called at Haxo, and no access to street level was ever constructed.2] Occasional special enthusiast trains call at Haxo for photography [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcrozat/245840137/in/set-72157594288422194/ Haxo station sur Flickr : partage de photos ! ] ] , and the station was also used to demonstrate the MF 88 rolling stock to the press in 19933] (the "1993" sign can be seen on some pictures, more than 10 years later).

Future

A study is being undertaken [See Wikipedia article on Paris Métro Line 15] into the merger of Lines 3bis and 7bis, using the existing currently un-trafficked infrastructure between the two lines, and therefore finally opening Haxo for passenger use. The combined lines would be known as Line 15 from Château-Landon to Gambetta.

At the moment, the "voie navette" is blocked near Pré Saint-Gervais by an additional maintenance facility for the MF 88 rolling stock, due to their high failure rates. Therefore, the line merger would first require the MF 88 trains to be replaced by MF 67 units, which would be cascaded from other lines after the arrival of the MF 2000 equipment.

See also

*North End tube station - never-opened station on the London Underground.
*Kymlinge - never-opened station on the Stockholm Metro.

References

External links

* [http://w3.teaser.fr/~aquintanar/metro/haxo-en.html Description and photos of Haxo] (accessed 5 November 2006)
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcrozat/245840137/in/set-72157594288422194/ Photo of Haxo at flickr.com] (accessed 5 November 2006)


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