Les Halles (Paris Métro)
Les Halles (French pronunciation: [le al]) is a station on line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 1st arrondissement. It takes its name from the market halls which were on the site for many years.
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| Location | Pl. Carrée Rue Turbigo × Rambuteau Pl. des Verrières 1st arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°51′45″N 2°20′46″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 October 1977 (Replaced station built 21 April 1908) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location
Established underground, Les Halles station is located on line 4 of the Paris metro, under the Westfield Forum des Halles shopping complex between Rue Rambuteau and Rue Berger.
Corridors and underground staircases connect it to the Châtelet metro station and to the Châtelet–Les Halles station.
History
The original station on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt to serve Les Halles (the old markets). The station was rebuilt in 1977 and put into service on 3 October 1977 about ten metres further east to interchange with the new Châtelet - Les Halles RER station on RER lines A, B and D which opened on 9 December 1977. This RER station is connected by underground corridors to the Métro station Châtelet on lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14, and Les Halles is therefore also connected with Châtelet. The Métro Line 4 is the only line that serves Les Halles, and it also serves the Châtelet station.
The walking distance from (Line 4) at Les Halles to the far end of Châtelet (Line 7) is about 900 metres (3,000 ft).
Les Halles serves the underground shopping center Forum des Halles. One of the floors of the Forum des Halles contains the Métro station.
As part of the automation of line 4, its platforms were upgraded during the weekend of 10 and 11 June 2017, in order to receive landing doors. These are installed between the end of January and mid-February 2020.
In 2019, 16,069,170 users entered the station which placed it in ninth position among stations in the Paris metropolitan network.[1]
Passenger services
Access
The station is accessible by an entrance to no. 230 Rue Rambuteau and by connecting corridors with Châtelet- Les Halles. It has an information area with a members counter and is equipped with automatic ticketing machines.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| B1 | Mezzanine | to Exits/Entrances, connections to         |
| Platform level | Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right | |
| Platform 2 | ←  toward Porte de Clignancourt (Étienne Marcel) | |
| Platform 1 | toward Mairie de Montrouge (Châtelet) → | |
| Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right | ||
Platorms
Les Halles is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and an open load-bearing wall.
Other train connections
It allows connections with lines A, B and D of the RER network via the platforms of the Châtelet–Les Halles station as well as to line 1, 7, 11 and 14 of the Paris metro at Châtelet accessed via the RER station, through pedestrian corridors.
The station, in the heart of a pedestrian area, is not served by any bus lines.
See also
- Châtelet (Paris Métro)
- Châtelet – Les Halles (Paris RER)
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References
- "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
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