Poissonnière (Paris Métro)

Poissonnière (French pronunciation: [pwasɔnjɛʁ] (listen)) is a station on Line 7 of the Paris Métro. The station, which was opened on 5 November 1910, was used by 3,594,301 passengers in 2013; it was the 145th busiest Métro station out of 302.[1]

Poissonnière
Paris Métro station
Station view
LocationRue La Fayette
9th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°52′37″N 2°20′54″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened5 November 1910 (1910-11-05)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Location
Poissonnière
Location within Paris

It is located near the junction between Rue La Fayette and the Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, after which it is named and along which fishmongers (French: Poissonnières) brought fish from Boulogne-sur-Mer and other harbours on the Channel coast to the market at Les Halles in chasse-marées. The route from the coast generally followed that of a Roman Road and entered nineteenth century Paris at the Porte des Poissonniers.

The station has three entrances on the Rue La Fayette and features a 1960s-style yellow neon Métro sign.

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Connecting level
Line 7 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry (Cadet)
Northbound toward La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 (Gare de l'Est)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. (in French) Trafic annuel entrant par station (2013) Archived 2013-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, sur le site data.ratp.fr (consulté le 31 août 2014)
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