Paris Metro Line 7

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line 7
Year opened	1910
Last extension	1987
Rolling stock	MF 77
Stations served	38
Length (km)	22.4
Length (miles)	13.9
Average interstation (m)	605
Journeys made	120,500,000 (per annum)

Paris Metro Line 7 is one of 16 metro lines of the Paris, France metro. The line links La Courneuve in the north with Ivry and Villejuif in the south.

120,500,000 passengers use the line each year (although this figure also includes traffic on line 7bis.

Contents

1 Chronology
2 Stations renamed
3 Future
4 Tourism
5 See also
6 External links

Chronology

November 5th, 1910 : Line 7 was opened linking Opéra to Porte de la Villette.
January 18th, 1911 : A new branch was opened from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais.
July 1st, 1916 : The line was extended in the south from Opéra to Palais Royal.
April 16th, 1926 : The line was extended from Palais Royal to Pont Marie.
February 15th, 1930 : While a tunnel was being built on line 7 to cross the River Seine, a new section between Place Monge and Place d'Italie was opened and temporarily operated as part of line 10.
June 3rd, 1930 : The line was extended from Pont Marie to Pont de Sully.
March 7th, 1930 : That section temporarily operating as part of line 10 was extended from Place d'Italie to Porte de Choisy.
April 26th, 1931 : The section between Pont de Sully and Place Monge was opened. The section between Place Monge and Porte de Choisy was transferred to Line 7 and it was extended to Porte d'Ivry simultaneously.
May 1st, 1946 : The line was extended from Porte d'Ivry to Mairie d'Ivry.
1967 : Because of a lack of traffic, the northern branch of the line 7 between Louis Blanc and Pré-Saint-Gervais became a new independent line known as line 7bis.
October 4th, 1979 : The line was extended to the north from Porte de la Villette to Fort d'Aubervilliers.
December 10th, 1982 : A new branch was opened to the south from Maison Blance to Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
February 28th, 1985 : The line was extended from Le Kremlin-Bicêtre to Villejuif Louis Aragon.
May 6th, 1987 : The line was extended from Fort d'Aubervilliers to La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945.

Stations renamed

November 1st, 1926 : Pont Notre-Dame renamed Pont Notre-Dame - Pont au Change.
April 15th, 1934 : Pont Notre-Dame - Pont au Change renamed Châtelet.
October 6th, 1942 : Boulevard de la Villette renamed Aubervilliers - Boulevard de la Villette.
February 10th, 1946 : Pont de Flandre renamed Corentin Cariou and Aubervilliers - Boulevard de la Villette renamed Stalingrad.
1989 : Chaussée d'Antin renamed as Chausssée d'Antin - La Fayette.

Future

An extension of Line 7 from La Courneuve to Le Bourget may be considered in the future.

Tourism

Metro line 7 passes near several places of interest :

The Parc de la Villette with the Cités des Sciences et de l'Industrie.
The Opera Garnier.
The Quartier Latin (Latin Quarter).
Place d'Italie and the Butte aux Cailles.
One of Paris' "Chinatowns" in the south of the 13th arrondissement.

External links

[RATP official website] (in French)
[RATP english speaking website]
[Interactive Map of the RER (from RATP's website)]
[Interactive Map of the Paris métro (from RATP's website)]
[Mobidf website, dedicated to the RER (unofficial)] (in French)
[Metro-Pole website, dedicated to Paris public transports (unofficial)] (in French)