Concorde (Paris Métro)

Concorde

Paris Métro station

Line 12 platforms

General information
Location| 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-Florentin
1st arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates| 48°51′55″N 2°19′16″E﻿ / ﻿48.86541°N 2.32111°E﻿ / 48.86541; 2.32111Coordinates: 48°51′55″N 2°19′16″E﻿ / ﻿48.86541°N 2.32111°E﻿ / 48.86541; 2.32111
Owned by| RATP
Operated by| RATP
Other information
Fare zone| 1
History
Opened|

* 13 August 1900 (1900-08-13) (Line 1)
* 5 November 1910 (1910-11-05) (Line 12)
* 12 March 1914 (1914-03-12) (Line 8)

Services
| Preceding station  |  | Paris Métro |  | Following station

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Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau

toward La Défense

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Tuileries

toward Château de Vincennes

Invalides

toward Balard

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Madeleine

toward Créteil–Pointe du Lac

Assemblée Nationale

toward Mairie d'Issy

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Madeleine

toward Front Populaire

Location

Concorde

Location within Paris

Concorde (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃kɔʁd] (listen)) is a station on Line 1, Line 8 and Line 12 of the Paris Métro. Serving the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, it is located in 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 created by artist Françoise Schein: she covered the entire station's Line 12 walls with tiles spelling the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen of 1789. Ezra Pound's famous Imagist poem, "In a Station of the Metro", was inspired by this station.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Station layout
* 2 Places of interest
* 3 Gallery
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Station layout[edit]

Street Level

B1 | Connecting level

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Line 8 platforms | Side platform, doors will open on the right

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Southbound  | ←  toward Balard (Invalides)
Northbound  | → toward Pointe du Lac (Madeleine) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 1 platforms | Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right

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Westbound  | ←  toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau)
Eastbound  | → toward Château de Vincennes (Tuileries) →
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
Line 12 platforms | Side platform, doors will open on the right

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Southbound  | ←  toward Mairie d'Issy (Assemblée Nationale)
Northbound  | → toward Front Populaire (Madeleine) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

## Places of interest[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Line 1: MP 89CC rolling stock

* Line 8: MF 77 rolling stock

* Line 12 platforms

* Line 12: MF 67 rolling stock

## References[edit]

* Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro: D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.

1. ^ Pound, Ezra (1 September 1914). "Vorticism". Fortnightly Review. No. 96\. pp. 461–471.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Concorde (Paris Metro) at Wikimedia Commons

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8th arrondissement of Paris

Neighbourhoods|

* Quartier des Champs-Élysées
* Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule
* Quartier de la Madeleine
* Quartier de l'Europe

Primary and secondary schools|

* Lycée Chaptal
* Lycée Racine
* Cours Hattemer
* Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie

Colleges and universities|

* Intégrale : Institut d'enseignement supérieur privé

Landmarks|

* Arc de Triomphe (partial)
* Avenue Hoche
* Champs-Élysées
* Petit Palais
* Grand Palais
* Élysée Palace
* Four Seasons Hotel George V
* Hôtel de Crillon
* Hôtel de Marigny
* Hôtel de la Marine
* La Madeleine
* Musée Bouilhet-Christofle (closed)
* Musée Cernuschi
* Musée Jacquemart-André
* Musée Nissim de Camondo
* Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
* Palais de la Découverte
* Parc Monceau
* Pinacothèque de Paris (closed)
* Place Charles de Gaulle
* Place de la Concorde
* Luxor Obelisk
* Pont Alexandre III
* Pont de l'Alma
* Pont de la Concorde
* Pont des Invalides
* Saint-Augustin
* The Scots Kirk
* Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
* Théâtre du Rond-Point

Paris Métro stations|

* Alma–Marceau
* Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau
* Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
* Concorde
* Courcelles
* Europe
* George V
* Liège
* Madeleine
* Miromesnil
* Monceau
* Place de Clichy
* Rome
* Saint-Augustin
* Saint-Lazare
* Saint-Philippe du Roule
* Ternes
* Villiers

SNCF station|

* Gare Saint-Lazare

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Line 1

Stations|

* La Défense–Grande Arche
* Esplanade de La Défense
* Pont de Neuilly
* Les Sablons
* Porte Maillot
* Argentine
* Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
* George V
* Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau
* Concorde
* Tuileries
* Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre
* Louvre–Rivoli
* Châtelet
* Hôtel de Ville
* Saint-Paul
* Bastille
* Gare de Lyon
* Reuilly–Diderot
* Nation
* Porte de Vincennes
* Saint-Mandé
* Bérault
* Château de Vincennes

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Line 8

Stations|

* 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
* Pointe du Lac

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Line 12

Stations|

* Mairie d'Aubervilliers (under construction)
* Aimé Césaire (under construction)
* Front Populaire
* Porte de la Chapelle
* Marx Dormoy
* Marcadet–Poissonniers
* Jules Joffrin
* Lamarck–Caulaincourt
* Abbesses
* Pigalle
* Saint-Georges
* Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
* Trinité–d'Estienne d'Orves
* Saint-Lazare
* Madeleine
* Concorde
* Assemblée Nationale
* Solférino
* Rue du Bac
* Sèvres–Babylone
* Rennes
* Notre-Dame-des-Champs
* Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
* Falguière
* Pasteur
* Volontaires
* Vaugirard
* Convention
* Porte de Versailles
* Corentin Celton
* Mairie d'Issy
* Gare d'Issy (planned)

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1st arrondissement of Paris

Primary and secondary schools|

* Lycée Professionnel Commercial Pierre Lescot

Landmarks|

* Comédie-Française
* Galerie Véro-Dodat
* Île de la Cité
* Les Arts Décoratifs
* Les Halles
* Louvre
* More information
* Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
* Place du Carrousel
* Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
* Pont Neuf
* Pont des Arts
* Tuileries Garden
* Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume

Paris Métro stations|

* Châtelet
* Concorde
* Étienne Marcel
* Les Halles
* Louvre–Rivoli
* Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre
* Pont Neuf
* Pyramides
* Tuileries

Paris RER stations|

* Châtelet–Les Halles

Authority control |

* ISNI
* 1
* VIAF
* 1
* WorldCat

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