Liège (Paris Métro)

Liège is an underground station of the Paris Métro. It lies below the Rue d' Amsterdam in the 8th and 9th arrondissement of Paris and is served by the Metro line 13. The station is named after the Belgian city of Liege (French Liège) or after the station located on the Rue de Liège.

The station was taken on February 26, 1911 under the name "Berlin" in operation. It is a station on the first section of Line B of the Nord -Sud Company ( later performed by the CMP as line 13 ) from the station Saint- Lazare to Porte de Saint -Ouen. On August 1, 1914, the station was closed because of the First World War, but already re-opened four months later under the name of Liège, as the former Berlin now Rue Rue de Liège said.

Struggle for a full-fledged station

At the beginning of the 2nd World War, the station Liège was closed again and reopened in September 1968. However, it has granted her only limited opening times: at the weekend the station was already closed by 20 clock, on Sundays and public holidays, it was completely closed. Only after there were massive protests of citizens, along with the mayors of the affected Arrdonissements in March 2006, drew a Syndicat des transports d' Île the -de -France. Since early December 2006 Liège has the same operating hours as all other Metro stations also.

Architectural feature

The metro route is here below the Rue d' Amsterdam, but was not wide enough to accommodate a full station with two platforms between the foundations of the rows of houses on the left and right of the road. Therefore, the two platforms are shifted against each other. The one located north of the Rue de Liège which the Rue d' Amsterdam crosses here, another platform is south of it.