Paris Métro Line 1
Line 1 of the Paris Métro is the oldest and along the line 4 is the second busiest subway line in the city. It connects on their way through the center of Paris, the stations La Défense - Grande Arche in the west and Château de Vincennes in the east. Since December 2012, it is operated exclusively by driverless trains.
- 2.1 Extension to the east
- 2.2 Extension to the west
History
The line of construction was opened after only 20 months on 19 July 1900 at the route Porte Maillot - Porte de Vincennes. It crosses the city from east to west direction. At both end stations existed separate platforms for departure and arrival, which were connected by tight turning loops. Thus, the trains had no more contact and it could locomotive-hauled carriage trains are used. At the western end of the station Bastille the tightest of turns of the entire metro network exists with a radius of only 40 meters. When opening 8 intermediate stations went into operation, the remaining 10 followed by 6 August to 1 September of the same year. 10 Of this total of 18 stations were built as a vault, 7 had a metal " covers Lung " and is located under the open sky.
In December 1900, the four millionth passenger was already transported 130,000 users per day. It was decided to respond appropriately, and compressed the clock from ten to three minutes. The car number of individual trains was increased from three to six, which were pulled by two tractors. The width of the doors has also been doubled.
The traffic was not changed until March 24, 1934; on that day was an extension from Porte de Vincennes Château de Vincennes in operation. For this, the former terminus Porte de Vincennes was rebuilt. This extension is part of the contract of 1929, which provided for the extension of the metro network in the suburbs.
The next enlargement was made on April 29, 1937 she went from Porte Maillot to Pont de Neuilly. Here the old terminus station was abandoned and taken on November 15, 1936, a new operational. The Métro crosses below this the old turning loop. This was converted in 1992 by the RATP in a private screening room called Espace Maillot. An old Sprague -Thomson car was brought here as an exhibit.
Line 1 as the most used line of Métro was converted as the first important line on tire operation. This happened between May 30 1963 and December 1964. 1967 came the centralized management (PCC ) and the semi-automated control pilotage automatique added.
On 1 April 1992, the route was again extended: from Pont de Neuilly to La Défense Grande Arche. The terminus of the Metro shares here with a station of the RER line A. Shortly after Pont Neuilly is the metro to the surface, crossed in the middle of the national highway 13, the Seine and then disappears underground.
In 1997, the old vehicles of generation MP 59 were replaced by those of the type MP 89.
Line 1 was changed between May 2011 and December 2012 to automatic operation with features of the MP series 05. For this reason, all the stations have been equipped between 2009 and 2011 with platform screen doors. The trains of the MP series 89 will now be used on the line 4.
Stations whose names have changed
Several stations on Line 1 have changed their names over the years:
- Obligado 1948 to Argentine
- Étoile was to Charles de Gaulle - Étoile
- Alma was founded in 1920 to George V
- MARBOEUF or Marboeuf 1942 to Rond-Point des Champs- Élysées, and later to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Champs- Élysées was to Champs -Elysees Clemenceau
- Palais Royal became the Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
- Louvre to Louvre - Rivoli
- Saint- Mandé - Tourelle been to Saint- Mandé
Planned route extensions
Extension to the east
In 2013, the STIF approved an extension of line 1 to the east:
The extension route receives 3 stations: the first station Les Rigollots is located on the outskirts of Vincennes and Fontenay -sous -Bois. The new terminal will be Val de Fontenay RER station of the same name. The mean maintenance will either lie to the north of Fontenay -sous -Bois or in the south of Montreuil. The STIF has proposed three different track layouts.
Extension to the west
A planned extension of La Défense Nanterre, although in conversation, but it is quite possible that this route is taken in the end of the line 15 of the planned Grand Paris Express.