Château Rouge (Paris Métro)

The station was taken on April 21, 1908 in operation, as the first section of the line was opened 4 of the Porte de Clignancourt to Châtelet.

Additions

The station has a main inlets or outlet on the Place du Château Rouge. A second output with an escalator leading from the platform towards Porte de Clignancourt on Boulevard Barbès.

At certain times of the day and also on Saturday morning when the weekly market takes place in the nearby Rue Poulet, the station is due to the insufficient access often severely overcrowded. With 6.9 million passengers that went from here to the Métro in 2012, the station occupies the 44th place in the list of most visited stations. To reduce the crowding, the RATP, beginning in 2014, the station fundamentally enlarge: The counter area is 45 m² to 160 m² enlarged, which then also allows for the installation of an additional staircase. The number of access doors of the separating equipment is increased in both the input and at the output in each case 4. Despite the estimated total cost of approximately 10 million euros but will not cause any disabled access. The station is completely closed for a year, at this time, the platforms should be thoroughly renovated. Total planned completion: 2016

• Gérard Roland: Station de métro. D' Abbesses à Wagram. 2003, ISBN 2862533076th