Châtelet (Paris Métro)

The underground station Châtelet is the central interchange station in the Paris Métro network. It is named after the Place de Châtelet above it. In addition to the Métro lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14 consists of a connecting passage to the Chatelet station - Les Halles also transition to the RER lines A, B and D. The underground station is passed daily by about 35,000 visitors and counting 2004 the ten busiest stations of the metro.

The station was inaugurated on August 6, 1900 at the opening of Line 1. These perverted then at the Porte de Vincennes Porte Maillot section. On April 21, 1908 another station the line went into operation 4. On April 16, 1926, the station of the line followed 7 The station of Line 11 was put into operation on 28 April 1935. The last expansion of the station was the opening of the station part of the line 14 on 15 October 1998.