George V (Paris Métro)

George V is an underground station on Line 1 of the Paris Métro. It is located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris beneath the Avenue des Champs- Élysées.

By 1920 the station had, which in the Crimean War (1853 /55) marked the name "Alma", which referred to the eponymous river in Sevastopol a hard-fought position. The name " George V " in 1920 introduced honoring the King George V, under whose reign the British Army was rushed in the First World War the French to help.

The station was one taken on August 13, 1900 about a month after the opening of the line in operation. These perverted then at the Porte de Vincennes Porte Maillot section. Until the central station Châtelet there are about four kilometers. Since late 2008, the station has with the introduction of driverless operation on platform screen doors.