Paris Métro Line 12
The line 12 of the Paris Métro stations connecting the Popular Front in the north and Mairie d' Issy southwest of Paris.
- 2.1 Notable Stations
- 2.2 renaming of railway stations
History
Line 12 was originally called Line A and was developed by the Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord -Sud de Paris ( north-south ) is planned. You should run from Montmartre to Gare Montparnasse. Originally, there should be a tube train. It was recognized, however, that this would be difficult and built it as a conventional Métro.
However, the construction work proceeded not without complications: There were strikes and the flood at the beginning of the year 1910 led to delays, so that the line opened A together with the line 7 of the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris métropolitain (CMP ) on November 5, 1910 been. There was a section of Porte de Versailles - Notre- Dame-de -Lorette. The line was extended northward on April 8, 1911, Pigalle, on 31 October 1911, station Jules Joffrin and finally on 23 August 1916 he traveled to Porte de la Chapelle.
Since the north -south wanted to distinguish externally from the CMP, used to other tiles for the design of railway stations: white and blue for the station name.
Another special feature is the tunnel under the Seine: Both tunnels are lined with metal. At Montmartre, the distance to the realities of the underground Paris had particularly take into consideration: The Abbesses station is 30 meters under the ground, behind the track rises to a ramp with a slope of 40 ‰.
The last opening part of the journey made a shortening of car trains required because the previously mandated car factory could not supply - it was occupied by the German army.
Line 12 of the CMP
In 1930, the routes of the North-South were adopted by the CMP and the previous line out A as line 12.
On 24 March 1934, came the next expansion: Porte de Versailles Mairie d' Issy -. This required four years earlier, on January 1, 1930, a transfer of the Porte de Versailles station by 100 meters to the south. The old station is used for parking trains today.
1971 was a central control PCC ( poste de commande centralisé ) introduced in 1977 an autopilot system ( pilotage automatique ). First car of the Compagnie Nord -Sud was used, hereafter the Sprague - Thompson. This was eventually replaced by the MF67.
On 18 December 2012, the line on the Paris city limits to a station north to Front Populaire (on the border of the municipalities of Saint Denis and Aubervilliers ) was extended. The plan is a sequel to two stations to Mairie d' Aubervilliers.
The stations
Notable stations
- Concorde: The platform Concorde Métro Line 12 is entirely made of white tiles that exactly contain a letter or a number. Strung together, give the letter to the French text of the Declaration of Human and Civil Rights ( Déclaration of the Droits de l' Homme et du Citoyen ). This is an idea of the Belgian architect Françoise Schein, it has already been implemented around the world.
- Abbesses: With about 36 meters below the earth's surface, the platform area of the station Abbesses is the lowest breakpoint in the Paris Métro network. Long spiral staircases and two lifts take passengers from there to the surface. The only access to the Place des Abbesses is equipped with one of two surviving Guimard roofs.
Renaming of railway stations
Depot Vaugirard line 12
The train depot Vaugirard for maintenance of the trains used on the line 12 was taken in 1910 with the opening of the first section in operation. Trains run from the depot of the former terminus Porte de Versailles: at the northern end of the platform of the then branches off a tunnel running under the first street, Rue de la Croix Nivert and then under the Rue Auguste Chabrières. In the premises the subways eventually reach the surface.
The depot has an area of approx. 23,000 m². With the maintenance around 90 people are employed. Here the normal inspections of vehicles in line 12 performed as well as the large revisions. In addition, a department manufactures the wooden brake shoes for the entire Paris Métro network and part of the requirements of the Métro Marseille. 2011, a new central control center (PCC ) was established on the site.