Paris Métro Line 5

History

Chronology

• 6 June 1906: Line 5 was inaugurated with a section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans.
• 14 July 1906: The line was temporarily extended to Gare de Lyon.
• 17 December 1906: The line was extended to Lancry.
• 14 October 1907: Line 2 Sud from Étoile to Place d'Italie was incorporated to the line 5.
• 15 November 1907: The line was extended from Lancry to Gare du Nord.
• 15 November 1936: Gare du Nord station was rebuilt so that the line could be extended later.
• 2 September 1939: Services to Arsenal station ceased at the start of World War II and was eventually closed permanently.
• 12 October 1942: The Étoile – Place d'Italie portion of the line was transferred to line 6. Line 5 was extended from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin.
• 25 April 1985: The line was extended from Église de Pantin to Bobigny Pablo Picasso.
• 15 June 2011: Cascading of MF 67 to MF 01 rolling stock began.

  Future

• An extension south from Place d'Italie to Place de Rungis has been put forward and may be built between 2020–2030.
• An intermediate station, Bobigny – la Folie, could be built in between Bobigny – Pablo Picasso and Bobigny – Pantin – Raymond Queneau stations. The current stretch of track between the two is one of the longest between adjacent stations on the Métro network. If it is to go ahead, the station would be completed by 2016.

  Map

Stations renamed

• 15 October 1907: Place Mazas renamed as Pont d'Austerlitz.
• 1 June 1916: Pont d'Austerlitz renamed Quai de la Rapée.
• 15 October 1930: Gare d'Orléans renamed Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz.
• 10 February 1946: Lancry renamed Jacques Bonsergent.
• 1979: Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz renamed Gare d'Austerlitz.

  Tourism

• The Place d'Italie and the area of the Butte aux Cailles
• The Place de la République
• place de la Bastille and the Opera Bastille.
• The 19th century railway stations of Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est and Gare d'Austerlitz.
• The Parc de la Villette and the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie.

  Connections

• Other Métro lines and RER lines
• Eurostar to St. Pancras Station, London