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Les Halles station

Coordinates: 48°51′45″N 2°20′46″E / 48.86250°N 2.34611°E / 48.86250; 2.34611
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Les Halles
Platforms with platform screen doors
General information
LocationPl. Carrée
Rue Turbigo × Rambuteau
Pl. des Verrières
1st arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°51′45″N 2°20′46″E / 48.86250°N 2.34611°E / 48.86250; 2.34611
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened3 October 1977
Replaced station opened on 21 April 1908
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Châtelet Line 4 Étienne Marcel
Connections to other stations
Louvre–Rivoli
towards La Défense
Line 1
transfer at Châtelet
Hôtel de Ville
Pont Marie Line 7
transfer at Châtelet
Pont Neuf
Terminus Line 11
transfer at Châtelet
Hôtel de Ville
Pyramides Line 14
transfer at Châtelet
Gare de Lyon
Preceding station RER RER Following station
Auber RER A Gare de Lyon
Gare du Nord RER B St-Michel – Notre-Dame
Gare du Nord
towards Creil
RER D Gare de Lyon
towards Melun or Malesherbes
Location
Les Halles is located in Paris
Les Halles
Les Halles
Location within Paris

Les Halles station (French pronunciation: [le al]) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro. Located in the 1st arrondissement, it takes its name from the market halls which were on the site for many years.

Location

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Established underground, Les Halles station is located on Line 4 of the Paris Métro, under the westfield Forum des Halles shopping complex between Rue Rambuteau and Rue Berger.

Corridors and underground staircases connect it to Châtelet Métro station and to Châtelet–Les Halles RER station.

History

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The original station on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt to serve Les Halles (old markets). The station was rebuilt and put into service on 3 October 1977 about ten metres further east to interchange with the new Châtelet–Les Halles RER station on RER A, RER B and RER D which opened on 9 December 1977. This RER station is connected by underground corridors to the Métro station Châtelet on Line 1, Line 4, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14; Les Halles is therefore also connected with Châtelet. Line 4 is the only line that serves Les Halles; it also serves Châtelet station.

The walking distance from Line 4 at Les Halles to the far end of Châtelet (Line 7) is about 900 metres (3,000 ft). Les Halles serves the underground shopping centre Forum des Halles. One of the floors of the Forum des Halles contains the Métro station. As part of the automation of Line 4, its platforms were upgraded during the weekend of 10 and 11 June 2017, in order to receive landing doors. These are installed between the end of January and mid-February 2020.

In 2019, 16,069,170 users entered the station which placed it in ninth position among stations in the Paris metropolitan network (out of 302).[1]

Passenger services

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Access

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The station is accessible by an entrance to no. 230 Rue Rambuteau and by connecting corridors with Châtelet–Les Halles. It has an information area with a members counter and is equipped with automatic ticketing machines.

Station layout

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G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Mezzanine to Exits/Entrances, connections to Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 Paris Métro Line 7 Paris Métro Line 11 Paris Métro Line 14 RER RER A RER B RER D
Platform level Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right
Platform 2 Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 4 toward Porte de Clignancourt (Étienne Marcel)
Platform 1 Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 4 toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Châtelet)
Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right

Platforms

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Les Halles is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and an open load-bearing wall.

Other train connections

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It allows connections with RER A, B and D of the commuter rail network via the platforms of Châtelet–Les Halles station, as well as to Line 1, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14 of the Paris Métro at Châtelet accessed via the RER station, through pedestrian corridors.

The station, in the heart of a pedestrian area, is not served by any bus lines.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  • Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.