Alexandre Dumas () is a station on

Paris Métro Line 2 Paris Métro Line 2 (French: ''Ligne 2 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. Situated almost entirely above the former customs barrier around the capital (''Boulevards extérieurs''), it runs in a semicircle in t ...

, on the border of the

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and 20th arrondissements.

Location

The station is located under Boulevard de Charonne at its intersection with Rue de Charonne and Rue de Bagnolet. Oriented approximately along a north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the

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and Avron metro stations.

History

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers. It was the eastern terminus of the line until 2 April 1903 when it was extended to

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. The station was originally called ''Bagnolet'' after the ''Rue de Bagnolet'', the road to

Bagnolet Bagnolet () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune ...

. On 13 September 1970, it was renamed after the French author

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

and the ''Rue Alexandre Dumas''. It was the location of the ''Barrière de Fontarabie'', a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the nineteenth century. As part of the RATP ''Metro Renewal'' program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated on 12 May 2005. On 1 April 2016, some of the station's name plates were temporarily replaced by the RATP to produce April Fools jokes for a day, as in the case of twelve other stations. Alexandre Dumas was humorously renamed ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (The Three Musketeers) in reference to the famous novel by this writer. As part of the action plan in 2018 to improve air quality in the metro, the station was the first in which two air purifiers were tested using an ''Ip'Air'' device developed by

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. They were inaugurated on 7 June 2019 on the platform in the direction of Nation and set up for a period of six months. In 2019, 3,439,879 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 142nd position of the metro stations for its usage.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single exit entitled ''Boulevard de Charonne'', leading to the central reservation of the boulevard to the right of No. 111. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard entrance, which is subject to a registration as historic monuments by decree of 12 February 2016.

Station layout

Platforms

Alexandre Dumas is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is the style used for most metro stations, the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates. The seats are dark blue ''Motte'' style (replacing yellow seats of the same original model).

Bus connections

The station is served by line 76 of the

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Gallery

File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 2 - Alexandre Dumas 01.jpg, Street-level entrance to station platforms File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 2 - Alexandre Dumas 05.jpg, Station signage

References

;Sources *Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandre Dumas (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 11th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1903 Paris Métro stations located underground