Porte de Choisy (Paris Métro)

Porte de Choisy () is a station on line 7 of the Paris Métro, a stop on tramway T3a as well as the northern terminus of tramway T9 in the 13th arrondissement. It is named after the ''Porte de Choisy'', a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Choisy-le-Roi.

History

The station opened on 7 March 1930 as part of line 10's extension from Place d'Italie, then serving as its eastern terminus (from Invalides). On 26 April 1931, it was transferred to line 7 and ceased to be a terminus when it was extended to Porte d' Ivry to the south.

The service, then provided by all trains on the line, is now only provided by one out of every two trains when a second branch to Le Kremlin–Bicêtre (now further extended to Villejuif–Louis Aragon) opened on 10 December 1982.

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 22 September 2005.

In 2019, the station was used by 2,598,026 passengers, making it the 200th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.

In anticipation of the increased traffic expected at the station after tramway T9 opens, a new access towards it was constructed in two phases, with it consisting of two new staircases, including an escalator. In the first phase, tramway T3a was temporarily closed between Porte d'Ivry and Porte d'Italie from 22 July to 23 August 2019 to facilitate the construction under its tracks, with RATP bus line 27 extended to service the closed stops. In the second phase, the line 7 station was closed from 6 January to 29 June 2020 (with trains passing without stopping) to enable a new corridor towards the new access to be built. Station equipment was also modernised.

In 2020, the station was used by 647,656 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 282nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.

In 2021, the station was used by 1,592,144 passengers, making it the 221st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.

Passenger services

Access

The station has four accesses:

* Access 1: avenue de Choisy
* Access 2: Boulevard Masséna
* Access 3: avenue de la Porte-de-Choisy
* Access 4: rue Alfred Fouillée

Station layout

Platforms

The station has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.

Other connections

Tramway

The station has been served by tramway T3a since 16 December 2006 and by tramway T9 since 10 April 2021, serving as its northern terminus.

It is one of four métro stations on the network that are located at one of the former gates of Paris and are served by two tram lines; the other three are Balard ( line 8), Porte de Versailles ( line 12), and Porte de Vincennes ( line 1). Basilique de Saint-Denis ( line 13) is the only station served by two tram lines not located at one of the gates of Paris.

Bus

The station is also served by line N31 of the Noctilien bus network at night.

Nearby

* Halle Georges Carpentier

Gallery

File:Accès Station Métro Porte Choisy Boulevard Masséna - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-01-02 - 1.jpg, Access 1
File:Accès Station Métro Porte Choisy Boulevard Masséna - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-01-02 - 7.jpg, Access 2
File:Accès Station Métro Porte Choisy Boulevard Masséna - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-01-02 - 8.jpg, Access 3
File:Accès Station Métro Porte Choisy Boulevard Masséna - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-01-02 - 11.jpg, Access 3
File:Accès Station Métro Porte Choisy Boulevard Masséna - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-01-02 - 14.jpg, Access 4
File:Station Porte Choisy Tramway IdF Ligne 3a - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-07-04 - 3.jpg, Tramway T3a stop
File:Station Porte Choisy Tramway IdF Ligne 9 - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-07-07 - 1.jpg, Tramway T9 stop
File:Travaux Tramway Ligne 9 Boulevard Masséna Paris 4.jpg, Tramway T9 works at the station in 2019

References

Paris Métro stations in the 13th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1930

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Paris Métro line 7