Paris Metro Line 7

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line 7

Year opened

1910

Last extension

1987

Rolling stock

MF 77

Stations served

Length

22.4 km

Length

13.9 mi

Average interstation

605 m

Journeys made

120,500,000 (per annum)

Paris public transport

Métro lines
	line 1	line 7bis
	line 2	line 8
	line 3	line 9
	line 3bis	line 10
	line 4	line 11
	line 5	line 12
	line 6	line 13
	line 7	line 14

RER lines
	line A	line D
	line B	line E
	line C

Suburban rail (Transilien)
	Saint-Lazare	Nord
	La Défense	Est
	Montparnasse	Lyon

Airport shuttles
	CDGVAL	Orlyval

Bus
	Bus (RATP)	Noctilien
	Bus (Optile)
Tramway
	Tramway T1	Tramway T2
	Tramway T3

Geographically accurate path of Paris metro line 7.

Paris Metro Line 7 is one of 16 metro lines of the Paris, France metro. The line links La Courneuve in the north with Ivry and Villejuif in the south.

120,500,000 passengers use the line each year (although this figure also includes traffic on line 7bis.

1 Chronology
2 Stations renamed
3 Future
4 Tourism
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Chronology

November 5, 1910 : Line 7 was opened linking Opéra to Porte de la Villette.
January 18, 1911 : A new branch was opened from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais.
July 1, 1916 : The line was extended in the south from Opéra to Palais Royal.
April 16, 1926 : The line was extended from Palais Royal to Pont Marie.
February 15, 1930 : While a tunnel was being built on line 7 to cross the River Seine, a new section between Place Monge and Place d'Italie was opened and temporarily operated as part of line 10.
June 3, 1930 : The line was extended from Pont Marie to Pont de Sully.
March 7, 1930 : That section temporarily operating as part of line 10 was extended from Place d'Italie to Porte de Choisy.
April 26, 1931 : The section between Pont de Sully and Place Monge was opened. The section between Place Monge and Porte de Choisy was transferred to Line 7 and it was extended to Porte d'Ivry simultaneously.
May 1, 1946 : The line was extended from Porte d'Ivry to Mairie d'Ivry.
1967 : Because of a lack of traffic, the northern branch of the line 7 between Louis Blanc and Pré-Saint-Gervais became a new independent line known as line 7bis.
October 4, 1979 : The line was extended to the north from Porte de la Villette to Fort d'Aubervilliers.
December 10, 1982 : A new branch was opened to the south from Maison Blanche to Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
February 28, 1985 : The line was extended from Le Kremlin-Bicêtre to Villejuif Louis Aragon.
May 6, 1987 : The line was extended from Fort d'Aubervilliers to La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945.

[edit] Stations renamed

November 1, 1926 : Pont Notre-Dame renamed Pont Notre-Dame - Pont au Change.
April 15, 1934 : Pont Notre-Dame - Pont au Change renamed Châtelet.
October 6, 1942 : Boulevard de la Villette renamed Aubervilliers - Boulevard de la Villette.
February 10, 1946 : Pont de Flandre renamed Corentin Cariou and Aubervilliers - Boulevard de la Villette renamed Stalingrad.
1989 : Chaussée d'Antin renamed as Chaussée d'Antin - La Fayette.