Paris Métro Line 13

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line 13

Year opened

1911

Last extension

1998

Rolling stock

MF 77

Stations served

Length

22.5 km

Length

14.0 mi

Average interstation

776 m

Journeys made

114,821,166 (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	Tramway T4

Paris Métro Line 13 is one of 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. The line links Saint-Denis and Gennevilliers in the northern suburbs of Paris to Châtillon in the south. It is the fifth busiest line on the netwok. The oldest parts of the line, like Line 12, were initially built by the "Nord-Sud" company, a former competitor of the CMP company (which later became the RATP).

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

[edit] Chronology

February 26, 1911: Line B of the Nord-Sud company was opened from Saint-Lazare to Porte de Saint-Ouen.
January 20, 1912: A second branch of Line B was opened between La Fourche and Porte de Clichy.
1930: The Nord-Sud company was bought by the CMP company. Line B became Line 13, and the Nord-Sud's planned future Line C was assigned the number 14.
January 21, 1937: The original Line 14 was opened between Bienvenüe and Porte de Vanves.
July 27, 1937: Line 14 was extended north from Bienvenüe to Duroc and took over the section between Duroc and Invalides from Line 10.
June 30, 1952: Line 13 was extended north from Porte de Saint-Ouen to Carrefour Pleyel.
June 27, 1973: The line was extended south from Saint-Lazare to Miromesnil.
February 18, 1975: The line was extended south from Miromesnil to Champs-Elysées - Clémenceau.
May 26, 1976: The line was extended north from Carrefour Pleyel to Saint-Denis - Basilique.
November 9, 1976: The line was extended from Champs-Elysées to Invalides. Line 14 was eliminated as a separate line (leaving its number available to be reused in 1998) and incorporated into Line 13. The line was extended south from Porte de Vanves to Châtillon - Montrouge.
May 9, 1980: The northwestern branch of the line was extended from Porte de Clichy to Asnières - Gennevilliers.
May 25, 1998: The northern branch was extended from Basilique de Saint-Denis - to Saint-Denis - Université.

Varenne station

Geographically accurate diagram of Paris Métro line 13.

[edit] Future

The northwestern branch is being extended by 1.88 km with two more stations, Les Agnettes and Les Courtilles. Construction has been under way since the beginning of 2005 and it is expected to be opened in mid-2008. A further extension with a third station (Port de Gennevilliers) could be added later.

Line 13 is one of the most crowded of the Parisian network. Various solutions have been investigated, most of which involved making the two northern branches of the line independent, for example by connecting one of them to Line 14. In February 2007, RATP announced that line 14 will be extended to Stains (La Cerisaie)^[1] in order to double capacity on the branches of line 13. Presumably, this will involve line 14 taking over the existing St Denis branch and this then being extended to Stains. This would leave Line 13 able to run to Asnières-Gennevilliers at the same high frequency as the central section. This is expected to happen in 2011.

The trains on Line 13 are currently being refurbished, and the first refitted train entered service in January 2007.^[2] These refitted trains have new features such as automatic displays and announcements, which are now added to all new or refitted rolling stock, but also a reduced number of seats to allow for more standing passengers. The capacity of each train is increased by 26.^[3]

[edit] Stations renamed

January 20, 1912: Marcadet renamed as Marcadet - Balagny.
August 1, 1914: Berlin renamed as Liège.
January 27, 1946: Marcadet - Balagny renamed as Guy Môquet.
May 25, 1998: Saint-Denis - Basilique renamed as Basilique de Saint-Denis.

[edit] Tourism

Line 13 passes near several places of interest:

Saint-Denis and its medieval basilica, which contains the tombs of the kings of France.
Saint-Ouen and its famous flea market.
The lower Champs-Élysées near the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais.
The Invalides, which contains the tomb of Napoléon Bonaparte.
Montparnasse, its famous cafés and the Montparnasse Tower.