Javel - André Citroën (Paris Metro)
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Javel - André Citroën |
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Date opened | 1913 | ||||||
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Paris 15e | ||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||
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List of stations of the Paris Métro |
Javel - André Citroën is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 10 and offering transfer to the RER C via Javel RER station.
West of this station Line 10 splits into separate eastbound and westbound sections until Boulogne - Jean Jaurès station.
[edit] History
It was originally called Javel after the town that developed out of a hamlet called Javetz in 1485, which had a small port and boat yard. In 1785, Claude Louis Berthollet discovered the active ingredient in household bleach, sodium hypochlorite. He developed a bleach from a caustic chlorine-potash solution and by 1789 he had built a bleach plant in Javel, which he sold as eau de Javel.
In recent years the name of the car-manufacturer, André Citroën has been added to the station's name. A former Citroën car factory south of the station on the bank of the Seine has been turned into an innovative urban park, the Parc André Citroën.
Paris Métro | Line 10 |
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Boulogne — Pont de Saint-Cloud · Boulogne — Jean Jaurès ⇔ Eastbound Westbound ⇔ Javel — André Citroën · Charles Michels · Avenue Émile Zola · La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle ⇒ 6 8 · Ségur · Duroc ⇒ 13 · Vaneau · Sèvres — Babylone ⇒ 12 · Mabillon · Odéon ⇒ 4 · Cluny — La Sorbonne ⇒ B C · Maubert — Mutualité · Cardinal Lemoine · Jussieu ⇒ 7 · Gare d'Austerlitz ⇒ 5 C |