Paris Metro Line 5

line 5

Year opened

1906

Last extension

1985

Rolling stock

MF 67

Stations served

Length

14.6 km

Length

9.1 mi

Average interstation

695 m

Journeys made

86,100,000 (per annum)

Paris Metro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. It crosses the east of Paris from Bobigny to Place d'Italie.

[edit] Chronology

June 6, 1906 : Line 5 was inaugurated with a section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (now known as Gare d'Austerlitz).
July 14, 1906 : The line was temporarily extended to Gare de Lyon.
December 17, 1906 : The line was extended to Lancry (now known as Jacques Bonsergent).
October 14, 1907 : Line 2 Sud from Etoile to Place d'Italie was incorporated to the line 5.
November 15, 1907 : The line was extended from Lancry to Gare du Nord.
November 15, 1936 : Gare du Nord station was rebuilt so that the line could be extended later.
September 2, 1939 : Services to Arsenal station ceased at the start of World War II and was eventually closed permanently.
October 12, 1942 : The Etoile - Place d'Italie portion of the line was transferred to line 6 (Place d'Italie - Nation). Line 5 was extended from Gare du Nord to Eglise de Pantin.
April 25, 1985 : The line was extended from Eglise de Pantin to Bobigny Pablo Picasso.

October 15, 1907 : Avenue de Suffren renamed as Rue de Sèvres and Place Mazas renamed as Pont d'Austerlitz.
March 11, 1910 : Montparnasse renamed Avenue du Maine.
November 1, 1913 : Rue de Sèvres renamed Sèvres - Lecourbe.
June 1, 1916 : Pont d'Austerlitz renamed Quai de la Rapée.
October 15, 1930 : Gare d'Orléans renamed Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz.
June 30, 1933 : Avenue du Maine renamed Bienvenüe.
October 6, 1942 : Bienvenüe renamed Montparnasse - Bienvenüe.
February 10, 1946 : Lancry renamed Jacques Bonsergent.
1979 : Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz renamed Gare d'Austerlitz.