Porte de Choisy station

Porte de Choisy
Paris Métro station
MF 77 at Porte de Choisy
General information
Location	13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°49′13″N 2°21′55″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	no
Other information
Station code	14-02
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	7 March 1930; 94 years ago (1930-03-07)
Passengers
1,592,144 (2021)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Porte d'Ivry towards Mairie d'Ivry Line 7 Ivry branch Porte d'Italie towards La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
Location Porte de Choisy Location within Paris

Porte de Choisy (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də ʃwazi]) 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.[1]

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

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

In 2021, the station was used by 1,592,144 passengers, making it the 221st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.[7]

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

Street Level
B1	Mezzanine
Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Mairie d'Ivry (Porte d'Ivry)
	Northbound	→ toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 (Porte d'Italie) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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

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  Access 1
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  Access 2
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  Access 3
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  Access 3
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  Access 4
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  Tramway T3a stop
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  Tramway T9 stop
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  Tramway T9 works at the station in 2019

References

1. "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
2. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
3. "Travaux d'été 2019 en Ile-de-France sur les réseaux RATP et SNCF" (PDF). SNCF (in French). 19 June 2019. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
4. "Tramway T3a : fermeture partielle du 22 juillet au 23 août 2019 inclus". RATP (in French). 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
5. "Le métro a rendez-vous avec le tram" (PDF). api-site.paris.fr (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
6. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020". data.ratp.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
7. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021". data.ratp.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.