Paris Métro Line 4

Paris Métro Line 4
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line 4

Year opened

1908

Last extension

1910

Rolling stock

MP 59

Stations served

Length

10.6 km

Length

6.6 mi

Average interstation

424 m

Journeys made

155,348,608 (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

Other
	Montmartre funicular

Paris Métro Line 4 is the second busiest metro line serving Paris. It crosses the city from the Porte de Clignancourt in the north to the Porte d'Orléans in the south. The line is completely underground and is operated with rubber-tyred trains of MP 59 stock. The main reason that Line 4 is one of the busiest and most crowded Metro lines in the city is that it includes stops at three of the city's six major rail termini (Gare Montparnasse, Gare du Nord, and Gare de l'Est), as well as two stations with multiple RER connections (Les Halles and Saint-Michel); in addition it is the only line in either network to connect with every other line (3bis and 7bis branch lines notwithstanding).

MP 59 rolling stock at Cité station

1 Chronology
2 Future
3 Map and Stations
- 3.1 Stations renamed
4 Tourism
5 Gallery
6 See also
7 External links

Chronology

21 April 1908: A first section of the line was inaugurated to the north of the Seine between Porte de Clignancourt and Châtelet.
30 October 1909: A second section of the line was inaugurated south of the Seine between Porte d'Orléans and Raspail.
9 January 1910: Both sections were linked by a new tunnel between Châtelet and Raspail. Line 4 was the first line crossing the Seine river underground.
1967: The rails were converted in order to cater for rubber-tired trains.
3 October 1977: The station Les Halles was rebuilt to interchange with the new RER network.

Future

Once the Line 1's MP 89 is gradually being replaced by the fully automated MP 05 (2008-10), Line 1's MP 89CC rolling stock will be transferred over to Line 4 to replace the aging MP 59 rolling stock.

A one-station extension to the south is underway, with the new station (Mairie de Montrouge) expected to be open to the public in 2011.

The line is planned to be extended further south after that with two more stations: Verdun Sud at the frontier between Montrouge and Bagneux (in Montrouge) and Bagneux in Bagneux.

An extension to the north as far as Mairie de Saint-Ouen (for interchange with the Saint-Denis branch of the Line 13) has also been put forward.

The line is expected to be converted to an automated system (like Line 14), after conversion of Line 1 is completed.

Map and Stations

Stations renamed

15 November 1913: Vaugirard station was renamed Saint-Placide.
5 May 1931: Boulevard Saint-Denis was renamed Strasbourg - Saint-Denis.
25 August 1931: Marcadet (on line 4) and Poissoniers (on line 12) were combined and the resulting station was renamed Marcadet - Poissonniers.
6 October 1942: Montparnasse (on lines 4 and 12) and Bienvenüe (on lines 6 and the current 13) were combined and the resulting station was renamed Montparnasse - Bienvenüe.