Porte Dauphine (Paris Métro)

Porte Dauphine
Paris Métro station
Other names	Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny
Location	boul. de l'Amiral Bruix × Av. Foch Av. Foch × av. Bugeaud Av. Bugeaud × av. Foch Av. Bugeaud × boul. Lannes 16th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	12 December 1900 (1900-12-12)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Terminus Victor Hugo toward Nation
Location
Porte Dauphine Location within Paris

Porte Dauphine (Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny) is a station of the Paris Métro. It is the western terminus of Line 2. Nearby, one can transfer to the RER C at Avenue Foch station (with no direct transfer). Paris Dauphine University is nearby.

The station contains one of the only two remaining aedicules originally designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), the Art Nouveau architect who was originally commissioned by the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1899 to design the entrances for the Métro stations. (The other is at Abbesses.)

History

The Porte Dauphine station was inaugurated on 13 December 1900. At the time, Line 2 had only been completed as far as Charles de Gaulle – Étoile. It now runs from Porte Dauphine around the northern part of Paris, through Montmartre, around to its eastern terminus at the Place de la Nation. It is named after Porte Dauphine, a gate in the 19th-century Thiers wall of Paris. Its subtititle honours Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Westbound (drop-off) platform	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← termination platform
	Platform 3	← siding, no regular service
Eastbound platform	Platform 4	→ toward Nation (Victor Hugo) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 2, right for platform 4
	Platform 2	→ toward Nation (Victor Hugo) →

• Note: The station is on a loop, so the westbound/drop-off and eastbound platforms are slightly offset.

Gallery

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  Art Nouveau aedicule designed by Hector Guimard

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  MF 2000 rolling stock arriving at Porte Dauphine

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  Porte Dauphine station, designed by Hector Guimard

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  Porte Dauphine station, designed by Hector Guimard

See also

• List of stations of the Paris Métro

References

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.