Line 7 of the subway of Paris

The line 7 of the subway of Paris is a line of the underground railway network of Paris. It crosses Paris of north to the south, by connecting the suburbs of the Seine-Saint-Denis and the the Valley-of-Marne to the center of Paris. It is the third most attended line network.

History

1898 : the preliminary draft envisaged north-eastern radial a service road known as Ligne H between the Place of the Danube and Palais Royal.
November 5th 1910: inauguration of the first section, between Opera and Door of the Villette (in spite of the preliminary drafts).
January 18th 1911: inauguration of the section White Louis - Pre Saint-Gervais, exploited in the shape of a junction.
July 1st 1916: prolongation in the south to Palais Royal.
April 16th 1926: prolongation in the south until Bridge Marie;
February 15th 1930: opening of Place Monge (Botanical garden - Arenas of Lutèce) until Place of Italy. During one year, the line 10 borrows temporarily a course intended for line 7 of Place Monge (Botanical garden - Arenas of Lutèce) for Place of Italy, time that the underwater crossing is completed.
March 7th 1930: prolongation to Door of Choisy for the line 10.
June 3rd 1930: opening of the station Bridge Sully.
April 26th 1931: crossing of the the Seine, connection with Place Monge (Botanical garden - Arenas of Lutèce) to the section already built and exploits by the line 10 and prolongation in the south until Porte of Ivry.
May 1st 1946: prolongation in the south until Town hall of Ivry.
December 3rd 1967: taking into account an important imbalance of frequentation between the two branches north of the line, White the Louis branch - Pre-Saint-Gervais is isolated to constitute an independent line, the line 7bis.
October 4th 1979: prolongation in north until Extremely of Aubervilliers, the loop of the old Villette terminus being used like garages.
December 10th 1982: creation of an additional branch in the south, between White House and the Kremlin-Bicêtre.
February 28th 1985: prolongation of this branch in the south until Villejuif - Louis Aragon.
May 6th 1987: prolongation in north until Courneuve - May 8th, 1945.

Prolongations considered

Prolongation in north:

A prolongation of the line until the Station of Le Bourget, even until the Museum of the air and space is registered with phase 2 (horizon 2013-2020) of SDRIF.

Prolongation in the south:

A project exists which would leave with the line 14 to control automated, after the prolongation of this one with White House, one of the two branches (that of Villejuif) of the south of line 7. However, this project does not seem any more topicality, just like the project of extension towards the market of Vitry from the station Mairie of Ivry.

Material

Line 7 is equipped with oars of the type MF 77 since 1979.

Stations and traced

List stations

While starting with the northern terminus of the line the 7 (correspondences are indicated between brackets; the underground lines are indicated there by their only numbers of line):

From White House, line 7 is divided into two branches, one serving the Kremlin-Bicêtre, the other Ivry-sur-Seine:

Characteristics

the overall length of line 7 is of 18,594 km. With 38 stops, it is the line with the most stations of the network.
in the South, two branches served in alternation, separates at the station White House towards Villejuif Louis Aragon and Mairie from Ivry.
the line is equipped with the system SIEL which make it possible to the users to know the latency in station (and the destination in the particular case of this line with two branches).
At the horizon 2012, the branch south-Villejuif must be prolonged by a tram for Athis-Mons.
Between the stations Pont-Neuf and Châtelet, the tunnel is extended to three ways on a hundred meters, and is installed there a central siding, connected at its two ends.

Workshops

See also: Deposits and workshops of the subway of Paris

In the beginning, the rolling stock of line 7 was treated by the workshops of the Villette. They are connected to the west of the station Porte of the Villette. They are used today basic as maintenance of the ways for the whole of the network.
Since 1931 and the prolongation of line 7 with the Door of Ivry and the construction of the workshops of Choisy, the material of line 7 is maintained there. They are connected on the back-station of the old terminus.

Connections

With the line 7 (a) at the ends of the two half-stations White Louis, side Castle-Landon, in each direction of circulation.
With the line 5 at the entry of the station Station of the East, on the way direction Courneuve, strap in heel, in a section of tunnel with four ways.
With the line 3 at the exit of the station Fitted of Antin, on the way direction Villejuif/Ivry, at a peak.
With the line 10 (at the entry of the station Place Monge, on the way direction Villejuif/Ivry, in heel; this connection with double track was used in business service in 1930-1931 (see above " histoire").
With the line 5 (between the stations Tolbiac and Place of Italy, on the way direction Courneuve, at a peak.
With the line 6, (between the stations Place of Italy and Tolbiac, on the way direction Villejuif/Ivry, in heel.

Tourism

served
Monuments and tourist districts:

the Villette
the Opera Garnier
the District of Châtelet
the oriental party of the Latin Quarter of Paris
the Place of Italy and the district of the Hillock to the Ruails
the Asian District of Paris, in the south of the 13 {{E}} district

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