Porte de Saint-Cloud Parc des Princes | |
Symbol Location: | paris |
Symbol: | m |
Type: | Paris Métro station |
Address: | 16th arrondissement of Paris |
Borough: | Île-de-France |
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 48.8381°N 2.257°W |
Owned: | RATP |
Operator: | RATP |
Platforms: | 5 (2 island platforms, 1 side platform) |
Tracks: | 4 |
Accessible: | no |
Code: | 0703 |
Zone: | 1 |
Passengers: | 3,485,946 (2021) |
Map Type: | France Paris |
Porte de Saint-Cloud (in French pronounced as /pɔʁt də sɛ̃ klu/) is a station of Line 9 the Paris Métro. The station is named after the Porte de Saint-Cloud, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris, which led to the town of Saint-Cloud. It serves the Parc des Princes, a stadium and home of the Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
The station opened on 28 September 1923 with the extension of the line from, serving as its western terminus until its extension to in 1934. A track exists to the west of the station in a tunnel called Voie Murat which leads to the ghost station of, ultimately connecting to the southwest of the Auteuil loop on Line 10. It also leads to the Auteuil workshops.
In 2019, the station was used by 5,174,694 passengers, making it the 77th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.[1]
In 2020, the station was used by 2,576,290 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 80th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.[2]
In 2021, the station was used by 3,485,946 passengers, making it the 78th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.[3]
The station has 6 accesses:
Street Level | |||
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Platform level | |||
Westbound | |||
Eastbound | toward Mairie de Montreuil → | ||
Eastbound | toward Mairie de Montreuil → | ||
Eastbound | toward Mairie de Montreuil → |
The station has a particular arrangement specific to the stations serving or had served as a terminus. It has four tracks divided amongst two island platforms and one side platform. Trains from Mairie de Montreuil can only stop on the northernmost track (the side platform) while trains from Pont de Sèvres usually stop on the southernmost track, although it occasionally uses the two central tracks either for long-term stabling or to allow short-working trips to turn back trains to Mairie de Montreuil for passenger services to allow for a higher frequency along that stretch.
The station is also served by the following bus networks: