Porte Dorée station

Porte Dorée (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt dɔʁe]) is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement.

Porte Dorée
Paris Métro station
Platforms
General information
Location	12th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′08″N 2°24′22″E / 48.835481°N 2.4061°E / 48.835481; 2.4061
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	no
Other information
Station code	1301
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 May 1931 (1931-05-05)
Passengers
1,918,182 (2021)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Michel Bizot towards Balard Line 8 Porte de Charenton towards Pointe du Lac
Location
Porte Dorée Location within Paris

The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Charenton. It is named after the Porte Dorée, one of the former gates of Paris.

Along with Porte de Bagnolet on line 3, Porte de Pantin on line 5, and Porte d'Italie on line 7, it is one of the four stations on the network built at the former gates of Paris without having originally served as a terminus.

History

The station opened on 5 May 1931 as part of the extension of line 8 from Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Charenton for the Paris Colonial Exposition held in the nearby Bois de Vincennes in 1931.

On the evening of 16 May 1937, Lætitia Toureaux was found stabbed in the first class car where she was alone, the first murder on the métro.^[1][2] Despite many investigations over the years, the identity of the culprit remains unknown till today.^[3][4] This story inspired Pierre Siniac's (1928–2002) novel Le Crime du dernier métro published in 2001 as well as one of the legends of the Le Manoir de Paris, a walk-through haunted house in the 10th arrondissement.^[5]

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 2 December 2008.^[6]

In 2019, the station was used by 2,763,236 passengers, making it the 191st busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.^[7]

In 2020, the station was used by 1,428,784 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 182nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.^[8]

In 2021, the station was used by 1,918,182 passengers, making it the 186th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.^[9]

Passenger services

Access

The station has 6 accesses:

• Access 1: Place Édouard Renard Palais de la Porte Dorée (with an ascending escalator)
• Access 2: avenue Daumesnil
• Access 3: Boulevard Poniatowski
• Access 4: rue Ernest Lacoste
• Access 5: rue de Picpus
• Access 6: rue Joseph Chailley

Station layout

Street Level
B1	Mezzanine
Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	←     toward Balard (Michel Bizot)
	Northbound	→     toward Pointe du Lac (Porte de Charenton) →
	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 15 December 2012 as part of its extension from Porte d'Ivry to Porte de Vincennes.^[10][11]

Bus

The station is also served by lines 46 and 201 of the RATP bus network, and at night, by line N33 of the Noctilien bus network.

Nearby

• Bois de Vincennes (where Pelouse de Reuilly, the location of the Foire du Trône fun fair in April and May, is located)
• Foire du Trône
• Palais de la Porte Dorée (an exhibition hall built for the Paris Colonial Exposition)
  • Aquarium du palais de la Porte-Dorée
  • Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration (a museum of immigration history)
• Paris Zoological Park
• Porte Dorée

Gallery

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  T3a at Porte Dorée
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  Ticket barriers
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  Mezzanine
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  Access 1
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  Access 2
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  Access 3
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  Access 4
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  Access 5
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  Access 6

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Porte Dorée (Paris Metro).

References

1. Deutsch, Stephanie (10 October 2014). "BOOK REVIEW: 'Murder in the Metro'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
2. David King (19 January 2012). Death In The City Of Light: The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-0-7481-3235-5.
3. Martin, Thomas (11 December 2022). "Meurtre dans le métro à Paris : le crime de la Porte-Dorée jamais élucidé". actu.fr (in French). from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
4. Arama, Valentine (1 January 2020) [2 July 2019]. "L'affaire Lætitia Toureaux, le « crime parfait » du métro". Le Point (in French). from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
5. "Le Manoir de Paris" (PDF). vera-verba.com. p. 12. (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
6. "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
7. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
8. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020". data.ratp.fr (in French). from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
9. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021". data.ratp.fr (in French). from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
10. "Les 10 ans du T3". RATP. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
11. "T3b extension to Porte Dauphine". RATP. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

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

See also

• 1937 Laetitia Toureaux murder