Charles de Gaulle – Étoile

Not to be confused with Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly known as Place de l'Étoile, or with Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Charles de Gaulle – Étoile
Paris Métro and RER station
File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 2 - Charles de Gaulle - Etoile 02.jpg Line 2 platforms
Location	Place de l'Étoile, 8th arrondissement/16th arrondissement/17th arrondissement, Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates
Owned by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	8 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks	8 (2 per line)
Other information
Station code	1812
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	19 July 1900
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Argentine toward La Défense George V toward Château de Vincennes Victor Hugo toward Porte Dauphine Ternes toward Nation Terminus Kléber toward Nation RER La Défense toward Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy Auber toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy

Charles de Gaulle – Étoile is a station on Paris Métro Line 1 and of the RER urban rail network. It lies on the boundary of the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements of Paris. Originally called simply Étoile, after its location at Place de l'Étoile, it took on the additional name of President Charles de Gaulle from 1970.

The platforms are built beneath Place de l'Étoile, which is situated at the end of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe is in the centre of the Place. Lines 1 and 2 have two side platforms each, while the terminus on Line 6 is a single track with two platforms situated in a loop; passengers alight on the left platform and board on the right. Trains depart immediately from this station and make a longer stop at Kléber.

History

Although Line 1 had opened on 19 July 1900, Étoile station only opened on 1 September that year, being followed quickly by the Line 6 station (on 2 October) and the line 2 station (on 13 December; this station was initially the terminus of a shuttle from Porte Dauphine before the line was extended to Anvers on 7 October 1902). The RER line A station, 30 m deeper, opened on 21 February 1970, initially as the terminus of a shuttle from La Défense. After the death of Charles de Gaulle on 13 November 1970, Place de l'Étoile was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle and the station was renamed as Charles de Gaulle – Étoile. The RER was extended to Auber on 23 November 1971.

Station layout

Street level		Accesses
B1		Mezzanine for platform connection, passageway to RER platforms
B2	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Argentine)
	Eastbound	toward Château de Vincennes (George V) →
	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Side platform, doors will open on both sides (boarding platform)
	Southbound	← toward Nation (Kléber)
	Side platform, doors will open on both sides (alighting platform)
B3	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Porte Dauphine (Victor Hugo)
	Northbound	toward Nation (Ternes) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

Métro

• Metro Paris - Ligne 1 - station Etoile 01.jpg

  Line 1 platforms

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  Line 1: MP 89 rolling stock

• Metro de Paris - Ligne 2 - Charles de Gaulle - Etoile 03.jpg

  Line 2 platforms

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  Line 6 platforms. Note the spanish solution platform layout

• MF 67 ligne 2 Etoile 01.ogg

  MF 67 rolling stock on line 2

• Play media

  MP 73 rolling stock on line 6

RER

• RER-A Etoile 2.jpg

  RER A platforms in 2005

• Charles de Gaulle - Étoile - MI 2N.jpg

  MI 2N at Charles de Gaulle – Étoile

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER

References

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