Charles de Gaulle – Étoile

Not to be confused with Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Paris Métro rapid transit station RER commuter rail station
Line 2 platforms
Station statistics
Address	Place de l'Étoile Paris, Île-de-France, France
Lines
Platforms	8 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks	8 (2 per line)
Other information
Opened	19 July 1900
Code	1812
Owned by	RATP
Fare zone	1
Navigo	Accepted
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 Preceding station   RER   Following station 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 VIIIe and XVIIe 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.

Gallery

Métro

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  Line 1 platforms

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  Line 1: MP 89 rolling stock

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  Line 2 platforms

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  Line 6 platforms. Note the spanish solution platform layout

• MF 67 rolling stock on line 2

• MP 73 rolling stock on line 6

RER

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  RER A platforms in 2005

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  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.