Станция метро "Порт де Шози": история и современность

Metro station in Paris, France

Porte de Choisy (pɔʁt də ʃwazi) is a station on line 7 of the Paris Métro, a stop on tramway T3a as well as the northern terminus of tramway T9 in the 13th arrondissement. It is named after the Porte de Choisy, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Choisy le Roi.

The station opened on 7 March 1930 as part of line 10's extension from Place d'Italie, then serving as its eastern terminus (from Invalides). On 26 April 1931, it was transferred to line 7 and ceased to be a terminus when it was extended to Porte d' Ivry to the south. The service, then provided by all trains on the line, is now only provided by one out of every two trains when a second branch to Le Kremlin–Bicêtre (now further extended to Villejuif–Louis Aragon) opened on 10 December 1982. As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 22 September 2005. In 2019, the station was used by 2,598,026 passengers, making it the 200th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In anticipation of the increased traffic expected at the station after tramway T9 opens, a new access towards it was constructed in two phases, with it consisting of two new staircases, including an escalator. In the first phase, tramway T3a was temporarily closed between Porte d'Ivry and Porte d'Italie from 22 July to 23 August 2019 to facilitate the construction under its tracks, with RATP bus line 27 extended to service the closed stops. In the second phase, the line 7 station was closed from 6 January to 29 June 2020 (with trains passing without stopping) to enable a new corridor towards the new access to be built. Station equipment was also modernised. In 2020, the station was used by 647,656 passengers amidst the COVID 19 pandemic, making it the 282nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 1,592,144 passengers, making it the 221st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.

The station has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.

The station has been served by tramway T3a since 16 December 2006 and by tramway T9 since 10 April 2021, serving as its northern terminus. It is one of four métro stations on the network that are located at one of the former gates of Paris and are served by two tram lines; the other three are Balard (line 8), Porte de Versailles (line 12), and Porte de Vincennes (line 1). Basilique de Saint Denis (line 13) is the only station served by two tram lines not located at one of the gates of Paris.

The station is also served by line N31 of the Noctilien bus network at night.