The station opened on 13 August 1900 under the name Alma in commemoration of the battle of Alma. On 27 May 1920 the station was renamed to George V in honour of the British King, who supported France during World War I. It is an underground station.
The station is situated in the 8th arrondissement. It is served by the metro line 1.
The seats on the platform are green metal half-bowl shaped. They are placed in front of a wooden panel with the station sign integrated at the top. The sign is lit from behind, the letters are white on a blue background.
The walls are covered with tiles with a raised centre.
The advertising posters are in white ceramic frames.
The supporting pillars at the end of the platform are covered in small square iridescent mosaic tiles. The ceiling is painted.
Platform doors have been installed. The area on the ground where the doors open has been marked with a white line. At the side of the doors are warnings not to enter when the horn sounds.
The curved ceiling is tiled.
The lights are in the Bruno-Gaudin style - the tubes are fixed on the lower metal part and uplight against the top.
Entrance to the platform. The metal swing doors open when a valid ticket is inserted. In case of emergency they are remotely opened to allow passengers to exit.
Platform exit. The two metal doors open at the side when pushed. The gate in the centre can be opened for people in wheelchairs or children in buggies.
The station opened on 12 October 1942 when the line was extended to Église de Pantin.
It is an underground station situated in the 19th arrondissement.
It is served by the metro line 5. The station takes its name from the river Ourcq, which is connected to the Seine by the Ourcq canal.
Entrance to the metro station.
It is surrounded by a green metal fence on three sides.
To the left is a Dervaux post.
At the back are three round lamps at ground level.
The corridor from the entrances is tiled in white metro-style tiles with bright coloured plastic rectangles to add some colour. The tiles are topped with green border tiles with a flower pattern.
The station has two side platforms.
The plastic seats on the platform are red. They are fixed to grey metal arches on the ground.
The ground of the platform is painted grey.
The edge of the platform is marked with a white line and a row of knobbed tiles to warn sight-impaired travellers of the edge.
Access to the platform is from the end.
The vaulted ceiling is tiled.
The lights, which are in the Ouï-dire style, are fixed to the ceiling which brackets that look like scythes.
The light casings are red, while the brackets are silver.
The advertising is placed in red ceramic frames. They match in colour the seats and the lights. The station is lit by LED lights which emit different colours. These purple and green lights are reflected from the shiny ceiling.
A sculpture made from lime-tree wood by Thierry Grave is displayed in a showcase on the platform. The sculpture represents the joint of a fabulous animal.
The signage consists of white upper and lower case letters on a blue plasticised background.
The walls are tiled with white flat horizontal tiles.
The station opened on 19 July 1900 under the name Rond-point des Champs-Élysées. It became Marbeuf - Rond-point des Champs-Élysées on 6 October 1942 before changing to its present name on 30 October 1946. It is named after the American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945).
The station is situated in the 8th arrondissement. It is served by the metro lines 1 and 9.
Platform line 1
Line 1 started operation on 19 July 1900.
The name of the station is printed in different alphabets on the walls which are covered in large light brown tiles.
The dark grey metal seats are mounted to a bar fixed to the ground.
The floor is tiled with large black tiles with specks of silver.
Narrow strips of lights are attached at the walls.
The tiles on the vaulted ceiling have been painted chocolate brown.
Groups of three metal lampshades with hole patterns have been suspended from the ceiling. They are brown on the outside and light in the inside.
Platform doors have been installed. The ground where the doors open has been painted white.
Platform line 9
Line 9 started operation on 27 May 1923.
Individual brass capital letters have been stuck to the wall to give the station name.
Some parts of the wall are covered with silver squares of differents thickness.
Seating is provided by yellow plastic seats fixed to the wall.
The walls are covered in metal frames holding advertising.
The vaulted ceiling is tiled.
The station opened on 19 July 1900 with the opening of the line 1.
It is situated on the border of the 11th and 12th arrondissements. It is served by the metro lines 1, 2, 6 and 9.
Nation has several entrances. This entrance is in the Art Nouveaux style.
The company sign is spanning the entrance. The word Metropolitain is written in green letters on a yellow background. Two tall green flower posts with red lights are at the side.
Looking from the other side, the station sign shows a metro network map. A long green flower lamp lights the writing at darkness.
The station name and metro lines as well as the RER A are written in Art Nouveau typeface. It is fixed to the green balustrade which was designed by Hector Guimard.
This 1960 style totem marks another entrance.
A large yellow letter M is enclosed in a double circle and fixed to the top of a pole.
The letter is lit at night-time.
This is an exit only. It is surrounded by a light-coloured wall with a pattern of semi circles.
It has an escalator and a set of stairs.
Metal handrails have been fixed to the wall.
Four handrails have been installed at the entrance, one on each of the walls and two a quarter of the distance from the wall.
Passengers are advised that this entrance is for the RER A and the line 9 only, passengers for the other lines should use the entrance a little further to the left, towards rue Bel Air.
There are two station signs at the end of the surrounding wall. The left one has some advertising, the right one shows the logo of the metro. Next to them is the sign for the emergency assembly point.
The border tiles are silver with a pattern of flowers in 3D
After the entrance hall passengers pass through one of the silver barriers. They can request to have the large metal gate opened if they have items that don't fit through the barriers.
The Ticket Hall has two ticket machines. Here you can recharge your transport pass or buy tickets. The ticket office is a few steps away, but if you want to pay cash you have to use the machines.
Corridor to the the RER A and the line 1 towards Chateau de Vincennes.
Corridors of the line 9. Each tunnel has a list of the stations on the wall. The walls are tiled until the point where the ceiling becomes vaulted and topped wih a row of silver border tiles. The ceiling is painted white.
Platform Line 1
Line 1 started operation on 19 July 1900.
Platform doors have been installed. A white line has been painted where the doors open.
The floor is painted grey.
Lights are fixed to the ceiling in scythe shaped silver brackets.
Yellow, green and purple lights reflect on the tiled, vaulted ceiling.
The signage is written in white mixed case letters on a blue plasticised background without frame.
Below it are two white frames with map. The left one shows a map of the exits and the surrounding streets. The right one shows a map of the metro network.
The small white ceramic tiles are flat.
Advertising has been placed in large advertising boards with a white ceramic frame.
In front of it is a small lean-to bench.
Platform Line 2
Line 2 started operation on 2 April 1903. Nation is one of its terminals.
The ceiling is made up of deep silver steel beams.
The lights are a row above the platform edge and covered with Venetian blinds.
The platform on the other side of the tracks is separated by a tall metal fence. The walls behind it are tiled in golden yellow tiles, which are placed vertical.
The signage has been fixed to two poles. The station name has been written in white mixed case letters on a blue background.
Below it is a map of the bus, metro and tram network.
Platform Line 6
Line 6 started operation on 1 March 1909. Nation is one of the terminals.
The connection to the other lines is in the centre of the platform.
Seeing one of the metros in the tunnel.
The wall behind the track is partially tiled in beige ceramic tiles. A row of empty advertising boards is placed in brown ceramic tiles.
The ceiling is painted white.
Plan of the station of the line and their connections. The other terminal of the line is under the arc de Triomphe.
Metro waiting for passengers.
The platforms are centre platforms.
Platform Line 9
Line 9 started operation on 10 December 1933.
Entrance to the platform is from a tunnel in a right angle at the end of the platform.
The vaulted ceiling is tiled.
Plexi-glass display of the nation.
The insignia of Guadaloupe and Martinique have been fixed on the wall of the platform direction Mairie de Montreuil.
The station name has been written in white mixed case letters on a blue plastic background. Underneath it, it also has the name Place des Antilles.
It is tradition for the RATP to take part in in the tradition of April Fools jokes.
In 2024 it renamed a number of stations to celebrate the olympic and para-olympic games which take place later that year, as well as to highlight the week of olympic and para-olympic games (2 - 6 April 2024).
For a day, the platform of line 9 was renamed to Natation.
The station opened on 27 May 1923.
It is situated in the 16th arrondissement. The station is named after the German town Jena, where the French army under Napoleon I fought the Prussian army in 1806. The station is served by the metro line 9.
One of the three entrances to the station. The green fence has some small swirls between the bars. The panel at the end has no swirls.
The station sign is modern with advertising on one side.
Just above the entrance at ground level are 5 round lamps.
The station has two side platforms.
The walls and the vaulted ceiling are tiled. The lights over the platform are uplighting, reflecting on the top.
Red plastic seats have been fixed to the wall with a bar.
The advertising posters are placed in honey-coloured ceramic tiles with a wheat pattern. The top corners are decorated with ceramic flowers, as is the centre of the top frame.
Access to the platform is from the end.
The Goethe Institut is not far from the station. In 2014 the institute displayed a lightshow on the ceiling of the station featuring images and names of famous German poets. Here is the signature of Goethe.