The station opened on 13 February 1912.
It is situated in the 19th arrondissement.
Buttes Chaumont is an underground station served by the metro line 7bis.
The platforms are quiete deep, only accessible by foot. These stairs lead from the level above the platforms to the outside. They have three landings.
Metal handrails have been fixed on both side walls.
Advertising in metal frames has been placed between the handrails and the green border tiles.
The wall above and the vaulted ceiling is painted white.
On top of the stairs from the platform are four pale blue metal seats, arranged in two groups on round metal t-bars fixed to the ground. They are in front of the plans of the line in both directions.
Between the panels is a map of the network.
The walls are tiled to about shoulder-height. The top row of border tiles is green with a flower pattern.
The station has two side platforms. The vaulted ceiling is supported by a thick wall between them.
The edge of the platform is marked by a thick white line and a grey line of plastic tiles with raised circles.
The platform lights run above the edge. They metal with a narrow bottom strip and a wider top. The lights are reflecting on the top.
Looking from one platform through one of the arches of the supporting wall, and towards the exit from the other platform.
The arch, as well as the supporting wall, other walls and ceiling are tiled.
Square yellow plastic chairs have been mounted on a yellow metal bar, which has been fixed to the wall.
A metro direction Pré Saint-Germain is stationed at the platform.
The signage is of mixed case white letters on a dark blue plasticised sign without a frame.
The sign has been attached to a wall tiled in white ceramic tiles with raised centres.
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 this station was renamed to Lutte Chaumont.
Trocadéro opened on 2 October 1900 when the line 6 started its service.
It is an underground station situated in the 16th arrondissement.
Today it is served by the metro lines 6 and 9.
The station entrance is surrounded by a strong, solid stone balustrade.
An escalator leads to the surface, as well as stairs.
At the back of the entrance is one of the rare Val d'Osne lampposts. It is green with a white globe shaped light, topped with a crown.
The walls in the corridor are tiled with white tiles with a raised centre. The top border row is dark green with 3D flower-shaped patterns. The wall above is painted.
The escalator leads from one level of the corridor to the next. It is signposted direction Eiffel Tower.
The top and bottom stairs are marked in white to highlight them.
Platform Line 6
Line 6 started operation on 2 October 1900.
The walls are covered in small white rectangular tiles with a raised centre. The vaulted ceiling is painted white.
The lights are metal uplighting and reflecting on the metal top.
Advertising in large curved boards surrounded by a white ceramic frame.
The edge of the platform is marked in white. A row of about 20 cm wide nobbed tiles has been added to warn sight-impaired travellers of the edge.
Green metal seats in the shape of a half-bowl with a slit have been fixed to a green metal bar.
Platform Line 9
Line 9 started operation on 8 November 1922. This station opened as the terminal of the first section between Trocadéro and Excelmans.
The platform has been designed by Andreu-Motte. The overhead lights are in green metal boxes running along the edge of the platform.
The seats and ceramic tiles are matching.
The walls and ceiling have been tiled in white, rectangular flat tiles.
Green plastic seats have been fixed on a base of green ceramic tiles.
Display board from the year 2015. It shows the line, the actual time and the waiting time of the next two trains to Montreuil.
The figures are made up of a series of dots.
Access to the platform is in matching green ceramic tiles.
The signage is in white mixed case letters on a dark blue plasticised sign without frame.
In 2024, the display board has been given a new look. It looks more stylish and no longer shows the names of the operating companies. The figures are solid and easy to read.
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 Trocanoë.
The underground station Charles Michels opened on 13 July 1913. When it opened it was one of the terminals of the M8 and carrired the name Beaugrenelle. In 1937 it was reassigned to be part of the M10. In 1946 the station changed its name to comemmorate Charles Michels (1903 - 1941), a trade unionist and communist militant.
The station is situated in the 15th arrondissement, on the left bank of the river Seine. It is served by the metro line 10 and has no connections with other lines.
The entrance to the station is surrounded by a plain green metal fence made of vertical bars of different lengths and topped with a level bar.
Attached to the enclosure is the rectangular station sign. It consists of a lit frame with changing advertising and the station name and the lines that deserve it above.
Metal handrails have been fixed to the sides.
At the end of the entrance - at ground level - are five round lights in green metal fittings.
The green lamppost has a green frame containig a red Metro sign with white lettering which light up at darkness.
On top of the lamppost is a white globe light.
The walls of the entrance are tiled in small white rectangular ceramic tiles with raised centres. The border tiles are dark brown with two embossed diamonds with cross per tile.
The corridor leading to the platforms has a relatively low flat ceiling which is painted white.
The walls are tiled in small white ceramic tiles of the Metro style. There are only border tiles near the ground. They are plain dark brown.
On the wall is a map of the network in a white ceramic frame.
The floor is painted with grey non-slip paint.
The corridor leading to the exit is lined with large advertising boards which cover nearly the complete height of the walls. The frames of the advertising boards are made of mustard coloured ceramic tiles which are decorated with leaves.
Two row of LED light tubes have been attached on the sides of the flat, painted ceiling.
At the end of the corridor are stands for three moving exit barriers.
The entrance to the tunnel shows the signalisation. The arch of the tunnel is shallow.
The ceiling is made up of several small, tiled arches. They are supported by several silver coloured beams.
Along the edge of the platforms are two white wide lines to mark the edge.
The seats in this station are bright yellow metal half-spheres with a slit, making them look like smilies. They have been placed in a row on a stainless steel bar, which has been fixed to the ground.
Behind them is a large advertising board in a metal frame.
The signage is a blue plasticised sign without a frame. The station name is printed in mixed white letters.
The metal advertising boards are fixed to the wall in an angle and reach into the ceiling arches.
Alésia is an underground station which opened on 30 October 1909 when the line was extended south from Raspail and Porte d'Orléans. It takes its name from the battle of Alésia in the Gallic wars where Vercingetorix surrendered to Julius Cesar.
It is situated in the 14th arrondissement.
The station is served by the metro line 4. It is in process to be renovated for the refurbishment of the line and the installation of platform barriers scheduled for 2020.
The original lamppost of the entrance has been replaced with a silver pole of the 1970's period. A yellow light shaped as a large letter M is surrounded by two steel circles.
The station sign is a green frame with glass. In it has been placed a map of the metro network. Above the map is a blue bar with the station name and to the side of it the line number of the metro.
Entrance to the station. Metal handrails have been fixed to the side walls. The walls are tiled with small white ceramic tiles and green border tiles.
The station sign, which is intergrated into the short section of theenclosure shows changing advertisements at this side.
The enclosure is made of two panels of green metal bars on a low stone base. The right side is the fence of the adjacent church.
At the back - at ground level - are three round lighs in green light fittings.
Stairs down a corridor towards the platform. Metal handrails have been attached to the walls.
The walls are tiled until about shoulder height. The ceiling above the green border tile is painted white.
A continuous row of lights has been placed in the apex of the ceiling.
The platform signage is a blue plasticised sign without frame and white lettering. Unlike the walls in the corridor, the tiles on the wall here are white and flat.
The lighting has been replaced with temporary light.
The lower parts of the tiled walls and advertising boards have been already removed.
The floor has been painted grey.
Along the platform is a ventilation and evacuation shaft. The grill of it is decorated with a figure of a Gallic warrior in cape and horned helmet in reference to Vercingetorix and the Gallic wars.
Leonardo diCaprio looks out of a half-demolished advertising board, in a yellow ceramic frame.
In 2016 the walls and ceiling have been completely stripped to let the walls dry out for several weeks before they are renovated.
The fence between the tracks is typical for the line.