Esplanade de La Défense (Paris Métro)

Esplanade de La Défense
Paris Métro station
Location	21, voie des Bâtisseurs Voie des Sculpteurs Parvis de l'Esplanade Courbevoie/Puteaux Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°53′18″N 2°15′0″E / 48.88833°N 2.25000°ECoordinates: 48°53′18″N 2°15′0″E / 48.88833°N 2.25000°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2–3
History
Opened	1 April 1992
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station La Défense Terminus Pont de Neuilly toward Château de Vincennes
Location
Esplanade de La Défense Location within Paris

Esplanade de La Défense is a station on Paris Métro Line 1 on the outskirts of La Défense on the border of Courbevoie and Puteaux.

It has an island platform because of limitations on space due it being enclosed in a site originally earmarked for one of the underpasses of the A14 autoroute (which runs through La Défense underground).

History

The station was opened on 1 April 1992 as part of the western extension of the line from Pont de Neuilly to La Défense.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
M	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances
B2 Platforms	Westbound	← toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Terminus)
	Island platform with PSDs, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward Château de Vincennes (Pont de Neuilly)→

Tourism

Statues have been erected in the station's entrance and corridors. The end of the platform toward Paris is in the open air and it is possible to see the coach station at Pont de Neuilly.

Gallery

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  Eastern entrance

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  Western entrance

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  Ticket hall

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  Eastbound platform (looking east)

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  Eastbound platform (looking west)

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  Westbound view prior to installation of platform-edge doors

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