Merger of Paris Métro lines 3bis and 7bis

Merger of Paris Métro
lines 3bis and 7bis

Legend
Château-Landon Paris Métro Line 7 RERRER E
Magenta RERRER E

Louis Blanc Paris Métro Line 7
Jaurès Paris Métro Line 2Paris Métro Line 5
Bolivar
Buttes Chaumont
Botzaris
Danube
Place des Fêtes Paris Métro Line 11
Pré Saint-Gervais
Haxo

1:
Voie des fêtes
(Holiday line)

| 2:

Voie Navette
(Shuttle Line)

sidings
Porte des Lilas – Cinema Paris Métro Line 11
Saint-Fargeau
Pelleport
Gambetta Paris Métro Line 3
Stations on the projected new line.

The merger of Paris Métro line 3bis and line 7bis is projected to create a new line of the Paris Métro, from the Château Landon station to the Gambetta station.[1]

History of the lines 3bis and 7bis

Detailed map of ways on line 7bis around the Pré Saint-Gervais station and the ghost station Haxo, and on lines 3bis and 11 around the Porte des Lilas station.

The projected new line

Part of Paris Métro map with lines 3bis and 7bis merged into a new line.

It would result from the merger of:

These two lines would be connected through an existing rail tunnel, la voie navette[2] (currently used only for very limited technical servicing), between the Porte des Lilas station and the Pré Saint-Gervais station, to which it would be connected from the Place des Fêtes station by a short rail tunnel, la voie des Fêtes[2] (currently used and blocked by maintenance facilities), possibly by finally opening to the public the ghost station Haxo (but only in one direction) whose surface accesses would first need to be built, and by reopening to the traffic of the secondary station Porte des Lilas – Cinéma.[3]

The line 7bis would be also extended one station to the west, to have its terminus in Château Landon (for easing its interconnection with RER E in the Magenta station, which would allow access to the Gare de l'Est and the Gare du Nord via existing pedestrian links). Therefore, the Louis Blanc station would no longer be the western terminus of the line; however, it would require the creation of a new tunnel and extensive works (and thus this extension could be finalized after the opening of the new line). For now, this last segment is used by the existing line 7 connection.

It was originally speculated that the new line would be given the designation of Line 15. However, since the revision of the Grand Paris Express plan, the merged line will likely be given the designation of Line 19.

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