Anvers Sacré-Cœur | |||||||||||
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_-_2022-07-01_-_6.jpg) Anvers platforms in 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 68,Boulevard de Rochechouart 9th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°52′59″N2°20′41″E / 48.883007°N 2.344849°E /48.883007; 2.344849 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 October 1902 (1902-10-07) | ||||||||||
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Anvers (French pronunciation:[ɑ̃vɛʁs]ⓘ) is astation onLine 2 of theParis Métro. It is located inMontmartre, on the border of the9th and the18th arrondissements.
The station is located underBoulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart, at Place d'Anvers. Oriented approximately along an east–west axis, it is located betweenPigalle andBarbès - Rochechouart metro stations. In the direction ofNation, it is the last underground station preceding the above ground section of the line.
The station was opened on 21 October 1902 as part of the extension of Line 2 fromÉtoile. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Bagnolet (now calledAlexandre Dumas) on 31 January 1903.[1]: 16 The station is named after the Place d'Anvers and the Belgian city ofAntwerp (Anvers in French) where French troops won a victory over the Dutch during the siege of the citadel of Antwerp in 1832.[1]: 55
The station is located under theBoulevard de Rochechouart, which was built on the route of theWall of the Farmers-General in order to enforce the collection of taxation between 1784 and 1791 but demolished in the 19th century. Anvers (Sacré-Cœur) is only station on Line 2 between the Charles de Gaulle—Étoile and theNation stations that is not built on the site of a gate (orbarrière in French) of the wall, which became important intersections and thus, logical places for stations. Instead, Anvers station was placed as close to the foot of theMontmartre funicular as possible. Nevertheless, the Barrière de Rochechouart was at the east, near the junction of the Boulevard de Rochechouart and the Rue de Rochechouart. Also near are the hill ofMontmartre and theBasilica of the Sacré-Cœur.
From the 1950s to the end of the 2000s, the side walls were covered with metal bodywork with blue horizontal uprights and illuminated golden advertising frames. Before the bodyworks removal as part of the RATP'sRenouveau du métro renovation, it was supplemented withshell yellow seats characteristic of theMotte style. The platform modernization work was completed in 2010.
On 1 April 2016, half of the nameplates on the station's platforms were replaced by the RATP to make an April Fool joke for a day, as in twelve other stations.[2] They use the name of the station (without its subtitle), but are humorously turned upside down in order to play on the homophony betweenAnvers andenvers (reverse).
In 2019, 5,643,147 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 67th position of the metro stations for its usage.[3]
The station has a single access entitledBoulevard de Rochechouart - Sacré-Coeur, leading to the central reservation of this boulevard, on Place d'Anvers opposite the similarly named square. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with aGuimard entrance, the elements of which were designed by Hector Guimard in 1900 was listed as historic monuments by the decree of 29 May 1978.[4]
| G Street Level | ||
| M | Mezzanine for platform connection | |
| P Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Platform1 | ←  towardPorte Dauphine(Pigalle) | |
| Platform2 | towardNation(Barbès – Rochechouart) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Anvers is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in theGaudin style of therenouveau du métro des années 2000, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are in white ceramic and the name of the station is written in theParisine font on enamelled plates. The seats are a greenAkiko style.
The station is served by lines 54 and the tourist line Tootbus Paris of theRATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N01 and N02 of theNoctilien network.[5]
TheMontmartre Funicular is accessible a few hundred meters away by taking the Rue de Steinkerque.
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