Champ de Mars
Abandoned platforms
General information
Location	Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′07″N2°18′07″E / 48.851944°N 2.301944°E /48.851944; 2.301944
System	Paris Métro station
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line	Closed ()
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
History
Opened	13 July 1913 (1913-07-13)
Closed	2 September 1939 (1939-09-03)
Location Champ de Mars Location within Paris

Champ de Mars (French pronunciation:[ʃɑ̃d(ə)maʁs]) is aghost station online 8 of theParis Métro, between the stations ofLa Motte-Picquet–Grenelle andÉcole Militaire. It is situated in the7th arrondissement ofParis, to the southwest ofChamp de Mars, a public garden, of which it is named after.

The station opened as part of the initial section of the line 8 fromBeaugrenelle (nowCharles Michels online 10) andOpéra on 13 July 1913.

On 2 September 1939, the station was closed as part of the government's plan that reduced service on the métro network as a cost-saving measure in light of the onset ofWorld War II, with all but 85 stations closed. Most reopened after the war, and although it also was reopened, the station was eventually closed again due to its light traffic which made it unprofitable to operate, hence, becoming aghost station.

In the early 1960s, more than twenty years later, it was still found on the official maps of the network by theRATP, as were the other closed stations at the time:Croix-Rouge,Arsenal,Saint-Martin, andCluny.^[1] However, they were removed in subsequent maps since the 1970s,^[2] barringCluny: it reopened asCluny–La Sorbonne in 1988.

A siding and a track connection between lines 8 and10 (towards the direction ofBoulogne) exists south of the station.

The station originally had two accesses, on both sides of Place Joffre. The access on theChamp de Mars side still exists whereas the one on theÉcole militaire side has been converted into a ventilation shaft to lower the temperature in the tunnels below.^[3]

Today, a station ofline C of theRER is situated to the northwest ofChamp de Mars, a public garden, has taken its name and is calledChamp de Mars–Tour Eiffel, almost 1 kilometre away. It has a connection toline 6 at theBir-Hakeim.

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  Corridor inside the station
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  Disused access along Place Joffre

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