Courcelles (Paris Métro)

Courcelles is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, under the Boulevard de Courcelles on the border of the 8th and 17th arrondissement of Paris.

The station was opened on 7 October 1902 as part of the extension of line 2 from Étoile to Anvers. The Boulevard was named after the Barrière de Courcelles, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in 1859. The gate was named after a small village in the area that was absorbed into Paris in 1860.

Station layout

G Street Level
M	Mezzanine for platform connection
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← toward Porte Dauphine (Ternes)
	Platform 2	→ toward Nation (Monceau) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Trivia

Fulgence Bienvenüe, father of the Métro, lived near this station.

References

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.