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15-488: Anatole France ( French pronunciation: [anatɔl fʁɑ̃s] ) is a station on Paris Métro Line 3 . It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret , northwest of the capital. The station is located under Rue Anatole-France in Levallois-Perret at the intersection with Rue Voltaire. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois–Bécon . The station

30-476: A canal from the river Ourcq, 100 km northeast of Paris, to supply the city with fresh water to support a growing population and help avoid diseases such as dysentery and cholera , while also supplying fountains (including the monumental Elephant of the Bastille ) and allowing the streets to be cleaned. Construction of the canal was ordered by Napoleon I in 1802 and construction took place until 1825, funded by

45-572: A length of 11.7 km (7 mi), Line 3 crosses Paris from west to east completely on the Rive Droite , serving the residential areas of the 17th arrondissement , the Gare Saint-Lazare , important stores and shopping centres, the area around the Place de l'Opéra , as well as the east of the city, around République station. In 2017, it carried 101.4 million riders, making it the tenth busiest line of

60-508: A new tax on wine. The canal was also used to supply Paris with grain, building materials and other goods, carried on canal boats. Two ports were created on the canal in Paris to unload the boats: Port de l'Arsenal and the Bassin de la Villette . By the 1960s, traffic had dwindled to a trickle and the canal narrowly escaped being filled in and paved over for a highway. The entrance to the canal from

75-477: Is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms, 105 meters long, separated by the metro tracks, and the vault is elliptical. The platforms are partially offset (like Saint-Germain-des-Prés ) due to the narrow width of the street under which they are located. The Commerce and Liège stations have platforms that are completely offset for the same reason. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in

90-402: Is also popular with students. The canal can be accessed from the following Paris Métro stations: Stalingrad , République , Goncourt , (Paris Métro) Jacques Bonsergent , Jaurès . Art The canal inspired painters such as Alfred Sisley (1839-1899). In the present day, many intricate works of graffiti are visible along the canal, and there is a large multimedia art space on its banks at

105-666: Is on the Rue Anatole France, which is named after the author Anatole France , winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. In 2018, 3,734,650 passengers entered this station, which placed it at 140th position of the metro stations for its usage. Since June 2017, the station has benefited from a renovation aimed at alleviating leakage problems and was completed by 31 December 2018. The station has two entrances and an escalator, located on Place du Général-Leclerc. Anatole France

120-478: Is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro . It connects Pont de Levallois–Bécon station in the near northwestern suburbs to Gallieni in the east. After opening as the network's third line in 1904, it was the subject of a number of extensions, with a major restructuring occurring in the eastern section in 1971, with an extension to Gallieni and the conversion of the original terminal branch to Line 3bis . With

135-676: The Gaudin style of the renouveau du métro of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are faience in a honey colour and the name of the station is also of faience. It is equipped with benches. The station is served by lines 174 and 274 of the RATP Bus Network and at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien network. Paris M%C3%A9tro Line 3 Paris Métro Line 3 ( French : Ligne 3 du métro de Paris )

150-460: The Port de l'Arsenal , the principal port for boats visiting and residing in Paris. Today, the canal is a popular destination for Parisians and tourists. Some take cruises on the canal in passenger boats. Others watch the barges and other boats navigate the series of locks and pass under the attractive cast-iron footbridges. There are many popular restaurants and bars along the open part of the canal, which

165-552: The Line 3 was to cross a number of Métro lines, particularly at Opéra, where a special pit was built to house the intersection of Lines 3, 7, and 8. This masonry pit was 20 m (66 ft) and constructed fully so as to avoid any problems when building subsequent lines. Since the work was situated at the water table, it required concrete pillars made by sinking caissons with compressed air. The work lasted eleven months, from March 1903 to February 1904. Another difficult point of construction

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180-540: The Métro network. The infrastructure works for Line 3 were auctioned off in six sections on 24 May 1902. The concession was granted to the CMP by the municipal government of Paris on 13 March 1903, but the declaration of public utility was only granted on 26 February 1907. The works were rendered difficult due to the necessary displacement of existing underground infrastructure such as water, gas, and electricity lines, but also because

195-476: The outside. Although no funded plans for an extension of Line 3 currently exist, Line 3bis may be merged with Line 7bis to form a new line, possibly named Line 20 , which Line 3 would then connect to. A western extension of Line 3 to Bécon-les-Bruyères has also been proposed. Line 3 passes near several places of interest : Canal Saint-Martin Gaspard de Chabrol , prefect of Paris, proposed building

210-530: The vast terminal basin (Bassin de la Villette) of the Canal de l'Ourcq is at a double lock near the Place de Stalingrad . Continuing towards the river Seine , the canal is bordered by the Quai de Valmy on the right bank and the Quai de Jemmapes on the left, passing through three more double staircase locks before disappearing under the three successive voûtes (tunnels) – du Temple, Richard-Lenoir and Bastille – to emerge in

225-550: Was the crossing of the Canal Saint-Martin . To build underneath it, the canal was dried and its vault suspended. In the area of the Place Gambetta, because of the instability of the subsoil, which consisted of waterlogged sand balls, made it necessary to drain the soil, a very delicate operation considering the number of buildings that could be destabilised. Then the side walls were built from masonry shafts that are dark from

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