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Gare de Lyon

Paris 12e

Named after the Gare de Lyon, the railway station for Lyon and the south-east.

The line 1 station opened on 19 July 1900, the day the first metro line opened. It was built 100 metres long, longer than the other stations of the line at the time.

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Sources

  1. Gare de Paris-Gare-de-Lyon Wikipédia
  2. Gare de Lyon (métro de Paris) Wikipédia
  3. Gare de Lyon (Paris Metro) Wikipedia (English)

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