Avenue Foch: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A station in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, opened in 1854 under the name "Avenue du bois de Boulogne" on the Auteuil line, by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest. The avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne was renamed avenue Foch in 1929, and the station changed its name on that occasion. Rebuilt for the 1900 Universal Exhibition in a monumental style by the architect Juste Lisch, its passenger building was fully restored in 1988, the year it joined RER line C.
Anecdote
The station welcomed foreign sovereigns and heads of state, including Edward VII, Victor Emmanuel III, Alfonso XIII, Charles I of Portugal, Khải Định, Fuad I and George VI. The "sovereigns' track" was kept after 1934 for official visits; the last was that of Marshal Tito, in May 1956. In 1867 the station was integrated into the Petite Ceinture line, and in 1900 the line went to four tracks. In July 1934 Petite Ceinture services stopped. The main entrance is on the north side, place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, and Porte Dauphine metro station is 170 metres away.
Around Avenue Foch
- Avenue Foch, 160 m away — At 120 metres wide, it is the widest avenue in Paris, opened under the Second Empire.
- Arc de Triomphe, 650 m away — Napoleonic monument at the top of the avenue, at the centre of Place de l'Étoile.
- Bois de Boulogne, 350 m away — A vast wood at the gates of Paris, at the end of the avenue.