Avenue Henri Martin: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A station in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, opened in 1878 on the Petite Ceinture line for the 1878 Universal Exhibition. Its architecture follows the style of the buildings of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, and part of the original passenger building is now occupied by a restaurant. Located at kilometre point 4.533 of the Ermont - Eaubonne to Champ-de-Mars line, at 46 metres above sea level, it is served by branch C1 of RER C, after the line opened in 1988.
Anecdote
On the Auteuil line the station was called "gare du Trocadéro". It is one of the few stations on the line to survive the abandonment of the Petite Ceinture in 1934, and served the Pont-Cardinet–Auteuil section until 1985, the year the Auteuil line closed. It is equipped with lifts and escalators, with Transilien and mainline ticket offices. Buses 63, 52 and PC serve it, and line 9 can be reached at a distance via the Rue de la Pompe station.
Around Avenue Henri Martin
- Musée Marmottan Monet, 900 m away — A museum holding the largest collection of works by Claude Monet.
- Musée Clemenceau, 800 m away — The apartment on Rue Franklin where Georges Clemenceau lived, now a museum.
- Bois de Boulogne, 2100 m away — A vast wood at the gates of Paris.