Fort d'Aubervilliers: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 7.
Why this name?
A line 7 station in Aubervilliers, on the border with Pantin, under avenue Jean-Jaurès (RN 2), between La Courneuve - 8 Mai 1945 and Aubervilliers - Pantin - Quatre Chemins. Its name comes from the Fort d'Aubervilliers, a fortification built in 1843 on the border between Pantin and Bobigny to control the passage on the Flanders road. Opened with the extension of line 7 from Porte de la Villette, it was the terminus of the line before the extension one station to the north-east, and is now only a through station.
Anecdote
The station is a box station built by cut-and-cover, with vertical walls and a flat ceiling, typical of the suburban stations created from 1975 to 1985. Its north-east half is topped by a mezzanine, edged with fake cacti. Three of its entrances have a gently sloping ramp, a rare case on the network, also found at the terminus Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud, on line 10. The orange Andreu-Motte style is complete there. Line 15 will one day serve the station.
Around Fort d'Aubervilliers
- Fort d'Aubervilliers, 1500 m away — A former 19th-century fortification protecting Paris, now partly repurposed.
- Canal Saint-Denis, 1200 m away — A 19th-century industrial canal, now lined with walkways amid major urban renewal.