Havre-Caumartin: station history
Served by: metro lines 3 and 9.
Did you know?
Opened as Caumartin with the first section of line 3, the station has borne its present name since 1926. Caumartin honours Antoine-Louis Lefebvre de Caumartin (1725-1803), provost of the merchants of Paris in the 18th century; Havre recalls rue du Havre, which opens onto place du Havre in front of Saint-Lazare station, in reference to one of the station's main rail destinations. The entrances on rue du Havre and boulevard Haussmann are opposite the Printemps department store.
Anecdote
It is part of the longest underground pedestrian link on the metro, from Saint-Augustin to Opéra, and is connected to Haussmann - Saint-Lazare station on RER E. In the 1960s the line 3 platforms were given green metal cladding, to renovate the station on the cheap.
Around Havre-Caumartin
- Galeries Lafayette, 250 m away — An iconic department store topped by a listed Art Nouveau glass dome.
- Printemps Haussmann, 140 m away — Another historic department store, known for its panoramic rooftop terrace overlooking Paris.
- Église de la Trinité, 450 m away — Built from 1861 to 1867 by Théodore Ballu in a neo-Renaissance style, it has a 65-m bell tower and a Cavaillé-Coll organ of 1869. Olivier Messiaen was its titular organist from 1931 to 1992.