Maisons-Alfort-Stade: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 8.
Why this name?
The name comes from the territory of Maisons-Alfort and the proximity of the former Stade de la Suze, inaugurated on 30 March 1935, which gave way, a year after the station was built, to the Métropolis complex at 99 avenue du Général-Leclerc. The station was not renamed because of the Auguste-Delaune municipal stadium, a few hundred metres to the south. It opened with the extension of line 8 from Charenton - Écoles, after 18 years without any extension of the network.
Anecdote
It is a « box station » built by cut-and-cover, with a Mouton-Duvernet decor (ochre tiles with inverted bevels, red Motte seats). In the Pointe du Lac direction, it is the last station on the line with two classic side platforms. The « Stade » entrance was never completed.
Around Maisons-Alfort-Stade
- École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort, 600 m away — The world's oldest veterinary school still in operation, founded in 1766.