Neuilly-Porte Maillot: station history
Served by: RER C and E.
Did you know?
A station on RER lines C and E, at porte Maillot, on the former Auteuil line, built on the initiative of the Pereire brothers, founders of the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain. Visitors to the 1855 Exposition universelle already arrived there, at the "Neuilly-Maillot" station. In 1855 the line came under the control of the Compagnie de l'Ouest, then in 1867 it was integrated into the Petite Ceinture. The station building, destroyed in 1871 during the Commune, was rebuilt the same year, then rebuilt again for the 1900 Exposition universelle by the architect Juste Lisch, who also designed the Saint-Lazare and Invalides stations.
Anecdote
The line closed on 6 January 1985 to be transformed, and the station reopened on 25 September 1988 as part of RER C; line E has served it since 6 May 2024. The underground part of line E, designed by Jean-Marie Duthilleul and built from 2018 to 2024, lies about 30 metres underground and is lit by a 120-metre light well. The name comes from the porte Maillot, first called porte Mahiaulx and then Mahiot. Rue du Débarcadère, in the 17th arrondissement, still bears the trace of the former layout of the platforms.
Around Neuilly-Porte Maillot
- Palais des Congrès de Paris, 50 m away — A large contemporary congress centre served by the station, at the heart of the Porte Maillot roundabout.
- Bois de Boulogne, 500 m away — The great Paris woodland of which the Porte Maillot was long one of the main entrances.