Porte d'Auteuil: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 10.
Why this name?
A line 10 station in the 16th arrondissement, under place de la Porte-d'Auteuil, on the west side of the Auteuil district. Its name comes from a gap in the 1860 fortifications that controlled the road to Boulogne; in 1871, the Versailles troops entered Paris along rue d'Auteuil after seizing the Auteuil and Saint-Cloud gates. The station opened as the western terminus of line 8, from Opéra, before being transferred to line 10. It lies at the north-west of the Auteuil loop.
Anecdote
The station has three tracks framing two island platforms; trains mostly use the north track, while the centre and south tracks serve for long-term stabling and for services to Gare d'Austerlitz. It is linked to line 9 by the « voie Murat », which passes through the ghost station Porte Molitor. A Guimard edicule listed as a historic monument marks the rue d'Auteuil entrance, and the burgundy Akiko seats occupy only the north platform.
Around Porte d'Auteuil
- Stade Roland-Garros, 800 m away — The world's temple of clay-court tennis, host to one of the four Grand Slam tournaments each year.
- Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, 500 m away — A 19th-century botanical garden housing superb tropical greenhouses of iron and glass.
- Bois de Boulogne, 1300 m away — A vast 850-hectare wood west of Paris, laid out in the 19th century in the style of London's parks.