Porte de Champerret: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 3.
Why this name?
A line 3 station in the 17th arrondissement, under boulevard Berthier, between Louise Michel and Pereire. It opened as the western terminus of the line, replacing the temporary terminus at Pereire, before the extension to Pont de Levallois - Bécon. Its name comes from the Porte de Champerret, a former gate in the city wall, named after the village of Champerret, which recalled Jean-Jacques Perret, who owned an estate there. In 1867 that village was merged with Levallois, founded by Nicolas Eugène Levallois, to form Levallois-Perret.
Anecdote
The station has four tracks, arranged as two identical half-stations, one per direction, each with an island platform between two tracks, as at Château de Vincennes and Porte de la Villette. The outer tracks are used to stable trains and give access to the old terminal loop, and they allow trains to turn back during partial service. The four entrances, with Dervaux balustrades, open on place Stuart-Merrill, in front of the bus station, and on avenue de Villiers; the Motte seats are yellow.