Ternes: station history
Served by: metro line 2.
Did you know?
The station lies under place des Ternes, at the end of the avenue of the same name, where avenue de Wagram meets boulevard de Courcelles. Both streets refer to the former hamlet of Les Ternes, which also gave its name to the district. The station, on the border of the 8th and 17th arrondissements, between the Faubourg-du-Roule and Ternes districts, sits between Charles de Gaulle - Étoile and Courcelles. It opened with the Étoile - Anvers section of line 2 North. Its platforms are curved, under an elliptical vault.
Anecdote
In the 1960s the platforms were given sea-green metal cladding with gilded advertising frames, repainted blue in the 1990s, before disappearing in 2007-2008 in favour of the original bevelled white tiles. Exit no. 2, on place des Ternes, is a Guimard pavilion listed as a historic monument.
Around Ternes
- Marché Poncelet, 180 m away — A lively, authentic street market, known for its food shops and village atmosphere.
- Arc de Triomphe, 450 m away — A monument raised by Napoleon to glorify his armies, at the top of the Champs-Élysées.
- Église Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes, 500 m away — A 19th-century neighbourhood church, modest but valued for its warm parish atmosphere.