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General Information

Completion: 13 December 1931
Status: in use

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Coordinates: 48° 52' 10.92" N    2° 17' 6" E
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Victor Hugo is a station on Paris Métro Line 2. It is named after the author Victor Hugo, and located directly underneath Place Victor Hugo in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

When first opened in 1900 as part of line 2 Nord, the platforms were built on the tight bend between Avenue Victor Hugo and Avenue Bugeaud. However, when new rolling stocks were introduced in 1931, the curve of the track was too tight for people to board and alight safely on these new trains. So, the station was rebuilt closer to Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (at the time named Étoile) on the straight stretch of track immediately after the curve.

The original station is clearly visible from the end of the platforms, and remains accessible to staff. It still features some of the original flat tiles that were first in use on the network, and have now almost entirely disappeared.

In July 2018, after the France national football team won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the station was temporarily renamed Victor Hugo Lloris after captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Victor Hugo (Paris Métro)" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20051391
  • Published on:
    07/01/2010
  • Last updated on:
    25/01/2022
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