Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Paris Métro)

Charles de Gaulle – Étoile
Paris Métro and RER station
Line 2 platforms
Location	Place de l'Étoile, 8th arrondissement/16th arrondissement/17th arrondissement, Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′25″N 2°17′40″E / 48.87361°N 2.29444°E / 48.87361; 2.29444
Owned by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	8 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks	8 (2 per line)
Other information
Station code	1812
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	19 July 1900
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Argentine toward La Défense George V toward Château de Vincennes Victor Hugo toward Porte Dauphine Ternes toward Nation Terminus Kléber toward Nation RER La Défense toward Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy Auber toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy

Charles de Gaulle – Étoile is a station on Paris Métro Line 1 and of the RER urban rail network. It lies on the boundary of the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements of Paris. Originally called simply Étoile, after its location at Place de l'Étoile, it took on the additional name of President Charles de Gaulle from 1970.

The platforms are built beneath Place de l'Étoile, which is situated at the end of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe is in the centre of the Place. Lines 1 and 2 have two side platforms each, while the terminus on Line 6 is a single track with two platforms situated in a loop; passengers alight on the left platform and board on the right. Trains depart immediately from this station and make a longer stop at Kléber.

Although Line 1 had opened on 19 July 1900, Étoile station only opened on 1 September that year, being followed quickly by the Line 6 station (on 2 October) and the line 2 station (on 13 December; this station was initially the terminus of a shuttle from Porte Dauphine before the line was extended to Anvers on 7 October 1902). The RER line A station, 30 m deeper, opened on 21 February 1970, initially as the terminus of a shuttle from La Défense. After the death of Charles de Gaulle on 13 November 1970, Place de l'Étoile was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle and the station was renamed as Charles de Gaulle – Étoile. The RER was extended to Auber on 23 November 1971.