Botzaris station

Location
	Botzaris Location within Paris

Botzaris
Botzaris
	Station platform
General information
Location	19th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°52′46″N 2°23′17″E / 48.879552°N 2.38804°E
System	Paris Metro station
Owner	RATP
Operator	RATP
Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	23-09
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	18 January 1911
Passengers
	511,339 (2020)
Services
Location
Location
	Botzaris Location within Paris

Botzaris (French pronunciation: [bɔtsaʁis]) is a station on Line 7bis of the Paris Metro. Located in the 19th arrondissement, it was named after Markos Botsaris, a Souliot chieftain, general of the Greek revolutionary army and hero of the Greek War of Independence.

History

The station opened on 18 January 1911 as part of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais, 18 days after the commissioning of the first section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette due to difficulties during its construction.^{[citation needed]} As the station is built in a backfilled quarry, it was constructed with arches over each of the tracks to strengthen the station box.^{[citation needed]} On 3 December 1967, this branch was separated from line 7, becoming line 7bis.^{[citation needed]}

As part of the Un métro + beau programme by the RATP, the station was renovated and modernised on 25 April 2003.

On 12 February 2016, the Guimard entrance on rue Botzaris was listed as a historical monument.

In 2019, the station was used by 993,450 passengers, making it the 292th busiest of the Metro network out of 302 stations.

In 2020, the station was used by 511,339 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 290th busiest of the Metro network out of 305 stations.

Botzaris station is mentioned in the 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville film Le Samouraï.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single Guimard entrance at rue Botzaris leading to the right of the south-eastern end of Parc des Buttes-Chaumont,^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

G	Street Level
B1	Mezzanine
Line 7bis platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Inbound	← toward Louis Blanc (Buttes Chaumont)
	Outbound	toward Pré-Saint-Gervais (Place des Fêtes) → (No service eastbound: Danube)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Botzaris has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms. A central wall exists between the tracks to better suit the geological constraints of the terrain and to strengthen the station box.

Other connections

The station is also served by lines 48, 60, and 71 of the RATP bus network.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

Platform in the direction of Louis Blanc
View of the northbound half-station from the southbound half-station

References

↑ "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net (in French). Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
↑ Base Mérimée: Métropolitain, station Botzaris, French Ministry of Culture (in French).
↑ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
↑ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
↑ Canac, Sybil; Bruno Cabanis (2014). Paris métro. Histoire et design. Issy-les-Moulineaux. p. 29. ISBN 978-2-707-20879-8 – via Massin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.

[1] "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net (in French). Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[2] Base Mérimée: Métropolitain, station Botzaris, French Ministry of Culture (in French).

[3] "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[4] "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[5] Canac, Sybil; Bruno Cabanis (2014). Paris métro. Histoire et design. Issy-les-Moulineaux. p. 29. ISBN 978-2-707-20879-8 – via Massin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).