Bolivar station (Paris Métro)

Bolivar (French pronunciation: [bɔlivaʁ]) is a station on 7bis of the Paris Métro in the 19th arrondissement.

During a violent bomb attack on 11 March 1918, the local population rushed to the shelter in panic and tried to enter it down the stairs of an exit that led to gates that only opened to the outside.

The first rows of the crowd were crushed or suffocated by those behind them, and were eventually trampled when the doors finally broke under pressure.

[1] As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station was renovated and modernised with the corridors being completed on 16 December 2008 and its platforms in 2009.

The platform in the direction of Louis Blanc had a small exhibit that paid homage to the life of Simón Bolívar through an illustrated biography on the walls but was removed during the renovation of the station.