Châtelet station

Châtelet is a medieval French term for barbican, a small castle that commands (overlooks) a bridge or defile.

From May 1963 to December 1964, like the majority of the stations of line 1, its platforms were lengthened to 90 meters to accommodate trainsets of six cars to cope with significant chronic overloads.

On 21 October 1964, the station was the first to be equipped with moving walkways, 132 meters long, in the corridor connecting its northern and southern parts.

The station was partially modernized with the installation of small fine flat ceramic tiles, yellow-orange and white, in the connecting corridors of its northern part.

In 1985, the corridor connecting the northern and southern parts of the station also receives two identical mosaics by the same artist: Obliques enrubannées (work produced with André Ropion).

From 16 April 2013 to 25 February 2016, the corridors ensuring the connection between lines 4 and 14, which have become too cramped and congested, were widened and doubled, each with an ascending escalator.

[3] From 2014 until 15 February 2016, all the connecting corridors, except those giving access to line 14, were modernized as part of the RATP Renouveau du métro program.

As part of the automation of Line 4, its stopping point has been modernized since the second half of 2016, losing its red Motte style.

The reversing headshunt is extended to the right of the central track, under the cellar of the Terminus Châtelet restaurant, in order to be able to accommodate trainsets of five cars.

The platforms of line 1 are decorated with white and flat ceramic tiles that cover the vault and the tunnel exits.

The advertising frames are metallic and the walls are equipped with wooden panels crowned with the name of the station, back-lit and written in Parisine font.

In 1642, Louis XIII ceded land to the Marquis de Gesvres and demanded that he establish, under the platform which today bears his name, a gallery made up of arcades overlooking the Seine.

[8] At the request of the Commission du Vieux Paris, the structure was preserved and integrated into the station, which explains this unusual configuration.

Station layout
Grand Châtelet demolished in 1802