Porte d'Italie station

Porte d'Italie (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt ditali]) is a station on Line 7 of the Paris Métro, and a stop on tramway T3a in the 13th arrondissement.

It is named after the Porte d'Italie, a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to the south and Italy.

On 23 March 1973, a carriage of an MF 67 train caught fire, causing it to be completely destroyed and damaging part of the station.

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 12 January 2005.

The station has been served by tramway T3a since 16 December 2006 as part of its initial section between Pont du Garigliano and Porte d'Ivry.

A Sprague-Thomson at the station, circa 1960