Paris Métro Line 13

Line 13
Line 13
	Entrance to Saint-François-Xavier in the 7th arrondissement
Overview
Locale	Asnières-sur-Seine, Gennevilliers, Clichy, Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Paris, Malakoff, Vanves, Châtillon, Montrouge
Termini	Saint-Denis – Université or Les Courtilles; Châtillon – Montrouge
Connecting lines	; ; ;
Stations	32
Service
System	Paris Métro
Operator(s)	RATP
Rolling stock	MF 77 (65 trains as of 30 July 2023)
Ridership	131.4 million (avg. per year); 5th/16 (2017)
History
Opened	26 February 1911
Technical
Line length	24.3 km (15.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Conduction system	Conductor (OURAGAN)
Average inter-station distance	776 m (2,546 ft)
Route map
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Port de Gennevilliers
	Invalides sidings
	(formerly Shops)

Paris Métro Line 13 (opened as Line B; French: Ligne 13 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It was built by the Nord-Sud Company before becoming Line 13 when the Nord-Sud was merged into the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1930. Line 13 was extended in 1976 to reach the northern end of Line 14, which was then absorbed into it. The number 14 was eventually reused for a new line in 1998.

Line 13 was once planned to be replaced by a north–south RER line, but this was cancelled after the reorganisation of the Île-de-France region in 1965. Today, Line 13 connects the western part of Paris to the suburbs of Asnières-sur-Seine, Gennevilliers, Clichy, Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine in the north and to Malakoff, Vanves, Châtillon and Montrouge in the south. Serving 32 stations, it is the network's fifth busiest line, with 131.4 million passengers in 2017.

The line will be automated in the early 2030s, becoming the third Paris Metro line to be converted to driverless operation.

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