Campo Formio station

Campo Formio is a station on Line 5 of the Paris Métro, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, under the Boulevard de l'Hôpital.

History

The station opened on 6 June 1906. The name refers to neighbouring Rue de Campo-Formio, named for the Treaty of Campo Formio signed in 1797 between France and Austria. France obtained Belgium, part of the left bank of the Rhine, the Ionian Islands, as well as the recognition of the Cisalpine Republic. German bombing in World War I damaged the station in 1918.
During the summer of 2007, the station was the provisional terminus of Line 5 following the closure of the platforms at the Place d'Italie station and the construction of the Boucle d'Italie.
In 2018, 1,369,978 travellers entered the station which placed it at 285th position of Métro stations for its attendance.

Location

The station is located under the Boulevard de l'Hôpital on the corner of the Rue de Campo-Formio.

Passenger services

Platforms

Campo-Formio metro station has a standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the roof is elliptical. The decor is the style used for the majority of metro stations, the lighting strips are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the roof and the tympan. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is in Parisine font on enamelled plate. It is one of the few stations without seating arrangements.

Bus connections

The station is served by Lines 57 and 67 of the RATP Bus Network.