Louise Michel station
Louise Michel is a station on Paris Métro Line 3. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret, just outside Paris to the northwest.
Location
The station is located about 100 meters from the administrative limit of Paris, under Rue Anatole-France, at the intersection with Rue Louise-Michel. Oriented along a north-west/south-east axis, it is located between the Anatole France and Porte de Champerret stations.History
The station was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois–Bécon. It was originally called Vallier, after a local street.It was renamed on 1 May 1946 to "Louise Michel" in honour of the French anarchist and communarde, who is buried in the local cemetery.
The station is the fifth in a series of six in the network to have been given a name of a woman, after Barbès-Rochechouart, Madeleine, Chardon-Lagache and Boucicaut ; followed by the Pierre-et-Marie Curie station, and pending the future stations Barbara and Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac.
Like a third of the stations in the network, between 1974 and 1984, the platforms were modernized in the Andreu-Motte style, in this case red in color with flat white tiles. As part of the RATP's Renouveau du métro project, the corridors were renovated on 27 July 2002.
In 2018, 3,807,962 passengers entered this station, which places it at the 138th position of the metro stations for its usage.
Passenger services
Access
The station has two entrances:- entrance 1 - Rue Louise-Michel found at ground level at no. 30, on the corner with rue Anatole-France;
- entrance 2 - Rue Anatole-France, consisting of an escalator allowing an exit only to the even numbers side of the street.