Guy Môquet is a station on line 13

Paris Metro Line 13

Line 13 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. The result of the fusion of the now-extinct Line B of the Nord-Sud Company and the old Line 14 of the CMP. Their creation was destined to be replaced by a north-south RER line before the reorganisation of the...

 of the Paris Métro

Paris Métro

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...

 on the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements.

The station opened on 26 February 1911 as part of the Nord-Sud Company

Nord-Sud Company

The Nord-Sud Company was an operator of underground trains in Paris established in 1904, which built two lines and had a concession to build a third...

's line B from Saint-Lazare

Saint-Lazare (Paris Metro)

Saint-Lazare is a station on lines 3, 12, 13 and 14 of the Paris Métro on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements. It is the second busiest station of the metro system and is the western terminus of line 14....

 to Porte de Saint-Ouen

Porte de Saint-Ouen (Paris Metro)

Porte de Saint-Ouen is a station on line 13 of the Paris Métro on the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements. Unusually it has an escalator directly linking the platform to the street at the exit to the Rue Leibniz....

. On 27 March 1931 line B became line 13 of the Métro. It was originally called Carrefour Marcadet (Marcadet

Rue Marcadet

The Rue Marcadet is a road that stretches the North side of the Butte Montmartre. There is some discussion on the origin of the name, but is seems to be derived from a hamlet on the way named La Mercade or la Marcadé. In the Middle Ages it was part of the chemin des Bœufs, which went all the way to...

 crossroad). In 1912 it was renamed Marcadet-Balagny after the mayor of Batignolles-Monceau (a former commune largely absorbed into the 17th arrondissement in 1860) from 1843 to 1848 and first mayor of the 17th arrondissement from 1860. It was renamed Guy Môquet in 1946, when the Rue Balagny was renamed in honour of a member of the French Resistance

French Resistance

The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...

 Guy Môquet

Guy Môquet

Guy Môquet was a young French Communist militant. During the German occupation of France during World War II, he was taken hostage by the Nazis and executed by firing squad in retaliation for attacks on Germans by the French Resistance...

, who was killed at the age of seventeen.

Layout

Side Platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

towards Châtillon - Montrouge Châtillon - Montrouge (Paris Métro) Châtillon - Montrouge is a surface station on line line 13 of the Paris Métro in the communes of Châtillon and Montrouge. The station opened on 9 November 1976 as part of the extension of line 13 from Porte de Vanves....

towards Saint-Denis - Université

Side Platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...