Paris Métro Line 14 (1937–1976)

Not to be confused with the modern Paris Métro Line 14.

Paris Métro Line 14 (planned as Line C; French: Ligne 14 du métro de Paris) was a line of the Paris Métro that existed from 1937 to 1976.

Line 14
Overview
Termini	Invalides Porte de Vanves
Stations	9
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Paris Métro
Operator(s)	CMP, later RATP
History
Opened	21 January 1937
Closed	9 November 1976
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Conduction system	Conductor
Route map Shops Invalides Varenne Saint-François-Xavier Duroc Montparnasse Bienvenüe    Gaîté Pernety Plaisance Porte de Vanves Sidings This map shows the most recent layout before the line merged with Line 13.

History

Changes with the line's opening in 1937

Designed as Line C of the Nord-Sud Company—Line A being today's Line 12 and Line B being today's Line 13—before it went bankrupt in 1930, the project was taken over by the other company operating the Paris Métro: the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP), which would become the Régie autonome des transports parisiens (RATP) in 1949.

The CMP subsequently started building Line 14 in 1933. In 1976, the line was incorporated into Line 13 with the opening of the extension between Invalides and Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau under the Seine, as Nord-Sud's original plan included a merger of Line B and Line C. The number 14 was reused for a new line that entered service in 1998 between Madeleine and Bibliothèque François Mitterrand.

Chronology

• 21 January 1937: Line 14 was inaugurated between Bienvenüe and Porte de Vanves.
• 27 July 1937: The line was extended northbound from Bienvenüe to Duroc. The section between Invalides and Duroc which used to be served by Line 10 was transferred to Line 14.
• 9 November 1976: Line 14 was incorporated into Line 13, which became a complete north–south line.

Renamed station

• 6 October 1942: Bienvenüe was renamed as Montparnasse – Bienvenüe (today on Line 13).