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Line 1: {{Short description|Paris Métro station}} {{Infobox station | name = George V | | image = Station Métro Ligne 1 George V - Paris VIII (FR75) - 2021-08-31 - 2.jpg
| alt = | caption = Station platforms | other_name = | address = 101, av. des Champs-Élysées<br />118, av. des Champs-Élysées<br />[[8th arrondissement of Paris]] | borough = [[Île-de-France]] | country = France |
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▲{{s-line|system=PM|line=1|previous=Charles de Gaulle - Étoile|next=Franklin D. Roosevelt}} | map_type = France Paris }} {{about|the Paris Métro station|the Docklands Light Railway station|King George V DLR station}} '''George V''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɔʁʒ sɛ̃k|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Anonymât (Kvardek du)-George V.wav}}) is a [[Metro station|station]] on [[Paris Métro Line 1| ==History== The station was opened on 13 August 1900, almost a month after trains began running on the original section of On 27 May 1920 the street and station were renamed after [[George V|George V of the United Kingdom]] in appreciation of the [[United Kingdom]]'s support for France during [[World War I]]. The station entrance is located between Rue de Bassano and Avenue George V on the Champs-Élysées.▼
▲On 27 May 1920 the street and station were renamed after [[George V]] in appreciation of the [[United Kingdom]]'s support for France during [[World War I]]. Like most of the stations on the line, between May 1963 and December 1964, the platforms were extended to 90 metres to accommodate trains of six cars with pneumatic bearings, intended to cope with severe chronic overloads. This extension is carried out by means of a crypt, as in five other stations, at the western end of the platforms in case. At the time, walls were clad in metal panels with white horizontal pillars and illuminated gilded advertising frames, later supplemented by yellow ''Motte'' style seats. The station entrance is located between Rue de Bassano and Avenue George V on the Champs-Élysées.▼ On November 21, 2003, to celebrate U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]'s visit to Buckingham Palace, Bush's "admirers" renamed the station George W - Sovereign of Great Britain with name plate stickers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban Resources : George W Bush Paris metro station |url=https://urban-resources.net/george_w_paris_metro_station.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=urban-resources.net |archive-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601001902/https://urban-resources.net/george_w_paris_metro_station.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Station layout==▼ As part of the automation of Line 1, the stopping point was renovated with the removal of the metalwork from the piers, and the platforms were raised between 29 October to 2 November 2008 to accommodate screen doors, which were installed by February 2011. On September 19, 2022, the RATP replaced half of the nameplates on the platforms, for one day, to pay tribute to Queen [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom, whose funeral took place on the same day. The station was renamed "Elizabeth II", the British sovereign being the granddaughter of King George V honoured at the station. The Queen's name appears in capital letters with the words "1926 - 2022" written below in smaller characters, all on a black background as a sign of mourning instead of the usual midnight blue of the RATP name signs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-19 |title=Funérailles d'Élisabeth II : le métro parisien rend hommage à la Reine d'Angleterre |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/funerailles-d-elisabeth-ii-le-metro-parisien-rend-hommage-a-la-reine-d-angleterre-2616624.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=France 3 Paris Ile-de-France |language=fr-FR |archive-date=2022-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001045151/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/funerailles-d-elisabeth-ii-le-metro-parisien-rend-hommage-a-la-reine-d-angleterre-2616624.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Passenger services== ===Access=== ▲The station * Access 1 - ''Champs-Élysées'', consisting of a fixed staircase adorned with a stone balustrade by the architect Joseph Cassien-Bernard, located to the right of no. 118 of the said avenue; * Access 2 - ''Avenue George-V'', consisting of a fixed staircase doubled by an escalator, located opposite no. 101, between Avenue George-V and Rue de Bassano. In the access corridors to the platforms, some signs indicating the list of stations on the line to each terminus have the particularity of using the [[Helvetica]] font, tested in some stations of the network in the 1990s before the creation of the [[Parisine]] typography, which would later be generalized to all RATP signage. ▲===Station layout=== {| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''Street Level''' Line 47 ⟶ 53: |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 colspan=2 valign=top|Mezzanine for platform connection |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''P<br />Line 1 platforms''' |style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2| |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Platform {{color|#f2c931|'''1'''}} Line 56 ⟶ 62: |{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|1}} toward [[Château de Vincennes (Paris Métro)|Château de Vincennes]] {{small|([[Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Métro)|Franklin D. Roosevelt]])}}→ |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2| |} ===Platforms=== George V is a standard station: it has two platforms 90 metres long separated by the metro tracks located in the centre and the vault is elliptical. A 15-metre-long crypt, whose ceiling rests on closely spaced pillars, has extended the stations length at its western end since the line was switched to six-car trains in the 1960s. The decoration is in the style used for the majority of metro stations, combined with the specific layouts of this line since its automation. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the ''Metro Renewal'' of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault and the tunnel exits and corridor outlets. The vault of the crypt is painted white, while its columns are covered with small dark tiles. The advertising frames are made of white ceramic and the name of the station is inscribed in [[Parisine]] font on backlit panels, most of which are incorporated into wooden boxes. The platforms are equipped with green ''Akiko'' seats and have half-height screen doors. ===Bus connections=== The station is served by line 73 of the [[RATP Bus Network]] and, at night, by lines N11 and N24 of the [[Noctilien]] bus network. ==Nearby== * [[Avenue des Champs-Élysées]] * Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris - Île-de-France region * [[Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's]]
* Hotel Prince de Galles * [[Le Lido]] (cabaret) * Jardin de l'Hôtel-Salomon-de-Rothschild ==See also== *'''Similarly named places:''' ▲** [[Hotel George V, Paris]] ** [[King George V DLR station]], London *'''Nearby stations:''' **[[Charles de **[[Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Métro)|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] Line 70 ⟶ 88: ==References== {{reflist}} * Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{8th arrondissement of Paris}} {{Paris Metro/line 1}} Line 76 ⟶ 96: {{DEFAULTSORT:George V (Paris Metro)}} [[Category:Paris Métro stations in the 8th arrondissement of Paris]] [[Category:Railway stations in France opened in 1900]] {{Paris-metro-stub}} | |||