Hoche (Paris Métro)

Hoche (French: [ɔʃ] (listen)) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 5.

Hoche
Paris Métro station
Location3, rue Hoche
50, av. Jean Lolive
60, av. Jean Lolive
Pantin
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°53′28″N 2°24′11″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened12 October 1942 (1942-10-12)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Location
Hoche
Location within Paris

Location

The station is located in Pantin under Avenue Jean-Lolive at Rue Hoche and Rue du Pré-Saint-Gervais.

History
Display case with the bust of Lazare Hoche.

The station was opened on 12 October 1942 during the extension of the line to the Eglise de Pantin station. It is located under Avenue Jean-Lolive at the intersection with Rue Hoche to which it owes its name. It pays homage to General Lazare Hoche (1768-1797) who, at the age of 25, commanded the Army of the Moselle with which he drove the Austrians back to Wœrth, cleared Landau and Alsace. The platform in the direction of Bobigny presents in a display case, a bust of Lazare Hoche and images evoking the life of this General of the Revolution.

In 2018 it saw 5,185,130 travelers, which placed it at the 87th position of metro stations for attendance.[1]

For more than ten years until 2018, the name of the station on the walls of the platforms were written in Parisine font on thin plates covering the original names in faience. They were re-continued, a feature that the station shares with Filles du Calvaire on Line 8 and Porte des Lilas on Line 11.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances on both sides of Avenue Jean-Lolive, west of the intersection with Hoche Street.

Station layout
Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 5 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← toward Place d'Italie (Porte de Pantin)
Northbound → toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso (Église de Pantin) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Hoche is a standard configuration station with two platforms separated by subway tracks under an elliptical vault. It has white and rounded lighting bands in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s and white beveled ceramic tiles cover the walls, vault, tympan's and outlets of the corridors. The platforms are equipped with benches made of slats and the name of the station is inscribed in faience, in the style of the original CMP. It is therefore decorated in a style identical to that applied to the majority of Paris metro stations. Only the advertising frames are special: in brown faience and with simple patterns, they are surmounted by the letter M. These same frames are only present in seven other stations of the Paris metro.

Bus connections

The station is served by Lines 151, 170 and 330 of the RATP Bus Network and by lines N13, N41 and N45 of the Noctilien bus network.

References
  1. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2018". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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