Paris Métro Line 11

Line 11
Overview
LocaleParis, Les Lilas, Romainville, Montreuil, Noisy-le-Sec, and Rosny-sous-Bois
TerminiChâtelet
Rosny–Bois-Perrier
Connecting lines

Stations19
Service
SystemParis Métro
Operator(s)RATP
Rolling stockMP 14
(32 trains as of 10 June 2024)
Ridership47.1 million (avg. per year)
13th/16 (2017)
History
Opened28 April 1935 (28 April 1935)
Technical
Line length11.7 km (7.3 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
between roll ways
Electrification750 V DC guide bars on either side of the track
Conduction systemConductor
Average inter-station distance650 m (2,130 ft)
Route map

Châtelet
Victoria workshop
Hôtel de Ville
Rambuteau
Arts et Métiers
République
Goncourt
Belleville
Pyrénées
Jourdain
Place des Fêtes
Télégraphe
Porte des Lilas
Mairie des Lilas
Lilas workshop
Serge Gainsbourg
Romainville–Carnot
*
Montreuil–Hôpital
**
La Dhuys
Coteaux Beauclair
Rosny–Bois-Perrier
**
Rosny workshop
proposed extension
proposed extension
Villemomble
Neuilly–Les Fauvettes
Neuilly–Hôpitaux
Noisy–Champs
 *
(*) Under Construction     (**) Planned

Paris Métro Line 11 (French: Ligne 11 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen currently open lines of the Paris Métro. It links Châtelet to Rosny–Bois-Perrier in Rosny-sous-Bois, in the neighboring department of Seine-Saint-Denis. Opened in 1935, line 11 was one of the last historical lines to be put into service, even after the first parts of lines 12 and 13. It was then intended to replace the Belleville funicular tramway, which closed in 1924. The line is 11.7 km (7.3 mi) in length with 19 stations.

Before its 2024 extension east from Mairie des Lilas, it was one of the least used lines, with less than forty million passengers in 2023, and also ran the oldest trains still in service, the MP 59. The RATP expects thirty-one million more in 2025 after the eastbound expansion.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the line was used as experimental grounds for innovations developed by the RATP. It was the first metro line in the world to be equipped with rubber tyres, back in 1956. It was also equipped with a centralised control station, and first welcomed automatic train operation on the Paris Métro, back in 1967. It was extended from Mairie des Lilas to Rosny-Bois-Perrier on 13 June 2024, almost doubling its length and adding six stations. A proposed extension to Noisy–Champs, despite part of the original Grand Paris Express project, has been postponed indefinitely.