  louvre â rivoli is a station on paris mÃ©tro line 1. it is near the louvre and rue de rivoli. the station was opened on 13 august 1900, almost a month after trains began running on the original section of line 1 between porte de vincennes and porte maillot on 19 july 1900, under the name louvre. it was given its current name in 1989, soon after the opening of the new entrance to the louvre museum at the simultaneously renamed palais royal â musÃ©e du louvre station.hardy, b. paris metro handbook. 3rd ed, 1999. capital transport publishing. in 1968, the platforms in this station were decorated with replicas of ancient art from the louvre museum. it was the first metro station to become culturally decorated. as of april, 2014, the station's platforms are being renovated. ==station layout== {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|street level |} {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|b1 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|connecting level |} {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=10 valign=top|line 1 platforms |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;" colspan=2|side platform with psds, doors will open on the right |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|westbound |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|â  toward la dÃ©fense â grande arche (palais royal â musÃ©e du louvre) |- |eastbound |â  toward chÃ¢teau de vincennes (chÃ¢telet) â |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2|side platform with psds, doors will open on the right |} ==gallery== file:rivoliltr.jpg|louvre â rivoli platforms file:rivolifontltr.jpg|louvre â rivoli signage ==referen
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