 porte de versailles is a station on line 12 of the paris mÃ©tro and a stop on tramway lines 2 and 3a. the station was opened on 5 november 1910 as part of the stage of the nord-sud company's line c from porte de versailles to notre-dame-de-lorette. the line was taken over by the metro in 1930 and became line 12. it was the eastern terminus of the line until the extension of the line to mairie d'issy on 24 march 1934. the station was relocated during the extension and the area of the old station is now occupied by storage sidings. the tramway line 3 (now 3a) stop opened on 16 december 2006 as part of the initial section of the tramway between pont du garigliano and porte d'ivry. tramway line 2 was extended from issy - val de seine to porte de versailles on 21 november 2009. the station is named after the porte de versailles, a gate in the nineteenth century thiers wall of paris, which led to the town of versailles. nearby are the parc des expositions (exhibition ground) and the palais de sports (indoor sports venue). == 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|mezzanine |} {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=10 valign=top|line 12 platforms |yard track |no regular service |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;" colspan=2|island platform, doors will open on the right |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|southbound |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|â 20px 20px toward mairie d'issy (corentin celton) |- |northbound |â 20px 20px toward front populaire (convention) â |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;borde
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