page_title: La Chapelle (Paris Métro)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: La Chapelle (Paris Métro) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A Spraque metro and "newer" metro crossing each other in La Chapelle (line 2)
context_page_description: La Chapelle is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 10th and 18th arrondissements above the Boulevard de la Chapelle. The station is connected to the Gare du Nord and the Gare du Nord Métro station on lines 4 and 5.
context_section_description: The elevated line 2 station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the Place de la Chapelle, which was named after the Barrière de la Chapelle, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished after 1859. The gate was named after a village that was annexed by Paris in 1860 and was named after a chapel to Saint Genevieve built in the 6th century.
  Since 1993, a long connecting corridor has connected it to the underground part of the Gare du Nord.
  During the summer of 2012, the station closed for two and a half months in order to replace the original canopies with identical ones, which protect passengers from the weather.
  At the end of 2017, access to the station was known to be congested, the RATP agreed to launch preliminary studies to create a third access.
  In 2019, 6,534,340 travelers entered this station which places it at the 48th position of the metro stations for its usage.
caption: Platform
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