page_title: Paris Métro Line 3bis
section_title: Metro Line 3
hierarchical_section_title: Paris Métro Line 3bis / History / Metro Line 3
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Photo du quai départ de la station Gambetta de la ligne 3 du métro de Paris (actuel quai terminus de la ligne 3bis), France.
context_page_description: Paris Métro Line 3bis is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects the Gambetta and Porte des Lilas stations in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. With a length of 1.3 kilometres and only four stations, the line is the shortest in the network. It is also the least used line, with just over 1.5 million passengers in 2003.
  The line was constructed during the 1910s as an extension to line 3, but the two were disconnected in 1971 and from then on Line 3 bis was operated separately. At the same time line 3 was extended to Gallieni.
  As of 2011, six MF 67 trains, each composed of three cars, run on the line.
context_section_description: On 13 March 1903 the Council of Paris granted the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) the right to build a second east–west métro line, in addition to line 1.  On 19 October 1904, the section of line 3 running from Villiers to Père Lachaise was opened, and the remainder of the line to Gambetta was opened on 25 January 1905.  The new line contained seventeen stations. A westward extension of the line was progressively put into service, first to Pereire on 23 May 1910 and later to Porte de Champerret on 15 February 1911.
caption: A platform in the station Gambetta of line 3, shortly before it was opened in 1905. In 1971, this platform became the terminus of line 3bis, with new platforms installed for line 3.
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