Wagram (Paris Métro)
Wagram () is a station on Paris Métro Line 3, located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Alphabetically, the station is the last on the Paris Métro system. Location. The station is located under Avenue de Villiers, between Avenue de Wagram and Rue Jouffroy-d'Abbans. Oriented approximately along an east–west axis, it lies between Pereire and Malesherbes stations. History. "Wagram" was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers to Pereire. The station is named after the Avenue de Wagram, which was named after the Battle of Wagram, where Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the  Archduke Charles of Austria in 1809 in the Austrian town of Deutsch-Wagram near Vienna. From the 1960s, the platforms walls were modernized with the installation of a metallic bodywork with blue painted surrounds. This technique is then widely used in the network stopping points as an inexpensive way to modernize them quickly. As part of the RATP's "Renouveau du métro" program, the station's corridors were renovated in the course of the 2000s. In 2018, 2,565,333 travelers entered this station. Passenger services. Access. The station has two entrances: Platforms. Wagram is a standard configuration station. It has two  platforms separated by the metro tracks and the arch is elliptical. Since the 1950s, the walls have been clad in metal bodywork with blue horizontal uprights and golden, illuminated advertising frames, complemented by blue "Motte" style seats. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the side walls, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The vault is painted white and lighting is provided by independent fluorescent tubes. The name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates incorporated into the bodywork. Bus connections. The station is served by lines 31 and 93 of the RATP Bus Network , and, at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien network.