Line 12 · Paris

Line 12 was built by the Nord-Sud company, which opened it in 1910 between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, and it was extended to Pigalle in 1911 and Jules Joffrin in 1912. The Nord-Sud was absorbed by the CMP in 1930 and the line became line 12. On March 24, 1934 it was extended south to Mairie d'Issy, and it was extended north to Front Populaire in 2012 and to Mairie d'Aubervilliers in 2022. It links Montparnasse, Saint-Germain, the Madeleine, Montmartre and the northern suburbs.

At a glance

Stations: 31
From: Mairie d'Aubervilliers
To: Mairie d'Issy
Interchanges: 8
Difficulty: Lv 5 of 7
Keystrokes: ~441

Line 12 runs from Mairie d'Aubervilliers to Mairie d'Issy, 31 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 16.2 km, an average of 540 m between stops. The longest gap is Front Populaire to Porte de la Chapelle, about 1.1 km, and the shortest is Assemblée Nationale to Solférino, about 250 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 441 keystrokes, which is difficulty level 5 of 7 among Paris's lines. The level only compares lines within one city, so use the keystroke count to compare across cities. At the Mairie d'Aubervilliers end the game shows The Canal Saint-Denis at Aubervilliers, and at the Mairie d'Issy end, Issy-les-Moulineaux town hall.

You can change to 9 other lines: Line 4, Line 2, Line 3, Line 13, Line 14, Line 8, Line 1, Line 10, Line 6. The busiest interchange is Saint-Lazare, where 3 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Marcadet - Poissonniers, Pigalle, Saint-Lazare, Madeleine, Concorde, Sèvres-Babylone, Montparnasse - Bienvenüe, Pasteur.

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Along the way

The game shows a nearby place at each station. Some of the ones on Line 12:

The Canal Saint-Denis at Aubervilliers at Mairie d'Aubervilliers. The Canal Saint-Denis runs through Aubervilliers.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
Place du Front-Populaire at Front Populaire. The public garden on Place du Front-Populaire, between Saint-Denis and Aubervilliers.Photo: Claude villetaneuse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rue Marcadet at Marcadet - Poissonniers. Rue Marcadet, straight and lined with stone buildings with shops on the ground floor, about 340 metres from the station.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Montmartre Cemetery at Lamarck - Caulaincourt. Montmartre Cemetery, below the hill of the same name.Photo: Alf van Beem · CC0
Place Saint-Georges at Saint-Georges. Place Saint-Georges, in the 9th arrondissement.Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0
Église de la Sainte-Trinité at Trinité - d'Estienne d'Orves. The church of La Sainte-Trinité, on Place d'Estienne-d'Orves.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
The obelisk and a Hittorff fountain at Concorde. The Luxor Obelisk, given to France by Egypt in 1829, was raised in Place de la Concorde in 1836. It is flanked by two fountains designed by Hittorff, one of which fills the foreground.Photo: JLZIMMERMANN · CC BY-SA 4.0
A door on Rue du Bac at Rue du Bac. An ornate door at 120 Rue du Bac.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
Rue de Rennes at Rennes. Rue de Rennes, a major street of the 6th arrondissement.Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rue Falguière at Falguière. Number 50 Rue Falguière, in the 15th arrondissement.Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0
The café Les Volontaires at Volontaires. A café on Rue de Vaugirard that shares the station's name.Photo: Jim Linwood · CC BY 2.0
Place de la Porte de Versailles at Porte de Versailles. Place de la Porte de Versailles, at the south of the 15th arrondissement.Photo: Erwmat · CC BY-SA 3.0