Line 14 · Paris

Line 14, the first fully automatic line of the Paris métro, opened on October 15, 1998 between Madeleine and Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. It was extended to Saint-Lazare on December 16, 2003, to Olympiades on June 26, 2007, and to Mairie de Saint-Ouen on December 14, 2020. On June 24, 2024 it was extended north to Saint-Denis Pleyel and south to Aéroport d'Orly, making it the longest line of the network.

At a glance

Stations: 21
From: Saint-Denis Pleyel
To: Aéroport d'Orly
Interchanges: 9
Difficulty: Lv 3 of 7
Keystrokes: ~303

Line 14 runs from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Aéroport d'Orly, 21 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 25.9 km, an average of 1.3 km between stops. The longest gap is Châtelet to Gare de Lyon, about 2.5 km, and the shortest is Porte de Clichy to Pont Cardinet, about 570 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 303 keystrokes, which is difficulty level 3 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 Saint-Denis Pleyel end the game shows Parc de la Légion d'honneur, and at the Aéroport d'Orly end, Orly airport.

You can change to 9 other lines: Line 13, Line 3, Line 12, Line 8, Line 7, Line 1, Line 4, Line 11, Line 6. The busiest interchange is Châtelet, where 4 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Mairie de Saint-Ouen, Porte de Clichy, Saint-Lazare, Madeleine, Pyramides, Châtelet, Gare de Lyon, Bercy, and 1 more.

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Along the way

The game shows a nearby place at each station. Some of the ones on Line 14:

Parc de la Légion d'honneur at Saint-Denis Pleyel. Parc de la Légion d'honneur, in Saint-Denis.Photo: Chris93 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine town hall at Mairie de Saint-Ouen. The town hall of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Avenue de la Porte-de-Clichy at Porte de Clichy. Avenue de la Porte-de-Clichy, in the 17th arrondissement.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The front of Gare Saint-Lazare at Saint-Lazare. The big stone front of Gare Saint-Lazare, with its clock at the centre and arcades at street level. The station, opened in 1837, was the first in Paris.Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0
The statue of Joan of Arc at Pyramides. The gilded equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, by Emmanuel Frémiet, unveiled in 1874 on the Place des Pyramides.Photo: Glorious 93 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tour Saint-Jacques and the Fontaine du Palmier at Châtelet. The Fontaine du Palmier, built in 1808 to celebrate Napoleon's victories, is topped by a gilded Victory. Behind it, the Flamboyant Gothic Tour Saint-Jacques is all that remains of the church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, destroyed in 1797.Photo: DXR · CC BY-SA 3.0
The arcades of the Pont de Bercy at Bercy. The stone arcades under the viaduct of the Pont de Bercy, which carries metro line 6 over the Seine.Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rue de Tolbiac at Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. Rue de Tolbiac, in the 13th arrondissement.Photo: Mbzt · CC BY 4.0
The Butte-aux-Cailles swimming pool at Maison Blanche. The Butte-aux-Cailles swimming pool, a 1920s brick building fed by an artesian well.Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hôpital de Bicêtre at Hôpital Bicêtre. The Désiré-Magloire Bourneville building of Hôpital de Bicêtre, in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Val-de-Marne rose garden at L'Haÿ-les-Roses. The Val-de-Marne rose garden, in L'Haÿ-les-Roses.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thiais Parisian Cemetery at Thiais - Orly. The Parisian cemetery of Thiais, one of the large cemeteries outside Paris.Photo: Polymagou · CC BY-SA 4.0