Line 2 · Paris

Line 2 opened on December 13, 1900, between Porte Dauphine and Étoile, as part of the second wave of the Métro. It was extended to Anvers in 1902, to Rue de Bagnolet (now Alexandre Dumas) in January 1903, and reached Nation on April 2, 1903, completing its current route in a wide arc across the north of Paris.

At a glance

Stations: 25
From: Porte Dauphine
To: Nation
Interchanges: 10
Difficulty: Lv 3 of 7
Keystrokes: ~269

Line 2 runs from Porte Dauphine to Nation, 25 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 11.9 km, an average of 500 m between stops. The longest gap is Victor Hugo to Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, about 800 m, and the shortest is Courcelles to Monceau, about 320 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 269 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 Porte Dauphine end the game shows The Lac Inférieur in the Bois de Boulogne, and at the Nation end, The Triumph of the Republic.

You can change to 11 other lines: Line 1, Line 6, Line 3, Line 13, Line 12, Line 4, Line 5, Line 7, Line 7bis, Line 11, Line 9. The busiest interchange is Nation, where 3 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, Villiers, Place de Clichy, Pigalle, Barbès - Rochechouart, Stalingrad, Jaurès, Belleville, and 2 more.

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Along the way

The game shows a nearby place at each station. Some of the ones on Line 2:

The Lac Inférieur in the Bois de Boulogne at Porte Dauphine. Walkers on the lawn at the edge of the Lac Inférieur, ringed by trees. The Bois de Boulogne begins just beyond the Porte Dauphine.Photo: Polymagou · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Arc de Triomphe at Charles de Gaulle - Étoile. Begun in 1806 for Napoleon and finished in 1836 under Louis-Philippe, the Arc de Triomphe is about 50 m high. It stands at the centre of Place Charles-de-Gaulle, where twelve avenues meet.Photo: A Chinese ID · CC BY-SA 4.0
The gates of Parc Monceau at Courcelles. The ornate gilded gates at the entrance of Parc Monceau on Boulevard de Courcelles.Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0
Avenue de Villiers at Villiers. Avenue de Villiers at a crossing, between stone buildings with continuous balconies and plane trees.Photo: Francisco Anzola · CC BY 2.0
The Brasserie Wepler at Place de Clichy. The façade of the Brasserie Wepler, with its red awnings, on Place de Clichy.Photo: LPLT · CC BY-SA 4.0
Place Pigalle at Pigalle. Place Pigalle under a blue sky, with its trees, street lamps and the buildings around it.Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lariboisière Hospital at Barbès - Rochechouart. The long pavilions of pale stone of Lariboisière Hospital, behind a lawn edged with shrubs.Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Rotonde de la Villette at Stalingrad. The Rotonde de la Villette, a former toll house designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, at the end of the Bassin de la Villette.Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Louis Hospital at Colonel Fabien. The entrance gate of Saint-Louis Hospital, a brick-and-stone pavilion with a high slate roof, built under Henri IV.Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 4.0
The belvedere in Parc de Belleville at Couronnes. A stepped stone amphitheatre opens on the panorama of Paris from the heights of Parc de Belleville.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
An avenue in Père-Lachaise at Père Lachaise. A cobbled avenue under autumn trees between the funerary chapels of Père-Lachaise Cemetery, opened in 1804.Photo: Tylwyth Eldar · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rue Saint-Blaise at Alexandre Dumas. Rue Saint-Blaise, gently sloping between low façades; at the end, the bell tower of Saint-Germain-de-Charonne church.Photo: William Jexpire · CC BY-SA 4.0