Line 3 · Paris

Line 3 opened on October 19, 1904, between Villiers and Père Lachaise. It reached Gambetta in January 1905, was pushed west to Pereire in 1910 and Porte de Champerret in 1911, and crossed into Levallois-Perret to Pont de Levallois - Bécon in 1937. In 1971 it was extended east from Gambetta to Gallieni, in the suburb of Bagnolet.

At a glance

Stations: 25
From: Pont de Levallois - Bécon
To: Gallieni
Interchanges: 9
Difficulty: Lv 3 of 7
Keystrokes: ~291

Line 3 runs from Pont de Levallois - Bécon to Gallieni, 25 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 11.4 km, an average of 470 m between stops. The longest gap is Père Lachaise to Gambetta, about 800 m, and the shortest is Temple to République, about 270 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 291 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 Pont de Levallois - Bécon end the game shows The Seine quays at the Pont de Levallois, and at the Gallieni end, Parc Jean-Moulin - Les Guilands.

You can change to 11 other lines: Line 2, Line 12, Line 13, Line 14, Line 9, Line 7, Line 8, Line 4, Line 11, Line 5, Line 3bis. The busiest interchange is République, where 4 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Villiers, Saint-Lazare, Havre - Caumartin, Opéra, Réaumur Sébastopol, Arts et Métiers, République, Père Lachaise, 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 3:

The Seine quays at the Pont de Levallois at Pont de Levallois - Bécon. Houseboats moored along the quay, a walker on the towpath and, behind them, the Pont de Levallois crossing the Seine.Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY 3.0
The Parc de la Planchette at Louise Michel. Flower beds and lawns edged by gravel paths in the Parc de la Planchette, in Levallois-Perret.Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY 3.0
Boulevard Pereire at Pereire. A rose-paved esplanade with a small pointed-roof kiosk under a blue sky, in the middle of Boulevard Pereire and its stone buildings.Photo: Polymagou · CC BY-SA 4.0
The statue of Alexandre Dumas fils at Malesherbes. A white stone sculpture group on a flower bed in the middle of Place du Général-Catroux, in front of the buildings of Boulevard Malesherbes.Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0
Place de l'Europe at Europe. The big crossing of Place de l'Europe, ringed by stone buildings, beside the bridge that spans the Saint-Lazare tracks.Photo: Mbzt · CC BY 3.0
The dome of the Galeries Lafayette at Havre - Caumartin. The colourful glass dome of the Galeries Lafayette, with its gilded metal ribs, seen from below, under a hundred metres from the station.Photo: MrsEllacott · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Centorial, Rue du Quatre-Septembre at Quatre Septembre. The pediment of Le Centorial, the former Crédit Lyonnais headquarters: its name is carved between two sculpted figures above an arched door.Photo: Romainbehar · CC0
Rue Montorgueil at Sentier. Rue Montorgueil, a pedestrian street packed with café terraces and passers-by between zinc-roofed buildings.Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Conservatoire national des arts et métiers at Arts et Métiers. A baroque pediment over a doorway, seen through a stone arch, in the courtyard of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, home of the Musée des Arts et Métiers.Photo: Rilba · CC BY-SA 3.0
The monument on Place de la République at République. The monument to the Republic: a tall statue of Marianne on a stone base with a bronze lion at its foot, in the middle of the square, about sixty metres from the station.Photo: Fred Romero · CC BY 2.0
Rue Saint-Maur at Rue Saint-Maur. Rue Saint-Maur, long and straight, with café terraces set up on the roadway in front of the shops, about 300 metres from the station.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The town hall of the 20th arrondissement at Gambetta. The 20th arrondissement town hall, its pediment topped by a small bell turret, at the far side of Place Gambetta, behind a fountain.Photo: LPLT · CC BY-SA 3.0