Line 5 · Paris

Line 5 opened on June 2, 1906, between Gare d'Austerlitz (then called Gare d'Orléans) and Place d'Italie, and grew northward over the following years. On October 12, 1942 it was extended from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin, and on April 25, 1985 it reached Bobigny - Pablo Picasso, its current northern terminus outside the city limits.

At a glance

Stations: 22
From: Bobigny - Pablo Picasso
To: Place d'Italie
Interchanges: 9
Difficulty: Lv 3 of 7
Keystrokes: ~290

Line 5 runs from Bobigny - Pablo Picasso to Place d'Italie, 22 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 13.7 km, an average of 650 m between stops. The longest gap is Bobigny - Pablo Picasso to Bobigny - Pantin - Raymond Queneau, about 2.1 km, and the shortest is Jaurès to Stalingrad, about 390 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 290 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 Bobigny - Pablo Picasso end the game shows The gate of Avicenne hospital, and at the Place d'Italie end, The town hall of the 13th arrondissement.

You can change to 11 other lines: Line 2, Line 7bis, Line 7, Line 4, Line 3, Line 8, Line 9, Line 11, Line 1, Line 10, Line 6. The busiest interchange is République, where 4 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Jaurès, Stalingrad, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, République, Oberkampf, Bastille, Gare d'Austerlitz, 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 5:

The gate of Avicenne hospital at Bobigny - Pablo Picasso. The Moorish-style gate of Avicenne hospital, with its large arch, blue-and-white tile panels and iron gate, about 2 km north-west of the station.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Ourcq canal in Pantin at Bobigny - Pantin - Raymond Queneau. The Ourcq canal and its towpath, with a concrete bank covered in graffiti and trees and buildings in the distance.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
Pantin town hall at Hoche. Pantin town hall, a large brick and stone building with a slate roof and a clock bell-turret, about 500 metres from the station.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Ourcq canal at Ourcq. The Ourcq canal between its tree-lined banks, with a footbridge in the distance, about 550 metres north of the station.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Bassin de la Villette at Jaurès. The Bassin de la Villette, a wide stretch of water with small boats, between two tree-lined quays.Photo: Fred Romero · CC BY 2.0
The front of the Gare du Nord at Gare du Nord. The stone front of the Gare du Nord, opened in 1865, with its large arched glass window, its clock and the statues that crown it.Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Couvent des Récollets at Jacques Bonsergent. The buildings of the former Récollets convent on Rue des Récollets: long pale-stone wings with slate roofs and dormer windows.Photo: GFreihalter · 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
The Cirque d'Hiver at Richard-Lenoir. The Cirque d'Hiver, a polygonal building with a yellow front decorated with friezes and two bronze horses, built in 1852 by Jacques Ignace Hittorff, about 500 metres from the station.Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0
Place de la Bastille at Bastille. The July Column stands in the middle of Place de la Bastille, where the fortress stormed in 1789 once stood.Photo: Guillaume Flament · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Gare d'Austerlitz at Gare d'Austerlitz. The front of the Gare d'Austerlitz on the Seine side, with its clock pavilion and mansard roofs.Photo: Arthur Weidmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Manufacture des Gobelins at Campo-Formio. The brick and stone front, with its dome, of the Manufacture des Gobelins, a royal tapestry works founded in the 17th century, about 350 metres from the station.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0