Line 6 · Paris

Line 6 grew from several pieces. On October 2, 1900 the section between Étoile and Trocadéro opened as an extension of line 1; it reached Passy on November 6, 1903, and Place d'Italie on April 24, 1906, crossing the Seine on the viaduct at Passy. The section from Place d'Italie to Nation opened in 1909, and in 1942 the pieces were joined into the present route, a half-circle around the south of the city.

At a glance

Stations: 28
From: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile
To: Nation
Interchanges: 11
Difficulty: Lv 3 of 7
Keystrokes: ~310

Line 6 runs from Charles de Gaulle - Étoile to Nation, 28 stops in the order you type them. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 13.3 km, an average of 490 m between stops. The longest gap is Pasteur to Montparnasse - Bienvenüe, about 940 m, and the shortest is Montparnasse - Bienvenüe to Edgar Quinet, about 250 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 310 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 Charles de Gaulle - Étoile end the game shows The Arc de Triomphe, and at the Nation end, The Triumph of the Republic.

You can change to 11 other lines: Line 1, Line 2, Line 9, Line 8, Line 10, Line 12, Line 4, Line 13, Line 5, Line 7, Line 14. The busiest interchange is Montparnasse - Bienvenüe, where 3 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, Trocadéro, La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle, Pasteur, Montparnasse - Bienvenüe, Raspail, Denfert-Rochereau, Place d'Italie, and 3 more.

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Along the way

The game shows a nearby place at each station. Some of the ones on Line 6:

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
Rue Boissière at Boissière. Rue Boissière in the 16th arrondissement, lined with Haussmann-style buildings with pale stone fronts.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Balzac's house at Passy. Balzac's house, low and green-shuttered amid the greenery, with the Eiffel Tower rising in the distance. The writer lived here from 1840 to 1847.Photo: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0
Boulevard de Grenelle at La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle. Boulevard de Grenelle, with the stone piers of the elevated metro, a railing along the pavement and pale buildings in the background.Photo: Polymagou · CC BY-SA 4.0
Necker hospital at Sèvres-Lecourbe. The gateway of Necker hospital on rue de Sèvres, with the inscription "Hôpital Necker MDCCLXXIX" (1779) and the motto "Liberté Égalité Fraternité".Photo: Polymagou · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Moulin de la Charité at Montparnasse - Bienvenüe. The stone tower of the old Moulin de la Charité in the Montparnasse cemetery, about 600 metres from the station.Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Lion of Belfort at Denfert-Rochereau. The bronze lion, a replica of Bartholdi's Lion of Belfort, on its stone plinth in the middle of Place Denfert-Rochereau, surrounded by stone buildings.Photo: Shadowgate · CC BY 2.0
The rue de la Glacière market at Glacière. The awning-covered stalls of the Saturday market on rue de la Glacière, with shoppers strolling.Photo: Romainbehar · CC0
The town hall of the 13th arrondissement at Place d'Italie. The town hall of the 13th arrondissement, a stone building with a dormered slate roof and flags, about 140 metres from the station.Photo: JLPC · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Tolbiac bridge at Quai de la Gare. The Tolbiac bridge across the Seine, with its stone arches and the tree-lined bank.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
Rue Dugommier at Dugommier. Rue Dugommier, narrow and lined with parked cars, with six-storey buildings in the 12th arrondissement.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Avenue du Bel-Air at Bel-Air. Avenue du Bel-Air, wide, tree-lined and flanked by apartment buildings, in the 12th arrondissement.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0