Line 7 · Paris

Line 7 opened on November 5, 1910, between Opéra and Porte de la Villette. On May 1, 1946 a branch reached Mairie d'Ivry in the south; the Villejuif branch followed in 1985. In the north the line was extended to Fort d'Aubervilliers in 1979 and to La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945 in 1987. It splits at Maison Blanche, and the route you type here follows the Villejuif branch; the Mairie d'Ivry branch is drawn dashed on the map.

At a glance

Stations: 33
From: La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945
To: Villejuif - Louis Aragon
Interchanges: 11
Difficulty: Lv 5 of 7
Keystrokes: ~507

Line 7 runs from La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945 to Villejuif - Louis Aragon, 33 stops in the order you type them. Branches of the real line are drawn on the game map but are not part of the typing route. Measured in straight lines between the station coordinates, the run is about 19.4 km, an average of 610 m between stops. The longest gap is Fort d'Aubervilliers to Aubervilliers - Pantin - Quatre Chemins, about 1.5 km, and the shortest is Place Monge to Censier - Daubenton, about 250 m. The real track is a little longer than these straight lines.

Typing every station name once takes about 507 keystrokes, which is difficulty level 5 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 La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945 end the game shows Parc Georges-Valbon, and at the Villejuif - Louis Aragon end, Parc des Hautes-Bruyères.

You can change to 12 other lines: Line 2, Line 5, Line 7bis, Line 4, Line 9, Line 3, Line 8, Line 14, Line 1, Line 11, Line 10, Line 6. The busiest interchange is Châtelet, where 4 other lines meet this one. The interchange stations are Stalingrad, Louis Blanc, Gare de l'Est, Chaussée d'Antin - La Fayette, Opéra, Pyramides, Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre, Châtelet, 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 7:

Parc Georges-Valbon at La Courneuve - 8 mai 1945. Parc Georges-Valbon in La Courneuve, one of the largest green spaces in the northern suburbs of Paris.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church at Aubervilliers - Pantin - Quatre Chemins. Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church in the centre of Aubervilliers, an old pilgrimage site of the town.Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
The rue de Crimée lift bridge at Crimée. The rue de Crimée lift bridge, one of the few movable bridges in Paris, over the Ourcq canal.Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Hôpital Saint-Louis at Louis Blanc. The Hôpital Saint-Louis, founded under Henri IV in the early 17th century, with brick and stone buildings around a large courtyard.Photo: Guilhem Vellut · CC BY 2.0
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church at Poissonnière. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church in the 10th arrondissement, with its columned front and two towers.Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church at Le Peletier. Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church, built from 1823 to 1836 in the neoclassical style, with its columned portico.Photo: Pline · 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 Grande Galerie de l'Évolution at Jussieu. The Grande Galerie de l'Évolution in the Jardin des plantes, a 19th-century glass and metal building that houses part of the Natural History Museum.Photo: Tasaka Sama · CC BY-SA 2.0
Rue Mouffetard at Censier - Daubenton. Rue Mouffetard, a narrow, lively street of the Latin Quarter, lined with shops.Photo: LPLT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rue de Tolbiac at Tolbiac. Rue de Tolbiac, a long thoroughfare of the 13th arrondissement.Photo: besopha · CC BY-SA 2.0
Villejuif town hall at Villejuif - Léo Lagrange. The town hall of Villejuif, housed in a former seminary.Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0