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Paris Métro Line 4: all 29 stations from Porte de Clignancourt to Bagneux

The north–south line crosses the Seine under the Île de la Cité and runs from Montmartre's edge to Montparnasse and beyond the city limits. 29 stations, 403 keystrokes.

The Sainte-Chapelle on the Île de la Cité, by Cité station on Line 4
Photo: Uoaei1 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Line 4 opened on April 21, 1908, between Porte de Clignancourt and Châtelet. The southern section, from Porte d'Orléans, opened in 1909, and in January 1910 the central section from Châtelet to Raspail joined the two halves. It was extended south to Mairie de Montrouge in 2013 and to Bagneux - Lucie Aubrac in January 2022, taking it beyond the city limits.

The stations

From Porte de Clignancourt the line runs Simplon, Marcadet - Poissonniers, Château Rouge, Barbès - Rochechouart, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Château d'Eau, Strasbourg - Saint-Denis, Réaumur Sébastopol, Étienne Marcel, Les Halles and Châtelet. It crosses to Cité on the island, then Saint-Michel, Odéon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Placide, Montparnasse - Bienvenüe, Vavin, Raspail, Denfert-Rochereau, Mouton-Duvernet, Alésia, Porte d'Orléans, Mairie de Montrouge, Barbara and Bagneux - Lucie Aubrac.

The church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Saint-Germain-des-Prés station
The church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, above the station of the same name.Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

Transfers

Eleven stations are shared with other lines in the game. Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est link to the main-line stations, and Châtelet and Montparnasse - Bienvenüe are the biggest interchanges, with four and three other lines.

Typing it

Counting letters only, with accents optional, the line takes 403 keystrokes, about 14 per station. Strasbourg - Saint-Denis and Montparnasse - Bienvenüe are the longest at 24, and Cité the shortest at four. Start Line 4, or see all 16 lines in the Paris difficulty ranking.

Common questions

How many stations does Line 4 have in HelloSubway?

29 stations, from Porte de Clignancourt to Bagneux - Lucie Aubrac.

Where can I change from Line 4 to another line?

11 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Marcadet - Poissonniers, Barbès - Rochechouart, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Strasbourg - Saint-Denis, Réaumur Sébastopol.

How hard is Line 4 to type?

Typing every station once takes 403 keystrokes, about 13.9 per station. The longest name is Strasbourg - Saint-Denis at 24. The game rates it level 4 of 7 among the lines of its city.

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