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George V is a standard station: it has two platforms 90 metres long separated by the metro tracks located in the centre and the vault is elliptical. A 15-metre-long crypt, whose ceiling rests on closely spaced pillars, has extended the stations length at its western end since the line was switched to
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Like most of the stations on the line, between May 1963 and December 1964, the platforms were extended to 90 metres to accommodate trains of six cars with pneumatic bearings, intended to cope with severe chronic overloads. This extension is carried out by means of a crypt, as in five other stations,
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of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault and the tunnel exits and corridor outlets. The vault of the crypt is painted white, while its columns are covered with small dark tiles. The advertising frames are made of white ceramic and the name of the station is
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of the United Kingdom, whose funeral took place on the same day. The station was renamed "Elizabeth II", the British sovereign being the granddaughter of King George V honoured at the station. The Queen's name appears in capital letters with the words "1926 - 2022" written below in smaller
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As part of the automation of Line 1, the stopping point was renovated with the removal of the metalwork from the piers, and the platforms were raised between 29 October to 2 November 2008 to accommodate screen doors, which were installed by February 2011.
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six-car trains in the 1960s. The decoration is in the style used for the majority of metro stations, combined with the specific layouts of this line since its automation. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the
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at the western end of the platforms in case. At the time, walls were clad in metal panels with white horizontal pillars and illuminated gilded advertising frames, later supplemented by yellow
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In the access corridors to the platforms, some signs indicating the list of stations on the line to each terminus have the particularity of using the
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The station was opened on 13 August 1900, almost a month after trains began running on the original section of Line 1 between
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characters, all on a black background as a sign of mourning instead of the usual midnight blue of the RATP name signs.
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On September 19, 2022, the RATP replaced half of the nameplates on the platforms, for one day, to pay tribute to Queen
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font on backlit panels, most of which are incorporated into wooden boxes. The platforms are equipped with green
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on 19 July 1900. It was originally called Alma, after the nearby street named in honour of the
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This article is about the Paris Métro station. For the Docklands Light Railway station, see
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font, tested in some stations of the network in the 1990s before the creation of the
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The station has two entrances on either side of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées:
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typography, which would later be generalized to all RATP signage.
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris - Île-de-France region
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On 27 May 1920 the street and station were renamed after
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Paris Métro stations in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
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George V (Paris Métro)

8th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
48°52′19″N 2°18′02″E / 48.87194°N 2.30056°E / 48.87194; 2.30056
RATP
RATP
Paris Métro
Paris Métro
Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
La Défense
Line 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Château de Vincennes
George V is located in Paris
King George V DLR station
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station
Line 1
Paris Métro
Champs-Élysées
Porte de Vincennes
Porte Maillot
Battle of Alma
Crimean War
George V of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
World War I
George W. Bush

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