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	Télégraphe Location within Paris

Télégraphe
Télégraphe
Paris Métro station
	Line 11 platforms towards Mairie des Lilas
General information
Location	19th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°52′32″N 2°23′54″E / 48.875463°N 2.398434°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	23-15
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	28 April 1935
Passengers
	1,194,040 (2020)
Services
Location
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	Télégraphe Location within Paris

Télégraphe (French pronunciation: [teleɡʁaf]) is a station on Line 11 of the Paris Métro in the 19th and 20th arrondissements. It is named after the nearby rue de Télégraphe, which was once a chemin de ronde (a raised protected walkway behind a battlement) of the park of the Château de Ménilmontant. Its name comes from the optical telegraph invented by Claude Chappe (1763–1805) in 1792. This was the first practical telecommunications system, but was eventually replaced by the electric telegraph. Chappe installed the relay station, containing the telegraph's apparatus which he called a tachygraphe, on this peak of 128 meters altitude.

History

The station opened as part of the original section of the line from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas on 28 April 1935.

On 1 April 2016, half of the nameplates on the station's platforms were temporarily replaced by the RATP as part of April Fool's Day, along with 12 other stations. It was humorously renamed "#TWEET" , a reference to the evolution of text messaging in the 21st century and as a tribute to Twitter.^[1]^[2]

As part of modernization works for the extension of the Line to Rosny–Bois-Perrier in 2023 for the Grand Paris Express, the station was closed from 8 June 2019 to 15 July 2019 to raise its platform levels and its surface tiled to accommodate the new rolling stock that will be used (MP 14) to accommodate the expected increase passengers and to improve the station's accessibility. An additional entrance will also added at the corner of rue de Belleville and rue du Docteur Potain and will be equipped with a lift.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In 2019, the station was used by 1,823,734 passengers, making it the 257th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.^[6]

In 2020, the station was used by 1,194,040 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 220th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.^[7]

Passenger services

Access

The station has 3 entrances:

Entrance 1: rue du Télégraphe
Entrance 2: rue de Belleville
Entrance 3: Cimetière de Belleville

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Châtelet (Place des Fêtes)
	Wall
	Northbound	→ toward Rosny–Bois-Perrier (Porte des Lilas) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

The station has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms. The station's tracks are separated by a supporting wall to strengthen the station box as it is built in soft ground. Due to the significant depth of the platforms, certain landings between flights of stairs that led to the mezzanine level were equipped with seats for travellers to rest. This was removed during the station's renovation and modernisation as part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP on 28 June 2016.^[8] This feature still exists at Buttes Chaumont.