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{{Short description|Metro station in Paris, France}}
{{Infobox station
| name = La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
| symbol_location = paris
| symbol = m
| symbol2 =
| type = [[Paris Métro]]  station
| image = Station Métro Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Ligne 7 - La Courneuve (FR93) - 2022-06-18 - 1.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 2 [[MF 77]] at La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
| other_name =
| address = [[La Courneuve]], [[Seine-Saint-Denis]]
| borough = [[Île-de-France]]
| country = France
| coordinates = {{coord|48.920777|2.410668|region:FR_scale:2000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[RATP Group|RATP]]
| operator = [[RATP Group|RATP]]
| line = {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|7}}
| platforms = 2 ([[2 island platforms]])
| tracks = 3
| accessible =
| code = 0307
| zone = 2
| opened = {{start date and age|1987|05|06|df=y}}}
| closed = <!-- {{End date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| passengers = 3,611,264 (2020)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Paris Métro|line=7|left=Fort d'Aubervilliers}}
| map_type = France Paris and inner ring
}}
'''La Courneuve–8 mai 1945''' ({{IPA|fr|la kuʁnœv ɥit mɛ milnœfsɑ̃kaʁɑ̃tsɛ̃k}}) is a station of the [[Paris Métro]] and serves as the northern [[Terminal train station|terminus]] of [[Paris Métro Line 7]].
== History ==
La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 was inaugurated on 6 May 1987 following an extension from [[Fort d'Aubervilliers (Paris Métro)|Fort d'Aubervilliers]] and was renovated in 2005. The term "8 mai 1945" in its name refers to [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]], or the end of [[World War II]] in [[Europe]] on 8 May 1945.
In 2019, the station was used by 5,886,507 passengers making it the 63rd busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019|url=https://dataratp2.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2019/table/?sort=-rang&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro|access-date=2022-01-21|website=dataratp2.opendatasoft.com|language=fr}}</ref>
In 2020, the station was used by 3,611,264 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 39th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020|url=https://data.ratp.fr/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2020/table/?refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro&sort=-rang|access-date=2022-01-24|website=data.ratp.fr|language=fr}}</ref>
== Passenger services ==
=== Access ===
The station has 4 entrances:
* Access 1: Stade Daniel Féry
* Access 2: avenue Jean Jaurès
* Access 3: avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier
* Access 4: avenue Lénine
=== Station layout ===
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''Street Level'''
|}
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''B1'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Mezzanine
|}
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=10 valign=top|'''Line 7 platforms'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Southbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|← [[File:Metro-M.svg|20px]] [[File:Paris m 7 jms.svg|20px]] toward [[Villejuif–Louis Aragon (Paris Métro)|Villejuif–Louis Aragon]] or [[Mairie d'Ivry (Paris Métro)|Mairie d'Ivry]] {{small|([[Fort d'Aubervilliers (Paris Métro)|Fort d'Aubervilliers]])}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left, right}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Southbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|← [[File:Metro-M.svg|20px]] [[File:Paris m 7 jms.svg|20px]] toward [[Villejuif–Louis Aragon (Paris Métro)|Villejuif–Louis Aragon]] or [[Mairie d'Ivry (Paris Métro)|Mairie d'Ivry]] {{small|(Fort d'Aubervilliers)}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Northbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|{{0|→}} [[File:Metro-M.svg|20px]] [[File:Paris m 7 jms.svg|20px]] Alighting passengers only →
|}
=== Platforms ===
The station has a particular arrangement specific to the stations serving or had served as a terminus. It has three tracks and two island platforms with its walls decorated with tiling depicting scenes of sunrises and sunsets at the seaside.
=== Other connections ===
Since 6 July 1992, the station has been served by [[Île-de-France tramway Line 1|tramway T1]],<ref>Trams return to Paris ''[[Trolley Wire]]'' issue 250 August 1992 pages 27/28</ref> and before the extension to [[Saint-Denis station|Gare de Saint-Denis]] on 15 December 1992, was its western terminus. From 2016 to the summer of 2017, the tram station was renovated along with the lengthening of the platforms and modernisation of its associated shelters to cater for the anticipated increase in traffic when further extensions to the line opens in Rueil-Malmaison and Fontenay-sous-Bois in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 October 2016|title=La Courneuve : les travaux démarrent place du 8 mai 1945|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/la-courneuve-les-travaux-demarrent-place-du-8-mai-1945-16-10-2016-6215268.php|access-date=24 January 2022|website=[[Le Parisien]]|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 December 2021|title=La ligne de tramway T1 se modernise|url=https://www.ratp.fr/decouvrir/coulisses/modernisation-du-reseau/la-ligne-de-tramway-t1-se-modernise|access-date=24 January 2022|website=[[RATP Group|RATP]]|language=fr}}</ref>
It is also served by with bus lines 152 and 173 of the [[RATP bus network]], by lines 607, 609, and 611 of the [[Transdev TRA|TRA bus network]], and at night, by line N42 of the [[Noctilien]] bus network.
==Tourism==
Although it is not very tourist-oriented, the neighbourhood "Quatre routes" is very commercialized, featuring a large market which is open on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sunday mornings. To reach the nearby Parc départemental de [[La Courneuve]], the largest green space in the [[département]] (approximately 4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), take the T1 to the station "Six routes". During the [[Fête de l'Humanité]] at the beginning of September, a shuttle takes people directly there from the terminus of the métro.
It is also possible to take the T1 towards [[Drancy]] in order to visit the [[Drancy deportation camp|deportation camp]] of the Cité de la Muette.
Bus 152 arrives at the station from the [[Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]] (The Museum of Air and Space) at [[Le Bourget Airport]], where a biennial aviation show is held.
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" heights="165">
File:LC-8mai45-couloir accueil.jpg|La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 ticket hall
File:LC-8mai45-voie centrale vide.jpg|Platform facing the centre track
File:Station Tramway IdF Ligne 1 Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 - La Courneuve (FR93) - 2021-12-18 - 4.jpg|Renovated T1 station at La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 (2021)
File:Accès Station Métro Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Place 8 Mai 1945 - La Courneuve (FR93) - 2022-01-09 - 10.jpg|Entrance 1
File:Accès Station Métro Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Place 8 Mai 1945 - La Courneuve (FR93) - 2022-01-09 - 9.jpg|Entrance 2
File:Entrée Station Métro Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Place 8 Mai 1945 - La Courneuve (FR93) - 2021-12-18 - 2.jpg|Entrance 3
File:Accès Station Métro Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Place 8 Mai 1945 - La Courneuve (FR93) - 2022-01-09 - 1.jpg|Entrance 4
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[La Courneuve]]
* [[List of stations of the Paris Métro]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|La Courneuve - 8 Mai 1945 (Paris Metro)}}
* [http://www.ville-la-courneuve.fr/ Official site of the city of La Courneuve]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051130042507/http://www.parcs93.info/fr/parcs/courneuve/index.php Official site of Le Parc de La Courneuve]
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[[Category:Paris Métro line 7]]
[[Category:Paris Métro stations in Seine-Saint-Denis]]
[[Category:Railway stations in France opened in 1987]]
[[Category:Accessible Paris Métro stations]]