Opéra station (Paris Métro)

Opéra
Line 3 platforms
General information
LocationPl. de l'Opéra (two)
6, Rue Scribe
43, Av. de l'Opéra
2nd arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°52′14″N 2°19′56″E / 48.870636°N 2.3323526°E / 48.870636; 2.3323526
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened19 October 1904 (1904-10-19)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station
Havre–Caumartin Line 3 Quatre-Septembre
towards Gallieni
Pyramides Line 7 Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette
Madeleine
towards Balard
Line 8 Richelieu–Drouot
Connections to other stations
Saint-Augustin Line 9
transfer at Havre–Caumartin
Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette
Madeleine Line 12
transfer at Saint-Lazare
Trinité–d'Estienne d'Orves
Miromesnil Line 13
transfer at Saint-Lazare
Liège
Pont Cardinet Line 14
transfer at Saint-Lazare
Madeleine
Preceding station RER Following station
Charles de Gaulle–Étoile RER A
transfer at Auber
Châtelet–Les Halles
Terminus RER E Magenta
Location
Opéra
Location within Paris

Opéra (French: [ɔpeʁa] ) is a station on Lines 3, 7 and 8 of the Paris Métro. It is named after the nearby Opéra Garnier. Located at the end of the Avenue de l'Opéra, it serves the district of Boulevard Haussmann. Its main entrances are located on the Place de l'Opéra, built in a marble design (instead of the characteristic iron metro entrances of Hector Guimard), to not spoil the view of the opera house.

The station is connected by an underground passage to Auber on RER A. From Auber, additional stations and lines can be reached via a sequence of underground passages, namely Havre–Caumartin for Line 3 and Line 9, and Haussmann–Saint-Lazare for RER E, the latter being connected to Saint-Lazare for Line 3, Line 12, Line 13 and Line 14, and the latter in turn being connected to Saint-Augustin for Line 9.