Why is the Champs-Elysées metro station closed Thursday December 12 and Friday December 13?

Why is the Champs-Elysées metro station closed Thursday December 12 and Friday December 13?
Why is the Champs-Elysées metro station closed Thursday December 12 and Friday December 13?

This Thursday December 12 and Friday December 13, 2024, the Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau station will not be accessible to metro users due to a ceremony on the avenue.

If you had to take the station Champs-Élysées – Clemenceauon lines 1 and 13 of the Paris metro, these Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December 2024we will have to find an alternative! According to the RATP website, the stop will be entirely farmwithout any possible correspondence during these two days, on occasion it seemsand the ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the republican security companieswhich will take place on the famous avenue.

As a reminder, the Republican Security Companies (CRS) were created by decree on December 8, 1944, at the request of General de Gaulle. At the end of the Second World War, all law enforcement agencies were mobilized to reaffirm the sovereignty of the State and maintain national cohesion. the latter needs a “effective, loyal and available force to reaffirm state sovereignty and maintain national cohesion“.

Furthermore, according to the order of the Paris Police Prefecture, the parking and traffic of any motor vehicle is prohibited:

  • between avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt and avenue Winston Churchill, in Paris 08th, on December 12, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  • December 13, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: avenue Winston Churchill; avenue Dutuit; Cours la Reine , between Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt and Place de la Concorde; avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, between avenue du Général Eisenhower and avenue des Champs-Elysées
  • December 12, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and December 13, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: avenue Winston Churchill; General Eisenhower Avenue; Place Clémenceau; Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue; Cours la Reine Nord, between Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt and Place de la Concorde; Avenue Dutuit


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