Chapter III · Urban Heritage Data
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The Beautiful Stations Carry
Three Times More Passengers

Average daily foot traffic at Metropolitain entrances, heritage era versus modern construction

90K 60K 30K 0 Daily passengers per entrance (thousands) 84.2K Abbesses 1900 62.8K Porte Dauphine 1900 58.1K Opera 1899 31.4K Republique 1975 24.6K Nation 2002 Heritage entrances (1899 – 1912) Modern entrances (post-1970)