Did you feel that little air of Los Angeles blowing over Paris today? The RATP has renamed a few Paris metro stations in a nod to the City of Angels! A welcome dedication as Paris bids farewell to the Olympic Games and passes the torch to Los Angeles!
An event to close the Paris 2024 Olympics
Yes, you’re going to have to get used to it, the Olympic Games are well and truly over! Since the close of the Olympic Games and the Paralympics, France has been preparing its farewell and the handover of the Olympic flame to the next host city of the Summer Games, Los Angeles.
In the run-up to 2028, Paris has hosted a Paris-Los Angeles Olympic marathon, and is especially preparing for this Saturday’s Grand Parade of the Olympic Games. Today, it’s the RATP that’s doing its bit with an operation it’s got a secret for!
Metro stations renamed in a nod to Los Angeles
On this Thursday, September 12, some metro users may have thought they weren’t quite awake! RATP actually had fun renaming a few stations on the Paris metro, as it’s wont to do on certain special occasions! Remember Bercy Johnny or Durock? And just this year, on April 1, the company had already transformed the names of some stations ahead of the Olympics!
RATP was back at it again this Thursday, September 12, with Tickets to L.A. The operation must have created its effect of surprise with passengers, because six stations in the network have been renamed in reference to iconic Los Angeles landmarks! Thus Belleville (lines 2 and 11) is now called Beverly Hills, Malesherbes (line 3): Malibu, Saint-Michel (line 4): Santa Monica, Grands Boulevards (lines 8 and 9): Hollywood Boulevard, Olympiades (line 14): Olympiades Los Angeles and L’Haÿ-les-Roses (line 14): Melrose !
To return the favor, L.A. Metro, the network that operates the Los Angeles subway, is also planning to rename some of its stations in tribute to Paris in the near future!!! To be continued!
📌 Thursday, 09/12/2024
In some Paris metro stations
More info on the RATP website