Paris Metro Line 2

Line 2
An MF 01 stock train at Stalingrad station in September 2024.
Overview
Locale	Paris
Termini	Porte Dauphine Nation
Connecting lines
Stations	25
Service
System	Paris Metro
Operator	RATP
Rolling stock	MF 01 (45 trains as of 22 March 2011)
Ridership	92 million (2025) (avg. per year)
History
Opened	13 December 1900 (13 December 1900)
Technical
Line length	12.4 km (7.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Conduction system	Conductor (PA)
Average inter-station distance	513 m (1,683 ft)
Route map Porte Dauphine Victor Hugo Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Ternes Courcelles Monceau Villiers Rome Place de Clichy Blanche Pigalle Anvers Barbès–Rochechouart Gare du Nord La Chapelle Magenta Stalingrad Canal Saint-Martin Jaurès Colonel Fabien Belleville Couronnes Ménilmontant Père Lachaise Philippe Auguste Alexandre Dumas Avron Nation Charonne Shops

Paris Metro Line 2 (French: Ligne 2 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen currently open lines of the Paris Métro. Situated almost entirely above the former customs barrier around the capital (Boulevards extérieurs), it runs in a semicircle in the north of Paris.

As its name suggests, Line 2 was the second line of the Métro network to open, with the first section put into service on 13 December 1900, as a branch of the Line 1. It adopted its current configuration on 2 April 1903, running between Porte Dauphine and Nation. There have been no changes in its layout since then.

At 12.3 km (7.6 mi) in length, it is the ninth-busiest line of the system, with 105.2 million riders in 2017. Slightly over 2 km (1.2 mi) of the line is built on an elevated viaduct with four aerial stations. In 1903, it was the location of the worst incident in the history of the Paris Métro, the fire at Couronnes.