Paris Metro Line 3

Line 3
MF 67 at Gambetta station
Overview
Locale	Levallois-Perret, Paris, Bagnolet
Termini	Pont de Levallois–Bécon Gallieni
Connecting lines
Stations	25
Service
System	Paris Métro
Operator	RATP
Rolling stock	MF 67 (47 trains as of 31 July 2023)
Ridership	80 million (avg. per year) 12th/16 (2025)
History
Opened	19 October 1904 (19 October 1904)
Technical
Line length	11.665 km (7.248 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Conduction system	Conductor (OCTYS)
Average inter-station distance	486 m (1,594 ft)
Route map proposed extension proposed extension Bécon-les-Bruyères   Pont de Levallois–Bécon Anatole France Louise Michel Hauts-de-Seine Paris Porte de Champerret Pereire Wagram Malesherbes Villiers/Van Dick sidings Villiers Europe Saint-Lazare Havre–Caumartin Opéra Quatre-Septembre Bourse Sentier Réaumur–Sébastopol Arts et Métiers Temple République Parmentier Rue Saint-Maur Père Lachaise Gambetta Saint-Fargeau shops Porte de Bagnolet Paris Seine-Saint-Denis Gallieni

Paris Metro Line 3 (French: Ligne 3 du métro de Paris) is one of the sixteen currently open lines of the Paris Métro. It connects Pont de Levallois–Bécon station in the near northwestern suburban city of Levallois-Perret to Gallieni, in the eastern suburban city of Bagnolet. After opening as the network's third line in 1904, it was subject to several extensions, including the major restructuring occurring of 1971, where the line switched its easternmost section from Porte des Lilas to Gallieni, the abandoned section becoming Line 3bis.

With a length of 11.7 km (7 mi), Line 3 crosses Paris from west to east completely on the Rive Droite, serving the residential areas of the 17th arrondissement, the Gare Saint-Lazare, important stores and shopping centres, the Opéra Garnier, the former Parisian stock exchange house, the Place de la République, and the Père Lachaise graveyard. In 2017, it carried 101.4 million riders, making it the tenth busiest line of the Métro network.