This is quite a interesting corner of the metro system. About 1km further down the line, there is another 'ghost station' "Haxo". While Porte de Lilas sees /

This is quite a interesting corner of the metro system. About 1km further down the line, there is another 'ghost station' "Haxo". While Porte de Lilas sees / Saw traffic, Haxo was a planned station that never opened. It's single line only, and never had any access built (no stairs, street access). Likewise, it's in part of the system that sees no active traffic. Today it's one of the hardest places in the system to access 'illegally', as the tunnels between Porte de Lilas and Haxo have been converted to a 'layup' or 'parking' for rolling stock, replete with cameras, IR trips and a 24/7 'maitre de chien' (guard with guard dog). For the interested, some photos: https://ninjito.com/2008-07-27 https://ninjito.com/2008-07-27 For the metro history buffs, for many years Porte de Lilas was used to stock the 'Zebulon' ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9bulon_(Paris_M%C3%A9tro) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9bulon_(Paris_M%C3%A9t... ) MF-67 original prototype train that never saw passenger service. What made it unique was that it had a stainless steel finish. After years of searching for the train in the system, we realised that we'd stumbled across it years prior, parked up in Porte de Lilas: https://ninjito.com/2008-05-21 https://ninjito.com/2008-05-21 Paris has an incredible system with many, many hidden secrets, second only to perhaps the London Tube, but is much more safely explored thanks to wide clearance and a generally 'laissez faire' attitude and consequences of bumping into security staff.