The Fork (subway of Paris)

the Fork is a station of the Métro of Paris of the line 13, with the limit of the 17 {{E}} and 18 {{E}} districts of Paris.

The station

Situation

The Fork is the name of the crossroads, on the surface, where the Avenue of Clichy separates from the Avenue of Saint-Ouen.

A particular configuration

The station is in the middle of an astute junction in two branches of line 13:

the branch Asnières - Gennevilliers remains in two-track tunnel;
the branch Saint-Denis is duplicated:

towards Saint-Denis, it leaves the double track right after the station the Fork and finds the opposite way coming from Saint-Denis right before the station Guy Môquet,
of Saint-Denis towards Châtillon, the way takes down before the Fork and passes under the other ways to serve a single quay, then, right before the station Place of Clichy, a very short shunting makes it possible the oars to join the line going down towards Saint Lazare.

The station the Fork thus has three quays:

on the first level:

a quay towards Asnières or Saint-Denis (roughly a train on two)
a quay towards Saint-Lazare (where only the trains pass coming from Asnières)

at the lower level:

a second quay towards Saint-Lazare (where only the trains pass coming from Saint-Denis).

A luminous indication indicates to the travellers the latencies allowing for choice of to them between the two quays in direction of Saint-Lazare. The latencies indicated are generally shifted of one or two minutes in order to avoid races precipitated towards the first train in departure.

Correspondences

Drunk the RATP
Noctilien

See too

List of the stations of the subway of Paris