Iéna (French pronunciation: [jena]) is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro, named after the Avenue d'Iéna. The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin. Iéna is the French name of Jena where the Napoleon's army defeated Prussia in 1806 at the Battle of Jena. It is the nearest station to the Guimet Museum (Asian art) and the Palais de Tokyo (contemporary art museum), as well as the Embassy of Mexico, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Pont d'Iéna ("Jena Bridge").

Iéna
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
General information
Location16th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°51′52″N 2°17′36″E / 48.864466°N 2.29338°E / 48.864466; 2.29338
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened27 May 1923 (1923-05-27)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Trocadéro Line 9 Alma–Marceau
Location
Iéna is located in Paris
Iéna
Iéna
Location within Paris

Passenger services

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Access

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The station has three entrances made up of fixed stairs, which have an original balustrade, matching the railings of the Musée national des Arts asiatiques - Guimet located north of the Place d'Iéna :

  • Access 1 - Avenue du Président-Wilson - Musée d'Art moderne; Palais de Tokyo, adorned with a Dervaux candelabra, leading to the south-east of the Place d'Iéna, on the odd numbered side of the latter and the Avenue du Président-Wilson;
  • Access 2 - Rue Boissière - Musée Guimet, embellished with a Val d'Osne totem, one of the few in the Paris metro to be slightly curved due to its location, adjacent to the museum;
  • Access 3 - Avenue d'Iéna - Palais d'Iéna, also equipped with a Dervaux-type mast, located to the south of the square, to the right of no. 7 Avenue d'Iéna.

Station layout

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Street Level
B1 Mezzanine
Line 9 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound     toward Pont de Sèvres (Trocadéro)
Eastbound     toward Mairie de Montreuil (Alma – Marceau)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

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Jena is a standard station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the Renouveau du métro renovations of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the right legs, the vault and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are made of honey-coloured earthenware, and the name of the station is also made of earthenware in the style of the original CMP. The Motte style seats are red in colour.

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