Porte de Charenton is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro.
The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot for the Paris Colonial Exposition, held in the nearby Bois de Vincennes. It was the southeastern terminus of the line until its extension to Charenton - Écoles on 5 October 1942. It is named after the Porte de Charenton, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris on the road to Charenton-le-Pont.
An interchange with Paris tramway Line 3a opened on 15 December 2012.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porte_de_Charenton_(Paris_Métro)
Address 33 Boulevard Poniatowski, Paris 75012, France
Coordinates 48°49'56.033" N 2°23'56.547" E
