The station is located under Boulevard de Charonne at its intersection with Rue de Charonne and Rue de Bagnolet. Oriented approximately along a north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the Philippe Auguste and Avronmetro stations.
History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers. It was the eastern terminus of the line until 2 April 1903 when it was extended to Nation. The station was originally called Bagnolet after the Rue de Bagnolet, the road to Bagnolet. On 13 September 1970, it was renamed after the French author Alexandre Dumas and the Rue Alexandre Dumas. It was the location of the Barrière de Fontarabie, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the nineteenth century. As part of the RATP Metro Renewal program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated on 12 May 2005. On 1 April 2016, some of the station's name plates were temporarily replaced by the RATP to produce April Fools jokes for a day, as in the case of twelve other stations. Alexandre Dumas was humorously renamed Les Trois Mousquetaires in reference to the famous novel by this writer. As part of the action plan in 2018 to improve air quality in the metro, the station was the first in which two air purifiers were tested using an Ip'Air device developed by Suez. They were inaugurated on 7 June 2019 on the platform in the direction of Nation and set up for a period of six months. In 2019, 3,439,879 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 142nd position of the metro stations for its usage.
Passenger services
Access
The station has a single exit entitled Boulevard de Charonne, leading to the central reservation of the boulevard to the right of No. 111. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard entrance, which is subject to a registration as historic monuments by decree of 12 February 2016.
Station layout
Platforms
Alexandre Dumas is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is the style used for most metro stations, the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates. The seats are dark blue Motte style.
