Saint-Michel station (Paris Métro)
Preceding station | Paris Métro | Following station | ||
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Odéon towards Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac | Line 4 | Cité towards Porte de Clignancourt | ||
Connections to other stations | ||||
Preceding station | RER | Following station | ||
Châtelet towards Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye | RER B transfer at St-Michel – Notre-Dame | Luxembourg towards Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse | ||
Musée d'Orsay towards Pontoise, Versailles Château Rive Gauche or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | RER C transfer at St-Michel – Notre-Dame | Gare d'Austerlitz |
Location | |
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Saint-Michel Location within Paris |
Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl]) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 5th arrondissement. Located in the Quartier Latin, it offers a connection to the St-Michel - Notre-Dame RER station on RER lines B and C.
The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. It is named after the Boulevard Saint-Michel.
Architecture
Like nearby Cité, Saint-Michel features a pioneering construction technique, made necessary by the proximity of the Seine. The station comprises three steel caissons – one for the train hall and two for access at each end – which were assembled at the surface and then lowered into place.[1]
The platforms are 118 metres long, more than the standard length on the network.[1] This allows it to potentially handle eight-car trains, however, due to the other stations having an average of 100-meter platforms (excluding Cité, which has 110-meter platforms), and the Line's ongoing process for automatic operations, the trains in the Line 4 will be limited to six-car trains.
Nearby attractions
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
B1 | Mezzanine | to Exits/Entrances, connections to |
Platform level | Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← toward Porte de Clignancourt (Cité) | |
Southbound | → toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Odéon) → | |
Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right |
Gallery
- Line 4 platforms at Saint-Michel
- MP 59 rolling stock on Line 4 at Saint-Michel
- MP 89 rolling stock on Line 4 at Saint-Michel
See also
- St-Michel – Notre-Dame (Paris RER)
References
- ^ a b Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro Insolite (2011 ed.). p. 115.
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de metro: D'Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton. ISBN 2862533823.
External links
- Media related to Saint-Michel (Paris Metro) at Wikimedia Commons
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