Bastille (Paris Métro)

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Bastille
Station de la Bastille Ligne 1 - Quais 02-03-06.jpg
Aboveground platforms at Bastille station.
Date opened 19 July 1900 (1900)
Accesses Pl. de la Bastille (two)
Boul. Bourdon × boul. Henri IV
37, boul. Bourdon
130, rue de Lyon
140, rue de Lyon
1, rue de Charenton
1, boul. Beaumarchais
2, boul. Beaumarchais
Municipality/
Arrondissement
the 4th arrondissement of Paris
Coordinates 48°51′11″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853082°N 2.369077°E / 48.853082; 2.369077Coordinates: 48°51′11″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853082°N 2.369077°E / 48.853082; 2.369077
Fare zone 1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 1
Direction
La Défense
Direction
Château de Vincennes
Saint-Paul Gare de Lyon
Paris Métro Line 5
Direction
Place d'Italie
Direction
Bobigny – Pablo Picasso
Quai de la Rapée Bréguet – Sabin
Paris Métro Line 8
Direction
Balard
Direction
Créteil – Préfecture
Chemin Vert Ledru-Rollin
List of stations of the Paris Métro
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Location of metro station

Bastille is a station on lines 1, 5 and 8 of the Paris Métro. It is located near the former location of the Bastille and remains of the Bastille can be seen on line 5. The platforms for line 1 are situated below road level but above the Basin of the Arsenal and Canal Saint Martin in a short-open air segment. The western end of the line 1 platforms have the sharpest curve used by passenger trains on the Métro, with a radius of only 40 metres.[1] The line 1 platforms, at 123 metres long, are significantly longer than the average Métro platform length.

The line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 5 platforms were opened on 17 December 1906 when the line was extended from Gare de Lyon to Lancry (now known as Jacques Bonsergent). The line 8 platforms were opened on 5 May 1931 when the line was extended from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Charenton. The platforms on line 1 were decorated in 1989 to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Hardy, B. Paris Metro Handbook, 3rd edition, Capital Transport Publishing, 1999.





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