Lourmel station
Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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Location | 15th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°50′19″N 2°16′55″E / 48.838604°N 2.281817°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 27 July 1937 | ||||||||||
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Lourmel is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement.
The station was opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle to Balard. The station is named after the Rue de Lourmel, named after General Frédéric Henri Le Normand de Lourmel , who was killed at the Battle of Inkerman where the Franco-British armies defeated the Russian armies under Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov during the Crimean War.
Station layout
Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine for platform connection |
Line 8 platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← toward Balard (Terminus) | |
Eastbound | toward Pointe du Lac (Boucicaut) → | |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Yard track | No regular service |
Gallery
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Stairs to platforms
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Line 8 platforms at Lourmel
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MF 77 rolling stock on Line 8 at Lourmel
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MF 77 rolling stock on Line 8 at Lourmel
References
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
External links
Media related to Lourmel (Paris Metro) at Wikimedia Commons