Maraîchers station
Appearance
Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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Location | 20th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°51′10″N 2°24′25″E / 48.852851°N 2.40699°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 December 1933 | ||||||||||
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Maraîchers is a station of the Paris Métro, on the Rue des Maraîchers. The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. The name of the street, Rue des Maraîchers is French for "street of the market-gardeners". Until the 20th century the hills of Belleville and Montreuil were cultivated by many market-gardeners, whose most famous products were the "peaches of Montreuil".
Station layout
Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine |
Line 9 platforms | ||
Westbound | ← toward Pont de Sèvres (Buzenval) | |
Eastbound | toward Mairie de Montreuil (Porte de Montreuil) → | |