Quai de la Gare station
Quai de la Gare  | |||||||||||
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| Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 March 1909 | ||||||||||
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  Quai de la Gare Location within Paris | |||||||||||
Quai de la Gare is a station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the intersection of the Quai de la Gare and the Boulevard Vincent Auriol in the 13th arrondissement.
The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942). It is named after the Quai de la Gare on the south bank of the Seine, which was a wharf opened in 1770 and serving the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. Nearby was the location of the Barrière de la Gare, 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 in 1819.
Nearby are the Ministry of Finance and Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy.
Station layout
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| Westbound | ←   toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Chevaleret)
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| Eastbound | toward Nation (Bercy) →
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| 1F | Mezzanine for platform connection |
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Gallery
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Station exterior at Quai de la Gare
References
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
