Saint-Michel station (Paris Métro)
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 Line 4 platforms with Platform screen doors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 9, pl. Saint-Michel Pl. Saint-Michel × boul. Saint-Michel pl. Saint-Michel × quai Saint-Michel 15, pl. Saint-André des Arts 5th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°51′13″N 2°20′38″E / 48.85361°N 2.34389°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 January 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Station layout
[edit]| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| B1 | Mezzanine | to Exits/Entrances, connections to     
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| Platform level | Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ←  toward Porte de Clignancourt (Cité)
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| Southbound | toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Odéon) →
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| Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right | ||
Gallery
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: 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
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Media related to Saint-Michel (Paris Metro) at Wikimedia Commons
