Luxembourg station (Paris)
Luxembourg | |||||||||||
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 Luxembourg station platforms | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Paris France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′48″N 2°20′25″E / 48.84667°N 2.34028°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP Group | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ligne de Sceaux | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | |||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes, by request to staff[1] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 87758615 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 31 March 1895 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1977 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 5,670,876 | ||||||||||
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Luxembourg station is a French railway station on RER B in Paris. It is located under Boulevard Saint-Michel on the border between the 5th and 6th arrondissements, just east of the Jardin du Luxembourg. In 2015, it was used by 5,670,876 passengers.[2]
History
[edit]The northern terminus of the Ligne de Sceaux opened at Luxembourg in 1895. Between 1973 and 1977 it was converted into RER B of the Réseau Express Régional network by the building of a 2,600-metre tunnel extending the line under the Seine to Châtelet–Les Halles; the current station was rebuilt 50 cm lower than the previous station.
The station was extensively renovated in 2000. In 2009 it engaged into large excavation work for better accessibility to disabled passengers, including new elevators. In 2010, construction works were stopped due to a building permit issue. For more than two years the ticket offices were relocated in a shelter at street level; all new accesses for disabled passengers were opened in 2019.
On 14 December 1918, a train carrying United States President Woodrow Wilson and his entourage pulled into the station. In less than a month, Wilson would be part of the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference: this Conference drew up the Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June 1919, effectively ending the First World War.[3]
Tourism
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Données publiques – RATP, ed. (5 April 2016). "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré"
- ^ Macmillan, M. (2019 edition), Paris 1919. John Murray Publishers, London. Page 24.
External links
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Media related to Gare du Luxembourg at Wikimedia Commons
