Arts et Métiers (Métro Paris)

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Metro-M.svg Arts et Métiers
Station of line 11
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 03Paris Metro 3.svg 11Paris Metro 11.svg
place Paris III
opening October 19, 1904
Station of line 3 in the "Oui-Dire" style
MF-67 train entering the station on line 3
Station of line 11 with an incoming MP 59 train

Arts et Métiers is an underground transfer station for lines  3 and  11 of the Paris Métro . The station on line 3 is one of those that have been artistically designed according to a specific theme.

location

The metro station is located in the Quartier des Arts-et-Métiers in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris . The station of line 3 is located in a curve under the intersection of rue de Turbigo with rue Réaumur, that of line 11 along under rue Réaumur east of rue de Turbigo.

Surname

The name is given by the nearby Conservatoire national des arts et métiers . This institution, founded in 1704, is one of the most prestigious technical universities in the country; it also houses the Musée des arts et métiers museum with the original Foucault's pendulum .

history

On October 19, 1904, the station on line 3 was opened with the opening of the first section from Villiers to Père Lachaise . Line 11 and its station were opened on April 28, 1935. This line starts at Châtelet metro station and ended at Porte des Lilas station until 1937 . In 1956, line 11 was the first to be converted for operation with rubber-tired trains .

description

Both stations are under elliptical vaults, their side walls follow the curvature of the ellipse. They have side platforms on two parallel tracks and are each 75 m long.

The station on line 3 is designed in the “Oui-Dire” style, the ceiling and walls are tiled in white. In 1996 the station on line 11 was clad with copper plates. With portholes indicated , it is supposed to remind of the interior of the fictional submarine Nautilus from the novel by Jules Verne , in keeping with the nearby technology museum .

There are several entrances, most of which are marked by candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style .

To the north-east of the station on line 3 there is a sideways siding, east of the station on line 11 there is a simple change of platform . An operating track that connects the two lines is crossed by line 11 and immediately after by line 3.

vehicles

As a result of the accident at Couronnes station , line 3 was equipped with vehicles that ran on bogies from the start . The five-car trains consisted of three multiple units and two trailer cars . They were later replaced by Sprague-Thomson trains , which ran there until 1967. In that year, Line 3 was the first to receive the new MF 67 series, which runs classically on steel rails . These trains will still be in use there in 2020, and from 2028 they are to be replaced by trains from the MF 19 series.

Initially, conventional Sprague-Thomson trains ran on line 11. In the mid-1950s, it was the first to be prepared for passenger use with rubber-tired vehicles. The MP 55 series was used for the first time on November 13, 1956. In January 1999 they were replaced by the MP 59 series , and MP 73 trains have also been running since 2009 .

Surroundings

Former monastery church of St-Martin-des-Champs, now part of the Musée des arts et métiers

Not far from the station are the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and the technology museum Musée des arts et métiers .

Web links

Commons : Arts et Métiers (Paris Metro)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 56 .
  2. ↑ a b Jean Tricoire: Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor . 2nd Edition. La Vie du Rail, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-902808-87-9 , p. 165 .
  3. ↑ a b Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 284.
  4. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
  5. ↑ a b Gérard Roland: op. Cit. P. 57.
  6. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 74.
  7. ↑ Jean Tricoire, op. Cit. P. 86.
  8. ↑ Jean Tricoire, op. Cit. P. 168.
  9. ↑ Jean-Gabriel Bontinck: Métro: ligne par ligne, découvrez quand les nouvelles arriveront rames. In: Le Parisien . April 11, 2019, accessed on June 7, 2020 (Fri-FR).
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '55.7 "  N , 2 ° 21' 21.7"  E