Bir-Hakeim (Paris Metro)
 Bir-Hakeim Tour Eiffel |
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| Tariff zone | 1 |
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| place | Paris XV |
| opening | April 24, 1906 |
| Connected stations |
Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel → 
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The Bir-Hakeim underground station is a high-level station on line 6 of the Paris Métro . At the Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel train station, which is about 400 meters away, you can change to line C of the Réseau Express Régional (RER).
location
The station is located in the Quartier de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris . It is located along the median of the Boulevard de Grenelle, not far from the intersecting street Quai de Grenelle - Quai Branly.
Surname
The station is named after the Pont de Bir-Hakeim , a bridge on which the metro crosses the Seine immediately north of the station . This in turn is named after the Battle of Bir Hakeim (1942) in World War II , during which a brigade of Free French troops held up the advance of the Wehrmacht for more than two weeks.
The former name "Grenelle" goes back to a former estate of the same name .
history
The station went into operation on April 24, 1906 under the name "Grenelle" when the section from Passy to Place d'Italie was opened. This was an extension of the then line 2 Sud. On October 14, 1907, the previously independent line 2 Sud was abandoned and moved to the south-western end of line 5 ( Étoile - Place d'Italie - Gare du Nord ). On October 6, 1942, the route was changed again, so that line 6 has been running at the station since then. At that time the station was named "Quai de Grenelle", since June 18, 1949 it has had its current name.
description
The structure of the station corresponds to that of most other stations in the elevated position of line 6. It is 75 m long and has 4.10 m wide side platforms on two parallel tracks. Two longitudinal beams, each resting on a row of iron columns, carry the track bed and the inner edges of the platforms. Their outer edges and the side walls rest on two further longitudinal girders, which are supported by brick pillars. At the four corners of the station, a pillar protrudes over the roof for design reasons. The station has a gable roof - glass near the ridge - which also spans the tracks. The brick side walls show geometric ornaments on the outside.
There are access stairs at both ends of the station, with an elevator and escalator at each platform in the middle.
vehicles
From around 1910 trains of the Sprague-Thomson type ran on the route . In July 1974 it was converted to vehicles with rubber tires, and the MP 73 series has been running on Line 6 since then .
Surroundings
The train station is the closest metro station to the Eiffel Tower .
gallery
Train departing over the Pont de Bir-Hakeim to Passy
Bir-Hakeim high station above the median of Boulevard de Grenelle
Remarks
- ↑ At the similarly constructed elevated railway stations on Line 2, the side walls are glazed and only the platforms, but not the tracks, are covered
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 126 .
- ^ 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. 210 .
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 51.
- ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 53.
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
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Passy ← Charles de Gaulle - Étoile |
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Dupleix Nation → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 14 " N , 2 ° 17 ′ 22" E