Cité (Métro Paris)

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Cité
Metro-M.svg
Metro station in Paris
Cité
Basic data
Arrondissement IV
Opened January 9, 1910
Tracks (platform) 2 (side platform)
Coordinates 48 ° 51 '20 "  N , 2 ° 20' 47"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '20 "  N , 2 ° 20' 47"  E
use
Line (s) 04Paris Metro 4.svg
Switching options bus
South caisson with stairs, class MP 59 train
South tunnel mouth, caisson with elevators
Staircase in the upper part of the caisson
Art Nouveau entrance designed by Hector Guimard , behind the building of the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris

Cité is an underground station on line 4 of the Paris Métro .

location

Cité is the only metro station on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris . The Seine island is located in the Notre-Dame district of the 4th arrondissement , the station is located at a great depth below the Place Louis Lépine.

Surname

It is named after the Île de la Cité (German: Old Town Island), the nucleus of the city of Paris. Already in the 3rd century BC The Celtic tribe of the Parisians can be traced there .

history

The station (working title: La Cité) was put into operation on January 9, 1910 as part of the connection between the north branch opened in 1908 and the south branch of line 4 opened in 1909. On that day, the start of continuous operation of line 4 between Porte de Clignancourt in the north and Porte d'Orléans in the south.

The delayed opening of the central section was caused by difficulties in building the line below the Seine. The tunnels and the Cité station were built using the caisson method (caisson).

description

The slightly curved station has side platforms under a tiled vault on two parallel tracks. Due to the close crossing under the two arms of the Seine, it is 19.83 m below the road surface, far lower than most Paris metro stations.

Because of the wet soil, caissons were built in, as was the case with the Seine crossings, which were manufactured on site. The central caisson with the shape of a round arch is 66 m long, 12.50 m high and 16.50 m wide. It was sunk horizontally in the excavation and takes up the central section of the station. At both ends there are vertically built elliptical caissons that extend from the floor to street level. In addition to the tracks and platforms, they take up the stairs and (southern caisson) the elevator system . The three caissons add up to the station length of 118 m, which is unusual for Paris.

The northern caisson connects the station with the Préfecture de police and the Palais de Justice . The only access from the street, designed by Hector Guimard in Art Nouveau style, leads to the southern caisson.

vehicles

Until 1928, 5-car trains consisting of initially three twin-engine and later two four-engine railcars and sidecars ran on Line 4 . They were replaced by Sprague-Thomson trains , which were successively replaced by rubber-tired 6-car trains of the MP 59 series in 1966/67 . The MP 89 CC series is currently in use on Line 4 .

Surroundings

Sights such as the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral , the Sainte-Chapelle , the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie are in the immediate vicinity of the station.

literature

Web links

Commons : Cité (Métro Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 82 .
  2. ^ 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. 179 .
  3. ↑ a b Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. , P. 183 f
  4. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit , p. 181.
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