Dupleix (Métro Paris)

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Metro-M.svg Dupleix
Dupleix vers Étoile par Cramos.JPG
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 06Paris Metro 6.svg
place Paris XV
opening April 24, 1906
The Dupleix station in the early years, a Sprague-Thomson train arriving from Grenelle station (since 1949: Bir-Hakeim )
Elevated railway above the Boulevard de Grenelle, with the Dupleix station in the background

The Dupleix underground station is a high station on line 6 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located in the Quartier de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways across the median of Boulevard de Grenelle between Rue Humblot and Rue Auguste Bartholdi.

Surname

The metro station is named after the nearby street Rue Dupleix. Joseph François Dupleix was Governor General of the French East India Company , in this capacity he increased France's influence over the British on the subcontinent .

history

The station went into operation on April 24, 1906 when the section from Passy to Place d'Italie 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.

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.

The covered access stairs are located at the western end of the station; an escalator was subsequently installed there to each platform.

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 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ 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

Commons : Dupleix (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. 94 .
  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. 210 .
  3. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
  4. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 51.
  5. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 53.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 2 "  N , 2 ° 17 ′ 37"  E