Gare du Nord (Paris Métro)
 Gare du Nord
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| opening | November 15, 1907 |
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Gare du Nord → Magenta →   
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The underground station Gare du Nord is an underground interchange station of the Paris Métro . It is served by lines 4 and 5 and is one of the main hubs in central Paris . With around 99,000 passengers a day, in 2004 it was the busiest underground station on the Metro.
The TGV , Thalys and Eurostar trains to London , Brussels , Cologne and Amsterdam start from the Gare du Nord long-distance train station, which is accessible via a connecting corridor . In its subterranean part you can change to the RER B and RER D of the S-Bahn -like RER network. The RER E is reached in the Magenta tunnel station , which is on the east side of the station .
location
The metro station is in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul district of the 10th arrondissement of Paris. The station of line 4 is located across the main facade of the long-distance train station under rue de Dunkerque and Place Napoleon III, the station of line 5 along under rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis north of its intersection with rue La Fayette .
Surname
The Gare du Nord long-distance train station of the same name gives it its name. It was opened on June 25, 1846 and connects Paris with the départements in the north as well as with Belgium and the Netherlands . It is also of particular importance in dealings with the United Kingdom . Before the opening of the Canal Tunnel , most of the trains following the canal ferries ended there, since then the Eurostar TGV trains coming directly from London .
history
A first station was opened on November 15, 1907 with the opening of the northern extension of line 5 from Lancry (since 1946 Jacques Bonsergent ) to Gare du Nord. It was located within a double-track end loop under the Boulevard de Denain , had a central platform and until 1942 was the terminus of the longest metro line coming from Étoile via Place d'Italie .
On October 5, 1942, the new station on line 5 was opened under the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis and the line was extended on October 12, 1942 to Église de Pantin in the northeast of Paris. The old terminus was abandoned, but was largely preserved and now serves as a training center .
The station of line 4 went into operation on April 21, 1908, when the first section from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt was opened.
description
Both stations are under elliptical, white-tiled vaulted ceilings with curved side walls, and there are side platforms on each of two main tracks. The station of line 5 is still 75 m long, that of line 4 was extended to 90 m in the mid-1960s.
To the north of its station, line 5 has a simple track change , while to the south its tracks pass under those of line 4.
There are three exits to the street that are designed in the style of Art Nouveau and Art Deco . A fourth exit leads to the long-distance or RER train station.
vehicles
Until 1928, five-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 six-car trains of the MP 59 series in 1966/67 . The MP 89 CC series is currently in use on Line 4 .
The Sprague-Thomson trains on line 5 were replaced from 1978 by vehicles from the MF 67 series , which were followed by MF 01 trains from 2011 .
Remarks
- ↑ At the same time, the section Étoile - Place d'Italie was added to line 6
- ↑ CC means "Conduite Conducteur" (driver-controlled), in contrast to the driverless type MP 89 CA
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sommaire. (PDF; 1.1 MB) (No longer available online.) P. 16 , archived from the original on June 17, 2012 ; Retrieved July 16, 2010 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 112 .
- ^ 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. 197 .
- ↑ a b Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 198.
- ↑ a b Jean Tricoire: op. Cit. P. 183 f.
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
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Barbès - Rochechouart ← Porte de Clignancourt |
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Gare de l'Est Mairie de Montrouge → |
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Stalingrad ← Bobigny - Pablo Picasso |
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Gare de l'Est Place d'Italie → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 50 ″ N , 2 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ E