Goncourt (Métro Paris)

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Metro-M.svg Goncourt
Paris Metro Goncourt.jpg
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 11Paris Metro 11.svg
place Paris X , XI
opening April 28, 1935
Class MP 59 train in Goncourt station

Goncourt is an underground station on line 11 of the Paris Métro .

location

The metro station is located on the border of the Quartier de l'Hôpital-Saint-Louis in the 10th arrondissement with the Quartier de la Folie-Méricourt in the 11th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the Rue du Faubourg du Temple at the intersecting avenue Parmentier.

Surname

It is named after the Rue des Goncourt, which opens into the Rue du Faubourg du Temple. Their name refers to the brothers Edmond and Jules de Goncourt , who wrote several works together as writers in the mid-19th century . The French literary prize Prix ​​Goncourt is named after them.

The epithet Hôpital Saint-Louis refers to the hospital of the same name. The building, built in 1607, is the city's oldest hospital still in operation.

History and description

The station was put into operation on April 28, 1935 with the opening of line 11, which then ran on the section from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas . It is 75 m long and has two side platforms on two main tracks. The cross-section is elliptical , the ceiling and walls are tiled in white.

The two entrances are on avenue Parmentier south of its intersection with rue du Faubourg du Temple. They are each marked by a candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style .

vehicles

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

The Hôpital Saint-Louis is located near the station .

Web links

Commons : Goncourt (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. 116 .
  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. 284 .
  3. ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '11.9 "  N , 2 ° 22' 15.7"  E