Jacques Bonsergent (Paris Métro)

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Metro-M.svg Jacques Bonsergent
JacquesBonsergent1.JPG
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 05Paris Metro 5.svg
place Paris X
opening December 17, 1906
Station sign and plaque for Jacques Bonsergent on the platform
Soldiers in front of the eastern entrance to Lancry station, which at the time of the First World War still had the Art Nouveau décor designed by Hector Guimard

Jacques Bonsergent is an underground station on line 5 of the Paris Métro .

location

The metro station is located in the Quartier de la Porte-Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the Boulevard de Magenta at the level of Place Jacques-Bonsergent.

Station names

At the opening, the station was named "Lancry" after the Rue de Lancry, which crosses the Boulevard de Magenta there. Lancry was the last name of the landowner on whose land the road opened in 1777.

Since February 10, 1946, the subway station has been called "Jacques Bonsergent" after the newly created square Place Jacques-Bonsergent. The engineer Jacques Bonsergent , born in 1912, was the first Parisian civilian to be executed by the Germans - on December 23, 1940 - during World War II . His apartment was near the square on Magenta Boulevard.

History and description

On December 17, 1906, line 5 was extended from Place Mazas (since 1916: Quai de la Rapée ) to Lancry station. Lancry was the temporary terminus until November 15, 1907, when the extension of line 5 to Gare du Nord went into operation.

The station is located under an elliptical vaulted ceiling, it has curved, white-tiled side walls and side platforms on two main tracks. It was built by the CMP railway company and is 75 m long. There are two entrances on either side of the Boulevard de Magenta to the north of its intersection with the Rue de Lancry. The west is marked by a candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style , the Art Nouveau decor of the east designed by Hector Guimard has given way to a pole with a yellow “M” in a double circle.

vehicles

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 .

Further transport connections

During the day, the buses on RATP lines 56 and 65 stop. After midnight, the station is served by the ring lines N01 and N02 of the night buses of the Noctilien network .

Surroundings

Canal Saint-Martin

Web links

Commons : Jacques Bonsergent (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. 121 .
  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. 197 .
  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. 198.
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