Laumière (Paris Métro)
 Laumière
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| place | 19th arrondissement |
| opening | October 12, 1942 |
Laumière is an underground station on line 5 of the Paris Métro .
location
The metro station is located in the Quartier de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the avenue Jean-Jaurès at the level of the confluent avenue de Laumière.
Surname
The avenue de Laumière gives it its name. Xavier Jean Marie Clément Vernhet de Laumière (1812–1863) was general of the artillery in the Second Empire . He took part in the Battle of Puebla and was fatally wounded in Mexico the following year .
History and description
The station opened on October 12, 1942. On that day, the extension of line 5 from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin went into operation. Under an elliptical , white-tiled vaulted ceiling, it has side platforms on two parallel tracks. Like all stations on Line 5 (with one exception), it has the original Parisian standard length of 75 m.
The two entrances are at the confluence of avenue de Laumière with avenue Jean Jaurès, they are marked with candelabras designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the style of Art Deco . There is also another exit with an escalator.
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 .
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 128 .
- ↑ 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. 198 .
- ^ 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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Ourcq ← Bobigny - Pablo Picasso |
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Jaurès Place d'Italie → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 6.7 " N , 2 ° 22 ′ 45.8" E