Mabillon (Métro Paris)
 Mabillon
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| place | Paris VI |
| opening | March 10, 1925 |
The Metro Station Mabillon is an underground station of Line 10 of the Paris Métro .
location
The station is located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of the 6th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways under the Rue du Four south of its confluence with the Boulevard Saint-Germain .
Despite the close proximity to the Saint-Germain-des-Prés metro station, no pedestrian tunnel was created between the two stations for people changing trains. The transfer station between lines 4 and 10 is the Odéon subway station to the east .
Surname
It was named after the Rue Mabillon, which goes south from the Rue du Four. The deceased monk Jean Mabillon (1632–1701), who worked in the nearby Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey, is considered to be the founder of the auxiliary historical sciences .
history
The Mabillon underground station went into operation on March 10, 1925 with the opening of line 10, which was then extended from the Croix-Rouge station (closed since 1939) to there. Until February 13, 1926, Mabillon was temporarily the eastern end of the line.
description
The station, which is situated in a slight curve, lies under an elliptical, white-tiled vault with curved side walls. It has two side platforms on two main tracks and is 75 m long. There is a simple rail link in front of the western head. There are exits on the south side of Rue du Four at the junction of Rue Mabillon (with escalator) and Rue de Montfaucon.
The entrance on Rue de Montfaucon is marked by a candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the Art Deco style .
vehicles
Conventional MF 67 series trains run on Line 10 . Between 1975 and 1994 trains of the MA series ran , before that of the Sprague-Thomson type .
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. 136 .
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
- ^ 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. 273 .
| Previous station | Paris metro | Next station |
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Sèvres - Babylone ← Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud |
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Odéon Gare d'Austerlitz → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 10 ″ N , 2 ° 20 ′ 7 ″ E