National (Métro Paris)

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Metro-M.svg National
Paris metro aerial station dsc00849.jpg
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 06Paris Metro 6.svg
place Paris XIII
opening March 1, 1909
Station with access on Rue Nationale
Interior of the hall and platforms, facing west
Class MP 73 train coming from Nation , Chevaleret station in the background

The Nationale underground station is a high-level station on line 6 of the Paris Métro .

location

The station is located on the border of the Quartier de la Salpêtrière and the Quartier de la Gare in the 13th arrondissement of Paris . It lies lengthways across the median of the Boulevard Vincent-Auriol east of the confluence of the Rue Nationale.

Surname

It is named after the Rue Nationale. Its name refers to the Garde nationale de Paris, an urban militia consisting of volunteers in the 19th century with police duties, which was based there.

History and description

On March 1, 1909, the station went into operation with the opening of the first section of line 6 from Nation to Place d'Italie . In July 1974 the line was converted to run on pneumatic trains .

The structure of the station corresponds to that of most other stations in the elevated position of line 6. It is 75 m long and has 4.10 m wide side platforms on two parallel tracks. Two longitudinal beams, each resting on a row of iron columns, carry the track bed and the inner edges of the platforms. Their outer edges and the side walls rest on two further longitudinal girders, which are supported by brick pillars. At the four corners of the station, a pillar protrudes over the roof for design reasons. The station has a gable roof - glass near the ridge - which also spans the tracks. The brick side walls show geometric ornaments on the outside.

Access is through a brick entrance building via a staircase that divides halfway up at the western end of the station. There is also an escalator for each platform.

vehicles

Before 1974, Sprague-Thomson- type trains ran on the route . In July 1974, line 6 was converted to rubber-tired vehicles, and since then there have been trains from the MP 73 series consisting of three multiple units and two sidecars .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The section is also the last opened line on line 6 - its continuation to Charles de Gaulle - Étoile went into operation under line number 2 Sud between 1900 and 1906 and has only been part of line 6 since 1942
  2. ↑ The route was completed in 1906, but initially not opened due to the low number of passengers expected
  3. ↑ At the similarly constructed elevated railway stations on Line 2, the side walls are glazed and only the platforms, but not the tracks, are covered
  4. ↑ A railcar with a one-sided driver's cab runs at each end of the train, with a driverless cab and two non-motorized sidecars in between

Web links

Commons : Nationale (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. 152 f .
  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. 210 .
  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. 51.
  5. ↑ Jean Tricoire: op.cit. P. 53.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '59 "  N , 2 ° 21' 46"  E