Rambuteau (Métro Paris)

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Metro-M.svg Rambuteau
Rambuteau metro 01.jpg
Tariff zone 1
Line (s) 11Paris Metro 11.svg
place Paris III , IV
opening April 28, 1935
Candelabra at the eastern exit of Rue Rambuteau , on the right the Center Pompidou , in the background the Notre-Dame Cathedral

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

location

West exit with escalator on Rue Rambuteau opposite the Pompidou Center

The station is located on the border of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It is located alongside the Rue Beaubourg , south of the confluence of the Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare .

Surname

It is named after the Rue Rambuteau , a cross street of the Rue Beaubourg . Claude-Philibert Barthelot , Count of Rambuteau, was prefect of the Seine département from 1833 to 1848 . He had numerous Parisian alleys renewed and the street lighting switched from oil to gas. The Château de Rambuteau is located in the commune of Ozolles in the Saône-et-Loire department .

history

The station was put into operation on April 28, 1935 with the opening of line 11. At the time, it operated on the Châtelet - Porte des Lilas section . On May 12, 1944, line 11, and with it the Rambuteau station , was confiscated by the Wehrmacht . Since tracks had been dismantled, it could not go back into operation immediately after the city ​​was liberated in August 1944, but only on March 5, 1945.

description

The underground station has two side platforms on two main tracks. It has an elliptical cross-section, the ceiling and walls are tiled. There are four exits, one of which (closest to the Pompidou Center) has an escalator. The stairs of the exits on Rue Rambuteau mark candelabra designed by Adolphe Dervaux in the style of Art Deco .

vehicles

For use on line 11, the MP 59 series train shortened to four cars in the Rambuteau station

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 four-car trains of the MP 59 series , and MP 73 trains have been in service since 2009 .

Surroundings

The art and cultural center Center Pompidou is located directly at the station .

Web links

Commons : Rambuteau (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. 182 .
  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 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '40.4 "  N , 2 ° 21' 12.5"  E