Saint-Augustin (Paris Métro)
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| Arrondissement | VIII |
| Opened | May 27, 1923 |
| Tracks (platform) | 2 (side platform) |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 52 ′ 28 " N , 2 ° 19 ′ 20" E |
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 ( Saint-Lazare ); bus
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Saint-Augustin is an underground station on line 9 of the Paris Métro . Since the extension of line 14 to the Saint-Lazare long-distance train station in December 2003, Saint-Augustin has been connected to the Saint-Lazare metro station (lines 3 , 12 , 13 and 14 ) via a long pedestrian tunnel .
location
The metro station is located in the Quartier de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris . It is located lengthways under Boulevard Haussmann, east of its intersection with Boulevard Malesherbes.
Surname
It is named after the Place Saint-Augustin in front of the nearby church Église Saint-Augustin . Augustine of Hippo was a convert and became Bishop of Hippo Regius in 395 . The Augustinian orders of the Roman Catholic Church refer to his teaching .
History and description
On May 27, 1923, the extension of line 9 from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin went into operation. Just a week later, the line was extended by two stations to Chaussée d'Antin and the Saint-Augustin underground station lost its status as a terminus.
It has the original Parisian standard length of 75 m and side platforms on two main tracks. They lie under an elliptical , white tiled vault, the curvature of which is followed by the side walls. Originally the station was designed as a separation station, but the branching line was not realized. The platform in the direction of Mairie de Montreuil is unusually wide as it also covers the unused track trough.
There are three entrances to Boulevard Haussmann, one of which bears a “Val d'Osne” candelabra and another is marked with a yellow “M” in a double circle. There is also an exit with an escalator.
vehicles
Line 9 is operated with conventional vehicles that run on steel rails. Initially, trains of the Sprague-Thomson type , which were last used there, ran. In 1983 the MF 67 series was launched . The MF 01 series has been increasingly used since October 2013, and the last MF 67 train ran on line 9 on December 14, 2016.
Remarks
- ↑ The stations built by the Nord-Sud railway company, which competed until 1929, have vertical walls under elliptical ceilings
- ↑ On several lines of the Paris Métro trains run with pneumatic tires on mobile beams
- ↑ The last Sprague-Thomson train on the Métro's regular service was on line 9 on April 16, 1983
Web links
literature
- Gérard Roland: Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram . 2003, ISBN 2-86253-307-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Gérard Roland: Stations de métro d'Abbesses à Wagram . Christine Bonneton, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7 , pp. 190 .
- ^ 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. 258 .
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
- ↑ Jean Tricoire, op. Cit. , P. 260.
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