Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris Métro)
 Saint-Germain-des-Prés
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| opening | January 9, 1910 |
The Saint-Germain-des-Prés metro station is an underground station on line 4 of the Paris Métro .
location
The station is located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of the 6th arrondissement of Paris . It is located lengthways under the Boulevard Saint-Germain between the Rue de Rennes and the Rue du Four.
Surname
It is named after the nearby Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey church . Its name goes back to Saint Germanus (fr: Saint Germain), who was appointed Bishop of Paris by the Frankish King Childebert I in 556 . 755's were relics of the Short Pippin brought to the predecessor of the present church Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
To distinguish it from the church of Saint-Germain le Vieux, which was destroyed in 1796, the abbey was given the addition of "des-Prés". It comes from the formerly nearby meadow Pré-aux-Clercs, the origin of which is not clearly known. "Clercs" can refer to clergymen or scribes , but also to students of the University of Paris , founded around 1200 .
history
The station went into operation on January 9, 1910, when the 3900 m long central section of Line 4 from Raspail to Châtelet was opened. When it went into operation, the previously separate south and north branches of the line were connected to form a line running from Porte de Clignancourt in the north to Porte d'Orléans in the south.
description
Under an elliptical, white tiled ceiling vault with curved side walls, the station has side platforms on two parallel tracks. It was originally 75 m long, but in the mid-1960s it was extended to 90 m and converted for use with pneumatic trains .
The two entrances are on either side of the Boulevard Saint-Germain at the level of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church. They are marked by candelabra of the “Val d'Osne” type.
vehicles
Until 1928, 5-car trains consisting of initially three twin-engine and later two four-engine railcars and sidecars ran on Line 4 . They were replaced by Sprague-Thomson trains , which were successively replaced by rubber-tired 6-car trains of the MP 59 series in 1966/67 . The MP 89 CC series is currently in use on Line 4 .
Surroundings
- Church of the former Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey
- Café de Flore
- Les Deux Magots café
Remarks
- ↑ The Saint-Vincent-Sainte-Croix church was destroyed by the Normans in the 9th century and rebuilt under its current name between 990 and 1014
- ↑ CC means "Conduite Conducteur" (driver-controlled), in contrast to the driverless type MP 89 CA
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. 192 .
- ↑ 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. 183 f .
- ^ Brian Hardy: Paris Metro Handbook . 3. Edition. Capital Transport Publishing, Harrow Weald 1999, ISBN 1-85414-212-7 , pp. 36 .
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Odéon ← Porte de Clignancourt |
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Saint-Sulpice Mairie de Montrouge → |
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 13.6 " N , 2 ° 19 ′ 59.8" E