Bir-Hakeim station

Bir-Hakeim
Bir-Hakeim
Paris Métro station
General information
Other names	Bir-Hakeim — Tour Eiffel
Location	15th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°51′14″N 2°17′22″E / 48.853917°N 2.289332°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	24 April 1906
Previous names	Grenelle (1906-1949)
Services
Connections to other stations
	Javel towards Versailles Château Rive Gauche or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Location
	Bir-Hakeim Location within Paris

Bir-Hakeim (French pronunciation: [biʁ akɛm]) is an elevated station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 in the Boulevard de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement. It is situated on the left bank of the Pont de Bir-Hakeim over the Seine and is the closest station to the Eiffel Tower. After being built in 1906 as "Grenelle", it was renamed together with the bridge to commemorate the World War II battle of Bir Hakeim. The signs on the station walls now say "Bir-Hakeim — Tour Eiffel".

The station is above the RER C line and the station Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel is within walking distance.

History

The station opened as part of the former

Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.^[1]^[2]

Places of interest

It is the station closest to the

detention for thousands of Parisian Jews who were rounded up by the police on 16 and 17 July 1942 before their deportation to Nazi concentration camps. The velodrome was destroyed in 1960 in the course of work done on the bank of the Seine (Front de Seine). A commemorative monument has been raised near the south side of the station, above the tracks of the RER C

.

In the film Last Tango in Paris, Maria Schneider's character has an argument which leads to a physical altercation with her boyfriend in the Bir-Hakeim station.

Station layout and images

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	← Passy )
	toward Nation	→ Dupleix ) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

1F	Mezzanine for platform connection

Street Level

Line 6 platforms at Bir-Hakeim
MP 73 rolling stock on Line 6 at Bir-Hakeim

Notes

^ "Barrière de la Cunette, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
^ "Barrière de la Cunette" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 20 December 2009.

References

Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.

[1] "Barrière de la Cunette, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 20 December 2009.

[2] "Barrière de la Cunette" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 20 December 2009.

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