Cité station
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Location | 2, Place Louis Lépine 4th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°51′19″N 2°20′47″E / 48.85528°N 2.34639°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 10 December 1910 | ||||||||||
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Cité (French: [site] ⓘ) is a metro station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Location
Cité station lies underneath the
History
The station was opened on 10 December 1910 on the section of the line under the
It owes its name to its location under Île de la Cité, considered the ancient cradle of the city of Paris, formerly Lutetia. The name Cité refers to the fortified boundaries of Paris as they were at the end of antiquity, on the island, and which was the urban nucleus of the medieval city.[1]
The station is also, with Rome on Line 2, Iéna on Line 9 as well as the Haxo ghost station between the 3 bis and 7 bis lines, one of the four whose name consists of four letters.
Along with the nearby Saint-Michel metro station, it was one of two stopping points equipped in 1911 with an elevator connecting the distribution room to the platforms, the other, the République metro station, which was the first in the network to benefit from it in 1910.
Tunnels were later built linking the station to the nearby
The platforms were modernized after 1988 by the adoption of a particular variation of the Ouï-dire style, in this case green, characterized by globe candelabra lighting. As part of the RATP's Un métro + beau programme, the station corridors were renovated on 20 December 2012.[2]
On 9 October 2019, half of the nameplates on the station's platforms were temporarily replaced by the RATP to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Asterix and Obelix, as in eleven other stations.[3] Taking the characteristic typography of the comic strip of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Cité is humorously renamed "Lutèce", a French-language form of the name used by the Romans to refer to Paris.
In 2019, according to RATP estimates, the station's annual travellers was 1,740,572 passengers, placing it 264th in the number of metro stations out of 302.[4]
Passenger services
Access
The station has a single entrance entitled Place Louis Lépine, leading to the right of building, 2 Place Louis Lépine. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard edicule, which is the subject of an inscription under the title of historical monuments by the decree of 25 July 1965.[5]
The old exit, still visible, gave direct access to the police prefecture and the courthouse (Palais de Justice) in the Cour du Mai to the right of the monumental gate as one enters.
Access to the platforms is via fixed stairs or elevators.
Station layout
Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine for platform connection |
Line 4 platform level | Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Châtelet )
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Southbound | Saint-Michel ) →
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Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right |
Platforms
Similar to most Paris Métro stations, Cité utilises a side platform setup with two tracks. However, unlike other stations on Line 4, the platforms are 110 m (361 ft) in length, longer than the 90-105m platforms at other stations. This makes it possible for the station to handle seven-car trains.
Because of the station's depth, passengers must walk down to a mezzanine level, which contains ticket machines and fare control gates, and then another three flights of stairs before reaching the platform level. As the Paris Métro runs inversely to normal railways in the rest of France, the eastern track is used by trains heading northbound to
Bus connections
The resort is served by lines 21, 27, 38, 47, 58, 85, 96 and the Paris L'OpenTour tourist line of the
Gallery
References
- ^ "Paris antique". Paris antique (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "SYMBIOZ – Le Renouveau du Métro". symbioz.net. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "VIDÉOS. Pour les 60 ans d'Astérix, des stations du métro de Paris renommées et décorées". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Métropolitain, station Cité". pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 April 2021.