Gare du Nord (Paris Métro)

Gare du Nord
Gare du Nord
	Line 5 platforms with a MF 01 rolling stock
General information
Location	9, Boul. Denain; 17, Rue de Dunkerque; 18, Rue de Dunkerque; Gare du Nord; 10th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°52′50″N 2°21′18″E / 48.88056°N 2.35500°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	15 November 1907
Services
Connections to other stations
Stade de France–Saint-Denis towards Goussainville	Châtelet towards Melun
Location
	Gare du Nord Location within Paris

Gare du Nord (French:

Magenta RER station on RER E

.

History

On 15 November 1907, Line 5 was extended from

Porte de Clignancourt

through Gare du Nord.

On 5 October 1942, the old Line 5 station was closed and replaced with a through station on 12 October 1942, in preparation for the extension to

Église de Pantin. The part of the old loop that was not destroyed during the building of RER B in the 1970s, together with connecting lines to Line 2 and Line 4 under the Boulevard de Magenta and Rue de Dunkerque, are now used for driver training (USFRT). The length of platforms on Line 4 were extended from 75 to 90 metres (246 to 295 ft) in the 1960s during the upgrading of the line for rubber-tyre

operations.

On 10 December 1981, the RER B station at Gare du Nord opened. The RER D station opened on 27 September 1987 with the rest of the line, while

Gare de Magenta on the RER E line opened on 14 July 1999. The Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

is located nearby.

Passenger services

Access

Access to the station, designed in 1900 by the architect Hector Guimard of the Compagnie Générale du Métropolitain de Paris, has been listed as a historic monument since 29 May 1978.

It has four entrances:

Entrance: 9, Boulevard de Denain;
Entrance: 17, Rue de Dunkerque;
Entrance: 18, Rue de Dunkerque;
Entrance: SNCF station.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Connecting level

Line 4 platforms	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← Barbès – Rochechouart )
	Southbound	→ Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Gare de l'Est ) →
	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right

Line 5 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← Place d'Italie (Gare de l'Est )
	Northbound	→ Stalingrad ) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

The stations of the two lines are of a standard configuration: they include two platforms flanking two tracks under an elliptical vault. However, the Line 4 station also has a later extension, recognizable by its much higher ceiling and mezzanine.

The platforms of Line 5 are decorated in the Andreu-Motte style: the fittings are orange, but the tiles are white and bevelled. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is indicated on enamelled plates, in Parisine font. Line 4 platforms were raised and platform screen doors were installed in 2019.