Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac () is a

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station in

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. It is the southern terminus of Line 4, and was built as part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge, the previous terminus of the line. The adjacent station is Barbara. The station opened in January 2022. In future, the station will be served by

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History

The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received

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in February 2005. Work to built the extension began in 2015, and was planned to open in 2020. During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called ''Bagneux.'' Following a public vote, the station was named after

Lucie Aubrac Lucie Samuel (29 June 1912 – 14 March 2007), born Lucie Bernard, and better known as Lucie Aubrac (), was a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance during World War II. In 1938, she earned an agrégation of history (somethi ...

, a member of the

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during

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. The station was opened on 13 January 2022 by Prime Minister

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. The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day. The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between Ile-de-France Region (60%), the state (25.7%), and the department of

, in which Bagneux is located (14.3%).

Grand Paris Express

In 2011, it was announced that the station will connect to the new

, part of

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. This is planned to open in 2025. There are also plans to build an eco-quarter around the station with over 2,000 new residents, following the completion of the Line 15 station.

Architecture and artwork

Line 4

The station was designed by LIN (

Finn Geipel Finn Geipel (born 23 November 1958 in Stuttgart) is a German Architect and Urbanist. He is co-founder of the architecture and urban planning office LIN.Joseph Hanimann: ''Finn Geipel' Stand: 3. Dezember 2012 Life Geipel studied architecture from ...

and Giulia Andi). It is fitted with

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, as part of the automation of Line 4, planned to be completed by 2022. Inside the station, two portraits of

were created by the artist C215. On a

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of a building outside the station, artist Andréa Michaelsson (also known as ''Btoy)'' has painted a large portrait of Lucie Aubrac''.'' On the nearby maintenance building, a metal bas-relief by Argentinian artist

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shows the history of underground mines, quarries and the Metro in the local area.

Line 15

The station has been designed by French architect Marc Barani. An artwork by Italian artist

Tatiana Trouvé Tatiana Trouvé (born 4 August 1968) is a contemporary Italian visual artist based in Paris who works in large-scale installations, sculptures, and drawings. Trouvé is the recipient of numerous awards including the Paul Ricard Prize (2001), Mar ...

will take inspiration from caves,

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and troglodytes.

References

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