Bastille () is a
station
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on
Line 1 Line 1 or 1 line may refer to:
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* Line 1 (Beijing Subway)
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,
Line 5 and
Line 8 of the
Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (french: Métro de Paris ; short for Métropolitain ) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France. A symbol of the Paris, city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform ar ...
. Located under the
Place de la Bastille
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the ...
and near the former location of the
Bastille
The Bastille (, ) was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was sto ...
, it is situated on the border of the
4th
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,
11th
11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables.
Name
"Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested i ...
and
12th arrondissement.
Location
The station is located on Place de la Bastille, the platform being established:
* Line 1, south of the square, outside the Canal Saint-Martin (between
Saint-Paul and
Gare de Lyon
The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris-Gare-de-Lyon, is one of the six large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and RER D ...
stations);
* Line 5, west of the square between
Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, running from the Bastille to the Avenue de la République, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards driven through Paris by Baron Haussmann during the Second French Empire of Napoleon III.
The Boulevard is named after F ...
and Boulevard Bourdon (between
Bréguet-Sabin and
Quai de la Rapée stations, not including the Arsenal ghost station);
* Line 8, north of the square between
Boulevard Beaumarchais
The Boulevard Beaumarchais is a boulevard of the 3rd, 4th and 11th arrondissement of Paris. It is named after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French poly ...
and Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine (between
Chemin Vert and
Ledru-Rollin
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (; 2 February 1807 – 31 December 1874) was a French people, French lawyer, politician and one of the leaders of the French Revolution of 1848.
Youth
The grandson of Comus (Nicolas Philippe Ledru), Nicolas Philip ...
stations).
History
The Line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between
Porte de Vincennes
The Porte de Vincennes () is one of the city gates of Paris (France) situated in the Bel Air neighborhood of the 12th arrondissement.
Location
The Porte de Vincennes is located where the northeast corner of the 12th arrondissement meets the ...
and
Porte Maillot
The Porte Maillot (also known as the porte Mahiaulx, Mahiau or Mahiot after a Paille-maille court, or the Porte de Neuilly Alfred Fierro, ''Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris'', Robert Laffont, 1580 pages, 1996 ; page 848 : "the porte de Neuill ...
on 19 July 1900.
It derives its name from the Place de la Bastille, symbolic place of the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
, where the old fortress of the Bastille was destroyed between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790.
On 17 December 1906, the station of Line 5 was opened when the line was extended from
Gare de Lyon
The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris-Gare-de-Lyon, is one of the six large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and RER D ...
to
Lancry (now known as ''Jacques Bonsergent''). The Line 8 platforms were opened on 5 May 1931 when the line was extended from
Richelieu – Drouot to
Porte de Charenton.
During the 1960s, the platform of Line 5 was renovated in the ''Mouton-Duvernet'' style with two-toned orange-tinted ceramic tiles, a white painted vault and characteristic lighting strips. Subsequently, they were equipped with seats ''Motte'' orange.
The platforms of Line 1 have been upgraded as part of its full automation. They are the last to be equipped with landing doors, in April 2011, because of the technical difficulty presented by the pronounced curve at their western end.
It saw 13,172,392 passengers enter in 2018, which places its attendance at the 10th position of all metro stations.
Services for passengers
Access
The station has nine accesses from Place de la Bastille:
* Boulevard Henri-IV;
* Boulevard Bourdon;
* Rue de Lyon;
* Boulevard de la Bastille;
* Opera Bastille;
* Jardin du Port-de-l'Arsenal;
* Hospital Quinze-Vingts;
* Rue de la Roquette;
* Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine.
The access leading to the Rue de Lyon was decorated with a
Hector Guimard designed entrance registered as a historic monument on 29 May 1978. However, it was later moved to a metro station
Boulevard Beaumarchais
The Boulevard Beaumarchais is a boulevard of the 3rd, 4th and 11th arrondissement of Paris. It is named after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French poly ...
.
Station layout
Platforms
The stations of the lines meeting at Bastille all have side platforms.
The station belonging to Line 1 are very particular for several reasons; the station of this line is established on a very tight curve and counter curve, partly underground and part above ground. The western end of the line 1 platforms have the sharpest curve used by passenger trains on the Métro, with a radius of only .
[Hardy, B. ''Paris Metro Handbook'', 3rd edition, Capital Transport Publishing, 1999.] The line 1 platforms, at long, are significantly longer than the average Métro platform length. The latter part overlooks the Canal Saint-Martin that, at this point, passes from being underground to open air. The Line 1 station is also particular in that the remnants of a former narrow
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
are visible. The station is also noted for being the only station in the system for being partially underground and elevated. Finally, the tracks and platforms are partly sloped. The ceiling of the east end, which is underground, consists of a metal deck, the silver beams are supported by vertical walls. The decoration of these walls and
spandrels
A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame; between the tops of two adjacent arches or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square. They are frequently fill ...
is "cultural" evoking the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
thanks to a unique ceramics created by Liliane Belembert and Odile Jacquot in May 1989. Part of this fresco was replaced by a plastic display on automation of the line on the occasion of this operation (in the platforms towards
La Défense
La Défense () is a major business district in France, located west of the city limits of Paris. It is part of the Paris metropolitan area in the Île-de-France region, located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the communes of Courbevoie, ...
). The open-air part of the platform towards
Château de Vincennes
The Château de Vincennes () is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes. It was largely built between 1361 and 1369, and was a preferred residence, after ...
has floor-to-ceiling windows offering a view of the Saint-Martin canal opening onto the port of Arsenal. Bevelled white ceramic tiles cover only the outlets of the corridors. The name of the station is written in
Parisine
Parisine is a typeface created by Jean-François Porchez. Distributed by Typofonderie.
It is used in Paris Métro, tramways, buses and RER parts operated by the RATP Group in Île-de-France. Starting in 2015, the Osaka City Subway in Japan a ...
typeface on enamelled plates. The platforms, equipped with
glass edge doors, are devoid of advertisements and seats.
The platforms of Line 5 are underground and have an elliptical vault. The decoration is the style used for the majority of metro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of ''l'Operation Espace Métro 2000'', and the white ceramic tiles are covered the walls, the vault, the
spandrels
A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame; between the tops of two adjacent arches or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square. They are frequently fill ...
and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are of white ceramics and the name of the station is written in
Parisine
Parisine is a typeface created by Jean-François Porchez. Distributed by Typofonderie.
It is used in Paris Métro, tramways, buses and RER parts operated by the RATP Group in Île-de-France. Starting in 2015, the Osaka City Subway in Japan a ...
typeface on enamelled plates. The seats, style ''Akiko'', are burgundy. Foundations of one of the
counterscarp
A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides, respectively, of a ditch or moat used in fortifications. Attackers (if they have not bridged the ditch) must descend the counterscarp and ascend the scarp. In permanent fortifications th ...
walls of the old Bastille prison, discovered during the construction of the line in 1905, are visible on the platform in the direction of
Bobigny-Pablo Picasso. Metal lines drawn on the ground mark the contours of the building on the two platforms. The station also exhibits various views of the ancient fortress.
The platforms of Line 8 are also underground under an elliptical vault. They are furnished in the ''Andreu-Motte'' style with two orange luminous ramps, benches and outlets in the corridors treated with flat brown tiles and ''Motte'' orange seats. These arrangements are married with the flat white ceramic tiles that cover the walls, vault and spandrels, making this station one of the few to have the ''Andreu-Motte'' preserved style. Advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is Parisine typeface on enamelled plates. The station is distinguished however by the lower part of its walls which are vertical and not elliptical.
Bus connections
The station is served by lines 29, 69, 76, 86, 87 and 91 of the
RATP Bus Network
The RATP bus network covers the entire territory of the city of Paris and the vast majority of its near suburbs.
Operated by the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), this constitutes a dense bus network complementary to other public ...
as well as the OpenTour tourist line. At night, it is served by lines N01, N02, N11, N16 and N144 of the
Noctilien
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bus network.
Nearby
*
Place de la Bastille
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the ...
, the location of the
Bastille
The Bastille (, ) was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was sto ...
,
stormed on 14 July 1789
*
Opéra Bastille
The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris N ...
, opera house
*
Promenade Plantée
An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide cl ...
, a elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former
Gare de La Bastille railway station.
*
Bassin de l'Arsenal, boat basin
*
July Column
The July Column (french: Colonne de Juillet) is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830. It stands in the center of the Place de la Bastille and celebrates the — the 'three glorious' days of 27–29 July 1830 tha ...
, a monument to the
revolution of 1830
*
Temple du Marais
The Temple du Marais, sometimes known as the Temple Sainte-Marie, or historically, as the Church of Sainte Marie de la Visitation, is a Protestant church located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the district of Le Marais at 17 Rue Saint-Antoi ...
, an historic
Protestant
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church
Gallery
File:IMG 0262 e.JPG, Line 1 Line 1 or 1 line may refer to:
Public transport Africa
* Line 1 (Algiers Metro), Algeria
* Cairo Metro Line 1, Egypt
Asia China
* Line 1 (Beijing Subway)
* Line 1 (Changchun Rail Transit)
* Line 1 (Changsha Metro)
* Line 1 (Changzhou Metro)
* L ...
platforms, with the dismantled island platform in the left (eastbound view)
File:Bastille line1 Métro Station 02.jpg, Line 1 platforms(westbound view)
File:Sprague Bastille 1908.jpg, Two Sprague-Thomson
Sprague-Thomson is the name of the first rolling stock on the Paris Métro made completely of metal. It replaced the mostly wooden M1.
History
Research before 1908
In light of the Paris Métro train fire of 1903, the Compagnie du chemin ...
trains negotiate the curve at the western end of the Line 1 platforms in 1908
File:Place de la Bastille Metro.jpg, An MP 89
The MP 89 (French : Métro sur Pneus d'appel d'offres de 1989) is a rubber tired variant of electric multiple units used on the Paris Métro. Designed by Roger Tallon, two types are built by GEC-Alsthom for service on Lines 4 and 14, and soo ...
train negotiating the same curve in 2007
File:Bastille line 5 Métro Station 01.jpg, Line 5 platforms
File:Metro Paris - Ligne 8 - station Bastille 01.jpg, Line 8 platforms
Notes
References
*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.
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Paris Métro stations in the 4th arrondissement of Paris
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Paris Métro stations in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Metro
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* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
Railway stations in France opened in 1900
Paris Métro stations located underground
Paris Métro stations located above ground