Edgar Quinet () is a

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on Line 6 of the

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. Located at the intersection of Boulevard Edgar Quinet, the Rue du Montparnasse and Rue de la Gaîté, it is situated in the 14th arrondissement.

Location

The metro station is located under Boulevard Edgar Quinet, east of the intersection with the streets of La Gaîté, d'Odessa, du Montparnasse and Delambre. Orientated approximately along an east-west axis, it is placed between the Montparnasse – Bienvenue and Raspail Metro stations.

History

The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from

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to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907, Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into Line 6 on 12 October 1942. It is named after Boulevard Edgar Quinet, itself named after

Edgar Quinet Edgar Quinet (; 17 February 180327 March 1875) was a French historian and intellectual. Biography Early years Quinet was born at Bourg-en-Bresse, in the ''département'' of Ain. His father, Jérôme Quinet, had been a commissary in the army, ...

(1803–1875), a historian and intellectual who wrote on German history, Christianity and other subjects. The station was the location of the ''Barrière Montparnasse'' (known as the ''Barrière d'Arcueil'' during the French Revolution), a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the

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; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century. In 2018, 2,364,420 travellers entered the station, placing it at the 232nd position out of 302 Métro stations in terms of use.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single access called ''Boulevard Edgar-Quine'', leading to the median-strip of that boulevard, right of the no. 11 facing the crossroads. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with an Adolphe Dervaux candelabra.

Station layout

Platforms

Edgar Quinet is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the roof is elliptical. The decor is the style used for the majority of Métro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the Metro revival of the 2000s; the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls; tunnel exits and corridors outlets. The roof is painted white. Advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is written in a

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font on enamelled plates. The ''Motte'' style seats are red.

Bus connections

The station does not have a connection with the RATP Bus Network.

Places of interest

Nearby are the districts of

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and

Montparnasse Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery () is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery has over 35,00 ...

References

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