Gare du Nord () is a
station on
Line 4 and
Line 5 of the
Paris Métro
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. It is the busiest station in the system (not including
RER stations), with 48 million entrances a year. It is connected to the
SNCF
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railway station
Gare du Nord (literally, "North Station", until 1938 run by the well-known company
Chemins de Fer du Nord), which is served by
RER B,
RER D and
Transilien Nord commuter trains as well as interurban trains to northern France,
Eurostar
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The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, ...
trains to
London
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and
Thalys trains to
Brussels
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,
Amsterdam
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and
Cologne
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. The station is also connected to the
La Chapelle Métro station on
Line 2 and to the
Magenta RER station on
RER E
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.
History
On 15 November 1907, Line 5 was extended from
Gare d'Orléans (now known as Gare d'Austerlitz) to Gare du Nord where the station was built on a reversing loop. On 21 April 1908, Line 4 was opened from
Châtelet to
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 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
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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
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.
Bus and RER connections
From the station, it is possible, thanks to underground links, to reach the
RER B and
RER D lines, the
Gare de Magenta of the
RER E
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and the
La Chapelle of the Line 2.
The station is served by lines 26, 31, 35, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 48, 54, 56, 91, 302 and the OpenTour tourist line of the
RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N01, N02, N14, N43, N44, N140 and N143 of the
Noctilien network.
Gallery
File:Gare du Nord.jpg, Street-level entrance to Gare du Nord
Station Gare Nord Métro Paris Ligne 4 - Paris X (FR75) - 2022-06-24 - 1.jpg, Line 4 platforms at Gare du Nord
File:Gare du Nord line 5 Métro Station.jpg, MF 67
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rolling stock on Line 5 at Gare du Nord
File:Panneau Station Gare Nord Métro Paris Ligne 5 - Paris X (FR75) - 2022-06-24 - 2.jpg, Platform signage
See also
*
Gare du Nord
*
Gare de Magenta
References
*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.
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Paris Métro stations in the 10th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1907