Ledru-Rollin () is a

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on Line 8 of the

Paris Métro The Paris Métro (, , or , ), short for Métropolitain (), is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architectur ...

. It is located at the intersection of the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and Avenue Ledru-Rollin (after which it is named), on the border between the 11th arrondissement and 12th arrondissement.

History

The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Charenton. Avenue Ledru-Rollin is named after lawyer Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807–1874) who founded the newspaper '' La Réforme'' in 1843 and served as

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in 1848. The station is one of three stops chosen as prototypes of the decorative ''Andreu-Motte'' style, with Pont-Neuf on line 7 and Voltaire on line 9, which was tested there in 1974. It is the model for those in dark blue. As part of the RATP's ''Renouveau du metro'' revival programme, its corridors were renovated by 28 November 2002. In 2013, 3,917,141 passengers used the station, making it the 128th busiest out of 302 on the Métro network.Trafic annuel entrant par station (2013)
, sur le site ''data.ratp.fr'' (consulté le 31 août 2014)

Passenger services

Access

The station has four accesses, each with two metro entrances (eight in total), all made up of fixed staircases with Dervaux-type balustrades: * Access 1 ''Avenue Ledru-Rollin'', embellished with a mast with a yellow ''M'' inscribed in a circle, leading to the right of no. 90 of the avenue; * Access 2 ''Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine'', decorated with a Dervaux candelabra, facing no. 100 of this street; * Access 3 ''Rue Traversière'', with a yellow ''M'' mast, located to the right of no. 87 Avenue Ledru-Rollin; * Access 4 ''Rue de Charonne'', equipped with a Dervaux totem, opening opposite numbers 68 and 70 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine.

Station layout

Platforms

Ledru-Rollin is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the ''Andreu-Motte'' style with two blue light canopies, benches treated in flat blue tiles and blue ''Motte'' seats. These fittings are combined with the bevelled white ceramic tiles that cover the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits and the corridor outlets. The advertising frames are made of honey-coloured earthenware and the name of the station is also in earthenware in the style of the original CMP.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 61, 76 and 86 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N16 and N34 of the

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network.

Places of interest

The Promenade Plantée, a 4.5 km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former

Gare de La Bastille The Gare de la Bastille was a railway station on the Place de la Bastille in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The station was opened in 1859 and served as the terminus of the -long line to Vincennes and Verneuil-l'Étang. The line was ...

railway station, is located nearby. The

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 ...

, also served by Bastille station, is also close to Ledru-Rollin.

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ledru-Rollin (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 11th arrondissement of Paris Paris Métro stations in the 12th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1931