Mabillon () is a station on line 10 of the

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, located at the heart of the

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and the 6th arrondissement. It was named after the nearby street, rue Mabillon, which in turn was named after

Jean Mabillon Dom Jean Mabillon, O.S.B., (; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics. Early life Mabi ...

(1632–1707), a

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monk and scholar, considered the founder of

palaeography Palaeography ( UK) or paleography ( US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") is the study of historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysi ...

and

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, who died nearby. Although the station is in close proximity to

Saint-Germain-des-Prés Saint-Germain-des-Prés () is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the no ...

on line 4 (less than 100 metres away), there is no free transfer between the two stations.

History

The station opened on 10 March 1925 as part of the line's extension from

Croix-Rouge Croix-Rouge () was the first terminus of Line 10 of the Paris Métro. It opened in 1923, but closed in 1939. The station was situated in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, between Sèvres – Babylone and Mabillon. History The name of the stat ...

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between Sèvres – Babylone and ''Mabillon'', closed since

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). It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Odéon on 14 April 1926. As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 21 July 2006. Since 14 October 2021, it is no longer possible to purchase carnets, a book of 10 paper tickets, at the station. This was part of the first phase of the RATP's plan to phase out physical tickets in favour of contactless payment such as the Navigo cards. In 2019, the station was used by 1,859,872 passengers, making it the 256th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 839,743 passengers amidst the

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, making it the 262nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 1,195,051 passengers, making it the 262nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two accesses: * Access 1: rue de Montfaucon * Access 2: rue du Four (an exit only ascending escalator)

Station layout

Platforms

The station has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.

Other connections

The station is also served by lines 63, 70, 86, 87, and 96 of the

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, and at night, by lines N12 and N13 of the

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bus network.

Nearby

* Église Saint-Sulpice *

Luxembourg Palace The Luxembourg Palace (french: Palais du Luxembourg, ) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of th ...

Musée national Eugène Delacroix The Musée national Eugène Delacroix ( en, National Eugène Delacroix Museum), also known as the Musée Delacroix, is an art museum dedicated to painter Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) and located in the 6th arrondissement at 6, rue de Furstenber ...

* Place d'Acadie

Gallery

File:Accès Station Métro Mabillon Place Acadie - Paris VI (FR75) - 2022-01-15 - 1.jpg, Access 1 File:Accès Station Métro Mabillon Rue Four - Paris VI (FR75) - 2022-01-15 - 1.jpg, Access 2

References

Bibliography

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mabillon (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1923 Paris Métro line 10