Rue du Bac () is a station on Line 12 of the

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in the 7th arrondissement. The station opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the

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's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the ''Métro''. It is named after the

Rue du Bac Rue du Bac is a street in Paris situated in the 7th arrondissement. The street, which is 1150 m long, begins at the junction of the quais Voltaire and Anatole-France and ends at the rue de Sèvres. Rue du Bac is also the name of a station on ...

, a street leading to a ferry (''bac'') across the Seine used in 1564 during the construction of the

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. Nearby are the

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(the official residence of the Prime Minister of France) and the

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(a house built between 1928 and 1932 in an early

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style).

Station layout

Gallery

File:Rue du Bac 02.jpg, Street-level entrance at Rue du Bac File:Rue du Bac 04.jpg, Rue du Bac platform signage

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 7th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1910 {{Paris-metro-stub