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Musée D'Orsay Station
Musée d'Orsay () is a station in line C of the Paris Region's Réseau Express Régional (RER) rapid transit system, named after the Musée d'Orsay, housed in the former Gare d'Orsay. It is in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the Quai Anatole-France. It was one of several stations attacked during the 1995 Paris Métro and RER bombings. History The Gare d'Orsay was opened in 1900 by the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (Paris–Orléans Railway, PO) as a mainline railway station for the 1900 Exposition Universelle. It became the PO company's new central terminus station, after the company extended its line from the Gare d'Austerlitz in the 13th arrondissement. The line made use of the new technology at the time, 550 V DC third rail electric traction, and it was constructed in a cut-and-cover tunnel along the left bank of the Seine from Austerlitz to the Quai d'Orsay. By the late 1930s, SNCF mainline trains had grown too long for the platforms at Gare d'Orsay, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quai Anatole-France
The Quai Anatole-France () is a quay on the south bank of the River Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. Location At 585 meters long, the Quai Anatole-France begins after the Quai Voltaire, at the level of the Rue du Bac, and continues as the Quai d'Orsay, from the Boulevard Saint-Germain and at the level of the Palais Bourbon. History The Quai Anatole-France is the eastern part of the Quai d'Orsay, bounded by the Pont Royal and the Pont de la Concorde. It took its current name in 1947. Anatole France was familiar with the quays of Rive Gauche: he had lived at 15, quai Malaquais and his father had run a bookstore at 9, quai Voltaire. First called the Quai de la Grenouillière by the Council decree of 18 October 1704, it had been renamed the Quai d'Orsay by the decision of the Council of 23 August 1707. It was called the Quai Bonaparte by the decree of the Consuls of 13 Messidor year X, and reverted to the name "Quai d'Orsay" in 1815. The part of the quay betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |