Dugommier () is a

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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 ...

on Line 6 in the 12th arrondissement.

History

The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of Line 6 from

Place d'Italie The Place d'Italie (; ) is a public space in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The square has an average dimension somewhat less than 200 meters in extent (comprising about 30,000 m2), and the following streets meet there: * Boulevard Vincent-Aur ...

to Nation. It was initially named Charenton, due to its proximity to the

Rue de Charenton The Rue de Charenton is a historic street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Several buildings along the street have been listed as official historical monuments by the French Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture () is the ...

, an artery which ran from

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to the suburban town of

Charenton-le-Pont Charenton-le-Pont () is a Communes of France, commune situated to the southeast of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris, to the north of the confluence of the Seine and Marne (river), Marne rivers; the part of ...

. On 12 July 1939, it was renamed after the nearby Rue Dugommier to avoid confusion: a station at Porte de Charenton had been added to the system in 1931, and another at

would open in 1942. The street was named after

Jacques François Dugommier Jacques François Coquille (), known as Dugommier (; 1 August 1738 – 18 November 1794), was a French military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. Early life and career Jacques François Coquille was born on 1 August 1738 in Trois ...

(1738–1794), a general in the American and French Revolutionary wars. The station was located on the site of the ''Barrière de Charenton'', a tollgate for the collection of taxation in the

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, which was built in 1784-88 and demolished in 1860. As part of RATP's ''Renouveau du Métro'' programme, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated by 29 November 2002. In 2021, attendance is gradually rising, with 1,725,412 passengers entering this station, placing it in the 204th position of metro stations for its usage.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single access called ''Boulevard de Reuilly'', consisting of a fixed staircase decorated with a mast with a yellow ''M'' inscribed in a circle and a Dervaux-type balustrade, leading to the right of no.1 of this boulevard.

Station layout

Platforms

Dugommier is a station of standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls and tunnel exits. The vault is coated and painted white. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is inscribed in

Parisine Parisine is a typeface that was created by Jean-François Porchez and is distributed by Typofonderie. The typeface is used in Paris Métro, tramways and buses and the parts of RER parts that are operated by the RATP Group in Île-de-France. I ...

font on enamelled plates. The seats are ''Motte'' style and green. The stairs leading to the platforms are tiled, as well as the perimeter of the platforms and the floor under the seats.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 71, 77, 87 and 215 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby

0.3 kilometers (330 yards) to the north is the

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—a long elevated linear park that follows an abandoned commuter railway trace (Ligne de Paris-Bastille à Marles-en-Brie) from 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 to the

Boulevard Périphérique The Boulevard Périphérique (), often called the Périph, is a limited-access dual-carriageway ring road in Paris, France. With a few exceptions (see '' Structure and Layout''), it is situated along Paris's administrative limit. The spee ...

. The railway's Gare de Reuilly station remains at the east end of Rue Dugommier, repurposed for municipal offices. 160 meters to the west, the SNCF railway corridor separates the neighborhood from the redeveloped Bercy district along the Seine.

Gallery

File:Dugommier métro 02.jpg, Line 6 platforms at Dugommier

References

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