Gare de Lyon () is a
station
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on lines
1 and
14 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 connected to the
Gare de Lyon
The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon (), is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and ...
mainline rail and
RER platforms within one complex and is the third-busiest station on the network with 30.91 million entering passengers in 2004, made up of 15.78 million on Line 1 and 15.13 million on Line 14.
Line 1
The line 1 station was one of the eight original stations opened as part of the first section of line 1 between
Porte de Vincennes and
Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. It was built with a length of instead of the length used for the stations of the line before their extension during the rebuilding of the line for
rubber-tyre operation. The station was built
cut and cover
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and is covered by a -wide metal deck, which supports the streets above.
It originally had four lines flanking two -wide platforms in order to accommodate the proposed circular line (then called ''Line 2''), although this was never completed. From 1 August 1906 the northern terminus of
Line 5 was temporarily located at the spare platforms, requiring a reversal at
Quai de la Rapée. On 17 December 1906 Line 5 was extended to
Jacques Bonsergent and the section between ''Quai de la Rapée'' and ''Gare de Lyon'' was closed.
The route of the closed line and the spare platforms at Gare de Lyon were used as part of a gauge railway, known as the Voie des Finances, operated by the
Ministry of Finance
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to move currency from 1937 to 1957.
The Line 1 platforms were raised during the weekend of 18 and 19 July 2009 as part of the line's automation.
Line 14
The station of Line 14 was opened on 15 October 1998. It is located south of the Gare de Lyon in the Rue de Bercy, next to the stations of RER lines A and D. It has two lines on either side of a large central platform. Between the eastbound lane from
Olympiades and the
RATP headquarters is an exotic garden.
The
STIF board of directors decided on 27 May 2009 to provide funding in 2010 for a third access in the middle of the platform to facilitate movement within the busy and relatively narrow station. This new access will join the existing bridge over the tracks, which currently provides access to the RER, but is not used to access Line 14. This would separate the flow of arriving and departing passengers.
Station layout
Gallery
Station_Métro_Gare_Lyon_Ligne_1_-_Paris_XII_(FR75)_-_2022-06-09_-_2.jpg, Line 1 platforms
Ligne-1-Gare-de-Lyon-1.jpg, Line 1 platforms before the installation of platform screen doors
Station_Métro_Ligne_14_Gare_Lyon_-_Paris_XII_(FR75)_-_2020-12-19_-_1.jpg, Line 14 platforms
Station_gare_de_Lyon,_12ème_arrondissement,_Paris._PH26146.jpg, Line 1 platforms in the early 1900s
References
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Accessible Paris Métro stations
Paris Métro stations in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1900
Paris Métro line 14