Malesherbes () is a

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on Line 3 of the

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. It is located in the

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Location

The station is located under Place du Général-Catroux, along the axis of Avenue de Villiers, west of its intersection with

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. Approximately oriented along an east–west axis, it is located between

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and Villiers stations.

History

''Malesherbes'' was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers to Pereire. The station is named after the ''Boulevard Malesherbes'', which honours the statesman

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (, 6 December 1721 – 22 April 1794), often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense of Lou ...

, who was

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d during the

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in 1794. As part of the RATP ''Renouveau du métro'' program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated in the 2000s. In 2018, it saw 2,628,908 travelers enter the station, which placed it in the 212th position out 302 metro stations for its traffic.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances: * Entrance 1: "Place du Général-Catroux", consisting of a fixed staircase, leading to the right of no. 15 of this place; * Entrance 2: "Avenue de Villiers", consisting of an

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allowing only an exit, located opposite no. 40 of this avenue.

Station layout

Platforms

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

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font on enamelled plates. The platforms are equipped with benches made of wooden slats painted dark green.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 20, 93 of the RATP Bus Network, and, at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the

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network.

Nearby

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(Boulevard Malesherbes site) *

Lycée Carnot The Lycée Carnot () is a public secondary and higher education school at 145 Boulevard Malesherbes in the 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. The Lycée Carnot was founded in 1869, first bearing the name of École Monge and then renamed in 1 ...

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 17th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1911 {{Paris-metro-stub