Oberkampf () is a

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of the

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, serving Lines 5 and 9 and located in the

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History

The station was opened on 15 January 1907, a month after the opening of the extension of Line 5 from Quai de la Rapée to Lancry (now called Jacques Bonsergent) on 17 December 1906. The Line 9 platforms were opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. The name refers to Rue Oberkampf, named for

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, an 18th-century German-born French industrialist.

Service for travellers

Access

The station has four accesses, all of which consist of fixed stairs: * access 1 -

Boulevard Voltaire The Boulevard Voltaire () is a well-known boulevard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was created by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann during the reign of French emperor Napoleon III. Originally named the Boulevard du Prince-Eugène, it was ...

- Cirque d'Hiver, adorned with a Dervaux candelabrum, opening on Boulevard Voltaire cnr. Rue de Crussol; * access 2 - cnr. rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud / Boulevard Voltaire; * access 3 - no. 19 Boulevard Voltaire close to cnr. of Rue Amelot; * access 4 - cnr. Rue Oberkampf and no. 43 Boulevard Voltaire.

Station layout

*Notes: The two République-bound tracks run in the same direction on the same level, and the line 5 and line 9 platforms are offset.

Platforms

The platforms for the two lines are of standard configuration, two at each stop point, separated by the metro tracks in the centre and the arch is elliptical. Line 5 is decorated in the style used for most metro stations: the lighting strips are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the 2000s Metro revival, and white bevelled ceramic tiles cover walls, tunnel exits, and outlets in the corridors. The vault is coated and painted white. The advertising frames are in a white ceramic and the name of the station is written 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 ...

typeface on enamelled plates. The seats are ''Akiko'' style yellow. The platforms of line 9 are arranged in a similar style. The lighting strips are of the same model, and the white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the tunnel exits as well as the outlets of the corridors, but also the vault. In contrast, the advertising frames are in a

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white Ceramic glaze, pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an stannous oxide, oxide of tin to the Slip (c ...

honey colour and the name of the station is also faience, in the original CMP style. The seats are ''Motte'' style orange.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 56 and 96 of the RATP Bus Network; and, at night, by the lines N01 (inner circular starting from the

Gare de l'Est The Gare de l'Est (; English: "Station of the East" or "East station"), officially Paris Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, not far southeast from the Ga ...

) and N02 (circular outside starting from the

Gare Montparnasse Gare Montparnasse (; Montparnasse station), officially Paris Montparnasse, is one of the seven large List of Paris railway stations, Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th and 15th arrondissement of Paris ...

) of the

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bus network.

Nearby

* Rue Oberkampf: popular and well served, it enjoys a liveliness popular with Parisians. * Bataclan Theater

Gallery

Oberkampf - Ligne 9 - MF 01.jpg, Line 9 platform station – MF 01 rolling stock at Oberkampf in 2021 Paris Metro 5 Oberkampf.jpg, Line 5 platform station Station Oberkampf Métro Paris Ligne 5 - Paris XI (FR75) - 2022-06-24 - 6.jpg,

MF 01 The MF 01 (; ; also called MF 2000 from its year of its invitation to tender) is a model of steel-wheeled electrical multiple units used on Paris's Paris Métro, Metro system. The cars first arrived in December 2007 and delivery was complet ...

rolling stock on Line 5

References

External links

* Paris Métro stations in the 11th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1906 {{Paris-metro-stub