Rue du Bac () is a station on line 12 of the

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in the 7th arrondissement. It is named after the nearby

rue du Bac The Rue du Bac () is a street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The street, which is 1,150 m long, begins at the junction of the quais Quai Voltaire, Voltaire and Quai Anatole-France, Anatole-France and ends at the Rue de Sèvres. Rue du Bac ...

, a street leading to a ferry (''bac'') across the

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used in 1564 during the construction of the

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History

The station opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 27 March 1931, line A became line 12 when It was taken over by the

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(CMP), incorporating it into the Paris Métro. On 24 February 2011, a cultural panel in memory of the poet and resistance fighter René Char (1907-1988) was placed on the platform towards ''Mairie d'Issy''. The station was chosen for the installation of the panel as a nearby public square, Place René-Char, was already named after him on the centenary of his birth in 2007. In 2019, the station was used by 2,304,665 passengers, making it the 225th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 916,367 passengers amidst the

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, making it the 252nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 1,423,364 passengers, making it the 241st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single access at Boulevard Raspail.

Station layout

Platforms

The station has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms. The lower portion of the side walls are vertical instead of elliptical, as were the other stations constructed by the Nord-Sud company (today on lines 12 and 13).

Other connections

The station is also served by lines 63, 68, 69, 83, 84, 87, and 94 of the RATP bus network.

Nearby

* Beaupassage * Hôtel de Matignon (the official residence of the

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) * Maison de Verre (a house built between 1928 and 1932 in an early modern style) * Musée Maillol

Gallery

File:Rue du Bac 02.jpg, Access 1

References

Sources

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 7th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1910 {{Paris-metro-stub Paris Métro line 12