Réaumur–Sébastopol () is a

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on Line 3 and Line 4 of the

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. Located on the border between the 2nd arrondissement and 3rd arrondissement, it was used by 4,925,640 passengers in 2013, making it the 88th busiest station out of 302 on the Métro network.

Location

The station is located at the intersection of

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and

Boulevard de Sébastopol The Boulevard de Sébastopol () is an important roadway in Paris, France, which serves to delimit the 1st and 2nd arrondissements from the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of the city. The boulevard is 1.3 km in length, starting from the Place ...

History

The station opened on 19 October 1904 as ''Rue Saint-Denis'' (named after Rue Saint Denis), as part of the first section of the Line 3 between

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and Villiers. It was renamed to the current name on 15 October 1907, after Rue Réaumur and the

. Those are respectively named after the scientist René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur and for the port of

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, the scene of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the

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. The Line 4 platforms opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to

Porte de Clignancourt Porte de Clignancourt () is a station of the Paris Métro, the northern terminus of line 4, situated in the 18th Arrondissement. Location The station is located under Boulevard Ornano at the Porte de Clignancourt. History The station was op ...

. The line 3 platforms are decorated with panels showing old newspapers front pages, some of which relate to the Second World War. They recall the historical concentration of newspapers headquarters in Rue Réaumur. The station was renovated from 4 March 2013 to 30 June 2014 as part of the ''Renouveau du Métro'' (RNM) program. Its line 4 platforms were raised between 28 August to 26 November 2017 to install landing doors, in preparation for the automation of the line. Those doors were then installed from November to December 2019. In 2019, 5,291,106 travellers entered this station which placed it at 75th position of the metro stations for its usage. Metro Paris - Ligne 3 - station Reaumur - Sebastopol 03.jpg, Platform artwork at Réaumur–Sébastopol (Line 3) Station Métro Reaumur-Sébastopol.JPG, Station entrance Station Réaumur Sébastopol Métro Paris Ligne 4 - Paris III (FR75) - 2022-06-24 - 1.jpg, Line 4 platforms

Passenger services

Access

* Square Émile-Chautemps * 68 Rue Réaumur * 81 Rue Réaumur * Rue de Palestro

Station layout

Platforms

The platforms of the two lines are of standard configuration. They are separated by the metro tracks located in the centre. The platforms of line 3 have an elliptical vault. The decoration of the platforms is in the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' during the ''du métro des années 2000'' renovation, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the vault, walls, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are of a white ceramic colour and the name of the station is in the

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 plate. The seats are in the ''Akiko'' style, jade colour. The walls of platforms of line 4 are flush with the ground, the ceiling consists of a metal deck, whose beams are silver in colour, supported by vertical white ceramic tiled walls. Since 2017, they have been in the process of automating line 4.

Bus connections

The station is served by bus lines 20, 38 and 39 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N12, N13, N14 and N23 of the

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bus network.

Nearby

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Culture

The station's name is parodied in episode 41 of the ''

Bref ''Bref.'' (stylized with a period; English: ''In short.'') is a French television series created by Kyan Khojandi, cowritten with Bruno Muschio, and produced by Harry Tordjman for My Box Productions. The first episode was released on Canal+ 29 ...

'' series which has the Paris metro as its subject. RATP having refused permission to shoot in the metro a fiction which reflected negatively on its network, the episode was filmed in a minimalist studio set imitating a subway train. As a protest, the creators of the series changed the station from ''Réaumur–Sébastopol'' to ''Censure–Sébastopol''.

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Reaumur - Sebastopol (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris Paris Métro stations in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1904