Villejuif–Louis Aragon station () is a
station
Station may refer to:
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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 ...
, located in the
commune of
Villejuif
Villejuif () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Name
The earliest reference to Villejuif appears in a bill signed by the Pope Callixtus II on 27 November 1119. It refers to Villa J ...
.
History
The station opened on 28 February 1985 when
Line 7 was extended from
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
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and serves the commune of
Villejuif
Villejuif () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Name
The earliest reference to Villejuif appears in a bill signed by the Pope Callixtus II on 27 November 1119. It refers to Villa J ...
as the southwestern
terminus of one of
Paris Métro Line 7's branches (the terminus on the other branch is
Mairie d'Ivry'').''
The station is named after the ''Avenue Louis Aragon'' and
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon (; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...
(1897–1982), a French writer.
Early plans to extend
line 14 from
Olympiades to the
Orly Airport
Paris Orly Airport (, ) is one of two international airports serving Paris, France, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris. It serves as a sec ...
included the possibility of taking over the existing line 7 branch from
Maison Blanche to this station. However, the inclusion of line 14 in the
Grand Paris Express project means that the line 14 extension to Orly will only consist of new infrastructure and the plan has been shelved.
Line 15 Line 15 may refer to:
* Line 15 (Beijing Subway)
* Line 15 (Paris Metro)
* Line 15 (Shanghai Metro)
* Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)
* Helsinki light rail line 15
*
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(another Grand Paris Express line) will serve this station from late 2026 onwards (as of August 2021), two year later than originally intended in 2024, with construction having started in 2017.
In 2020, the station was used by 4,029,467 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 28th busiest of the Métro network, out of 305 stations.
Passenger services
Access
* Access 1: Avenue de Stalingrad - with an elevator leading to a connection with the T7 tram.
* Access 2: Boulevard Maxime Gorki - equipped with an elevator and a fixed staircase indicated by a mast with the yellow M logo.
* Access 3: Avenue Louis Aragon - with a fixed staircase.
* Access 4: Gare routière - with two fixed stairs, one of which is indicated by a mast with the yellow M logo.
Platforms
Villejuif - Louis Aragon has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms. Villejuif - Louis Aragon is a standard configuration station: it has two platforms separated by the metro tracks, surmounted by a mezzanine. The name of the station is written on enamelled plates. Lighting is provided by suspended luminous globes and neon lights on the mezzanine level. Small ceramic tiles of white and green colour placed vertically cover the walls and tunnel exits. The furniture is the ''Motte'' style, in orange.
Other connections
Since 16 November 2013, it has served as the northern terminus of tram line
T7.
The station is served by lines 162, 172, 180, 185, 286, and 380 of the
RATP bus network, by line v7 of the Valouette bus network and, at night, by lines N15 and N22 of the
Noctilien
Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien S ...
bus network.
Gallery
File:2019-09-26 Villejuif - Louis Aragon (Paris Metro line 7) 01.jpg, Mezzanine level
File:Accès Station Métro Villejuif Louis Aragon Avenue Stalingrad - Villejuif (FR94) - 2021-12-31 - 4.jpg, Entrance at Avenue de Stalingrad
File:Accès Station Métro Villejuif Louis Aragon Boulevard Maxime Gorki - Villejuif (FR94) - 2021-12-31 - 11.jpg, Entrance at Boulevard Maxime Gorki
File:Chantier Station Métro Ligne 15 Villejuif Louis Aragon Villejuif 13.jpg, Construction of line 15's station at Villejuif–Louis Aragon
File:Station Tramway Ligne 7 Villejuif Louis Aragon Villejuif 3.jpg, T7 platforms
References
Paris Métro stations in Villejuif
Railway stations in France opened in 1985
Accessible Paris Métro stations
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