Saint-Georges | |
Symbol Location: | paris |
Symbol: | m |
Type: | Paris Métro station |
Address: | 9th arrondissement of Paris |
Borough: | Île-de-France |
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 48.8784°N 2.3374°W |
Owned: | RATP |
Operator: | RATP |
Zone: | 1 |
Map Type: | France Paris |
Saint-Georges (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ/) is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 9th arrondissement.
The station opened on 8 April 1911 as part of the extension of the Nord-Sud company's line A from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette to Pigalle. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. The station is named after the Rue Saint-Georges, which became a street in 1734 and leads to the Place Saint-Georges, created in 1824. It was the centre of an estate created by the speculator Dosne, father-in-law of the politician Adolphe Thiers.
It was renovated during the early 2000s in imitation of the style adopted by the Nord-Sud Company, the original architects of the station. In fact, the current decorative style only vaguely resembles the original: the station name is no longer shown on large ceramic tablets (as at Solférino and Abbesses) and does not follow the original colour-coding: the edge of the ceramic name tablets should be brown to designate a non-interchange station, rather than green.
Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine |
Line 12 platforms | |
Southbound | |
Northbound | toward Mairie d'Aubervilliers → |