Saint-Michel | |
Style: | Paris Métro |
Address: | 9, pl. Saint-Michel Pl. Saint-Michel × boul. Saint-Michel pl. Saint-Michel × quai Saint-Michel 15, pl. Saint-André des Arts 5th arrondissement of Paris |
Borough: | Île-de-France |
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 48.8536°N 2.3439°W |
Owned: | RATP |
Operator: | RATP |
Zone: | 1 |
Map Type: | France Paris |
Saint-Michel (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ miʃɛl/) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 5th arrondissement. Located in the Quartier Latin, it offers a connection to the St-Michel - Notre-Dame RER station on RER lines B and C.
The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. It is named after the Boulevard Saint-Michel.
Like nearby Cité, Saint-Michel features a pioneering construction technique, made necessary by the proximity of the Seine. The station comprises three steel caissons – one for the train hall and two for access at each end – which were assembled at the surface and then lowered into place.[1]
The platforms are 118 metres long, more than the standard length on the network. This allows it to potentially handle eight-car trains, however, due to the other stations having an average of 100-meter platforms (excluding Cité, which has 110-meter platforms), and the Line's ongoing process for automatic operations, the trains in the Line 4 will be limited to six-car trains.
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
B1 | Mezzanine | to Exits/Entrances, connections to |
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Northbound | ||
Southbound | toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac → | |