Bastille (Paris Métro)

For other uses, see Bastille (disambiguation).

Bastille

Aboveground platforms at Bastille station.

Location

Pl. de la Bastille (two)
Boul. Bourdon × boul. Henri IV
37, boul. Bourdon
130, rue de Lyon
140, rue de Lyon
1, rue de Charenton
1, boul. Beaumarchais
2, boul. Beaumarchais
4th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France

Coordinates

48°51′11″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853082°N 2.369077°ECoordinates: 48°51′11″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853082°N 2.369077°E

Owned by

RATP

Operated by

RATP

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

19 July 1900

Services

Preceding station		Paris Métro		Following station
Saint-Paul toward La Défense				Gare de Lyon toward Château de Vincennes
Quai de la Rapée toward Place d'Italie				Bréguet - Sabin toward Bobigny - Pablo Picasso
Chemin Vert toward Balard				Ledru-Rollin toward Créteil - Pointe du Lac

Location

Bastille

Location within Paris

Bastille is a station on lines 1, 5 and 8 of the Paris Métro. It is located near the former location of the Bastille and remains of the Bastille can be seen on line 5. The platforms for line 1 are situated below road level but above the Bassin of the Arsenal and Canal Saint Martin in a short open-air segment. The western end of the line 1 platforms have the sharpest curve used by passenger trains on the Métro, with a radius of only 40 metres.^[1] The line 1 platforms, at 123 metres long, are significantly longer than the average Métro platform length.

The line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 5 platforms were opened on 17 December 1906 when the line was extended from Gare de Lyon to Lancry (now known as Jacques Bonsergent). The line 8 platforms were opened on 5 May 1931 when the line was extended from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Charenton. The platforms on line 1 were decorated in 1989 to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

Station layout

Line 1 platforms	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward La Défense – Grande Arche (Saint-Paul)
	Eastbound	→ toward Château de Vincennes (Gare de Lyon) →
	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
1F	Mezzanine for platform connection
Street Level	Entrances/Exits
B1	Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 5 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Place d'Italie (Quai de la Rapée)
	Northbound	→ toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso (Bréguet – Sabin) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 8 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Balard (Chemin Vert)
	Eastbound	→ toward Pointe du Lac (Ledru-Rollin) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Nearby

Place de la Bastille, the location of the Bastille, stormed on 14 July 1789
Opéra Bastille, opera house
Promenade Plantée, a 4.5 km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former Gare de La Bastille railway station.
Bassin de l'Arsenal, boat basin
July Column, a monument to the revolution of 1830
Temple du Marais, an historic Protestant church

Gallery

Line 1 platforms (eastbound view)
Line 1 platforms (westbound view)
Two Sprague-Thomson trains negotiate the curve at the western end of the Line 1 platforms
A MP 89 train negotiating said curve
Line 5 platforms
Line 8 platforms

Notes

↑ Hardy, B. Paris Metro Handbook, 3rd edition, Capital Transport Publishing, 1999.

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References

Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.

	Paris Métro	Line 1
La Défense — Grande Arche Esplanade de La Défense Pont de Neuilly Les Sablons Porte Maillot Argentine Charles de Gaulle – Étoile George V Franklin D. Roosevelt Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau Concorde Tuileries Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre Louvre – Rivoli Châtelet Hôtel de Ville Saint-Paul Bastille Gare de Lyon Reuilly – Diderot Nation Porte de Vincennes Saint-Mandé Bérault Château de Vincennes

	Paris Métro	Line 5
Bobigny – Pablo Picasso Bobigny – Pantin – Raymond Queneau Église de Pantin Hoche Porte de Pantin Ourcq Laumière Jaurès Stalingrad Gare du Nord Gare de l'Est Jacques Bonsergent République Oberkampf Richard-Lenoir Bréguet – Sabin Bastille Quai de la Rapée Gare d'Austerlitz Saint-Marcel Campo Formio Place d'Italie

	Paris Métro	Line 8
Balard Lourmel Boucicaut Félix Faure Commerce La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle École Militaire La Tour-Maubourg Invalides Concorde Madeleine Opéra Richelieu – Drouot Grands Boulevards Bonne Nouvelle Strasbourg – Saint-Denis République Filles du Calvaire Saint-Sébastien – Froissart Chemin Vert Bastille Ledru-Rollin Faidherbe – Chaligny Reuilly – Diderot Montgallet Daumesnil Michel Bizot Porte Dorée Porte de Charenton Liberté Charenton – Écoles École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort Maisons-Alfort – Stade Maisons-Alfort – Les Juilliottes Créteil – L'Échat Créteil – Université Créteil – Préfecture Pointe du Lac

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