Danube (Paris Métro)

Danube
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
Location 19th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates 48°52′55″N 2°23′39″E / 48.881808°N 2.394201°E / 48.881808; 2.394201Coordinates: 48°52′55″N 2°23′39″E / 48.881808°N 2.394201°E / 48.881808; 2.394201
Owned by RATP
Operated by RATP
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 18 January 1911 (1911-01-18)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
toward Louis Blanc
Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 7bis
Loop westbound only
One-way operation
One-way operation: trains arrive from Pré-Saint-Gervais and depart to Botzaris
Location
Danube
Location within Paris

Danube is a station of the Paris Métro serving Line 7bis (westbound only).

The station is built as an underground viaduct supported on 220 piers

The station was opened as part of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais on 18 January 1911. The station is built in weak ground as it was formerly a mine, where gypsum was extracted from three layers for export to the United States. It is built with arches over each of the tracks to strengthen the station box, which are supported by 220 piers, 2.5 metres in diameter, with a cumulative height of 5,500 metres.[1] On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming line 7bis.

It is named after the Place du Danube, named after the Danube River. This street was renamed the Place de Rhin-et-Danube in 1952, adding a reference to the Rhine.

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 7bis platform Inbound toward Louis Blanc (Botzaris)
(No service outbound: Pré Saint-Gervais)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Inbound toward Louis Blanc (Botzaris)
(No service outbound: Pré Saint-Gervais)

References

  1. Robert, Jean (1983). Notre Métro ("Our metro"). Paris. p. 194.
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