Metro station in Paris, France
BagneuxâLucie Aubrac station (French pronunciation:
[baÉČĂž lysi obÊak] ) is a
Paris MĂ©tro
station in
Bagneux ,
Hauts-de-Seine . It is the southern terminus of
Line 4 , and was built as part of a two-station southward extension from
Mairie de Montrouge , the previous terminus of the line.
[1] The adjacent station is
Barbara . The station opened in January 2022.
[2] In future, the station will be served by
Paris MĂ©tro Line 15 .
History
The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received
déclaration d'utilité publique in February 2005. Work to build the extension began in 2015, and was planned to open in 2020.
[3] During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called Bagneux. Following a public vote, the station was named after
Lucie Aubrac , a member of the
French Resistance during
World War II .
[4]
The station was opened on 13 January 2022 by Prime Minister
Jean Castex .
[2]
[5]
[6] The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day.
[7]
[6] The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between
Ile-de-France Region (60%), the state (25.7%), and the department of
Hauts-de-Seine , in which Bagneux is located (14.3%).
[6]
South of the station, the Line 4 tunnels continue along Avenue Henri Barbusse for 800 metres allowing for train storage and maintenance.
[8]
Grand Paris Express
In 2011, it was announced that the station will connect to the new
Paris MĂ©tro Line 15 , part of
Grand Paris Express .
[9] This is planned to open in 2025.
[10] There are also plans to build an
eco-quarter around the station with over 2,000 new residents, following the completion of the Line 15 station.
[6]
Passenger services
Access
The station has five entrance/exits:
[11]
Three accesses â Rue de Verdun, Avenue Henri Barbusse and Place Lucie Aubrac â are located in a large station building north of Avenue Henri Barbusse, adjacent to the construction site for the Line 15 station.
Access 4 "Avenue de Stalingrad" is located to the north of the main entrance building and Place Lucie Aubrac, in a small standalone building.
Access 5 "Rue Claude Debussy" is a exit from the terminating Line 4 platform, integrated into a residential building.
[12]
Other services
The station connects with lines 162, 188 and 388 of the
RATP Bus Network .
Architecture and artwork
Main station entrance
Line 4
The station was designed by LIN (
Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi).
[13] The design uses white corrugated metal panels on the walls, as well as large circular light fittings â a similar concept was also used at
Aimé Césaire and
Mairie d'Aubervilliers stations on
line 12 .
[14] The platforms are fitted with
platform edge doors , installed as part of the automation of Line 4.
[7]
Inside the station, two portraits of
Lucie Aubrac were created by the artist
C215 .
[15] On a
gable of a building outside the station, artist
Andréa Michaelsson (also known as Btoy) has painted a large portrait of Lucie Aubrac.
[16] On the nearby maintenance building, a metal bas-relief by Argentinian artist
Ricardo Mosner shows the history of
underground mines, quarries and the Metro in the local area.
[17]
Line 15
The station has been designed by French architect Marc Barani.
[18] An artwork by Italian artist
Tatiana Trouvé will take inspiration from caves,
fossils and
troglodytes.
[19]
References
^ Compagnon, SĂ©bastian (7 December 2021).
"Grand Paris : la ligne 4 du métro arrivera à Bagneux, son nouveau terminus, le 13 janvier 2022" .
Le Parisien .
^
a
b Lenhardt, Marjorie (2022-01-13).
"AprÚs 45 ans d'attente, la ligne 4 du métro arrive "enfin" à Bagneux !" .
Le Parisien (in French).
Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13 .
^
"Dans cinq ans, Bagneux aura le métro" . leparisien.fr (in French). 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2022-10-14 .
^ Riou, Ariane (2018-06-20).
"Ile-de-France : deux futures stations de la ligne 4 du métro porteront les noms de Barbara et Lucie Aubrac" .
Le Parisien (in French).
Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2022-01-13 .
^
"Line 4 joins Bagneux!" .
Groupe RATP . 13 January 2021.
Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2021 .
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b
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"Deux nouvelles stations de métro baptisées Barbara et Lucie Aubrac" . Ouest France (in French). 13 January 2022.
^
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b archyw.
"The metro arrives in Bagneux!" . Archyworldys.
^ Le Beller, MĂ©lanie.
"à Bagneux dans l'atelier de la ligne 4" [In Bagneux in the line 4 workshop]. HDS Mag : le magazine digital du département des Hauts de Seine (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-08 .
^
"26 janvier 2011 : la victoire au finish qui a sauvé le Grand Paris express" . Le journal du Grand Paris - L'actualité du développement de l'Ile-de-France (in French). 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2022-10-14 .
^
"Ligne 15 Sud" . Société du Grand Paris (in French). 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-01-13 .
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"Bagneux â Lucie Aubrac : Sorties du MĂ©tro.fr" . Sorties du MĂ©tro (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-08 .
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"LA LIGNE REJOINT BAGNEUX CE JEUDI 13 JANVIER Dossier de presse â 13 janvier 2022" (PDF) .
Groupe RATP . 13 January 2022.
Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
^
"LA LIGNE REJOINT BAGNEUX CE JEUDI 13 JANVIER Dossier de presse â 13 janvier 2022" (PDF) .
Groupe RATP . 13 January 2022.
Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
^
"4 New Metro-Stations, Lines 4 and 12 in Paris | lin-a" . www.lin-a.com . Retrieved 2024-03-11 .
^
"LA LIGNE REJOINT BAGNEUX CE JEUDI 13 JANVIER Dossier de presse â 13 janvier 2022" (PDF) .
Groupe RATP . 13 January 2022.
Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
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"Bagneux: inauguration d'une fresque géante en hommage à la résistante Lucie Aubrac" . BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-14 .
^
"Bagneux : un portrait monumental de Lucie Aubrac à la sortie du métro" . Les Echos (in French). 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-10-14 .
^ Moutarde, Nathalie (2017-04-21).
"Conçue par Marc Barani, la gare de Bagneux entre en chantier" .
Le Moniteur des travaux publics et du bĂątiment (in French).
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"Gare Bagneux - Tatiana Trouvé & Marc Barani" . Culture nouveau métro (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-14 .