I went down the steps to the mezzanine level, passed through the ticket barrier, and then descended two more flights of steps. I began recording these sounds at the Cité Métro entrance in Place Louis Lépine, beside the flower market. Paris Métro train Type MP 59 : Image via WikipediaĪfter serving for almost fifty years, these trains were withdrawn from service during 20 and replaced with the MP 89 CC trains from Line 1 when that line was automated.Īn MP 89 CC train at Cité station, formerly used on Métro Line 1 Until recently, Métro Line 4 had the distinction of using the oldest trains on the Paris Métro network, the MP 59. The station platforms are lined with overhead lamps reflecting the style of the original station lamps. I have no idea when these were installed or why, but they give the impression of walking through a huge metal tank. Here, the walls are lined with large metal plates with oversized rivets. The walls of the station at the entrance at the top and along the platforms at the bottom are lined with conventional white Métro tiles but the decoration of the space in between is curious. This is fine on the way down but, as I know all too well, it can be a challenge on the way up! Unusually for the Paris Métro system, the station only has one entrance, at 2 Place Louis Lépine and, unlike other stations on Line 4, the platforms are 110 m in length, longer than the 90-105m platforms at other stations.īecause of the station’s depth, passengers must walk down to a mezzanine level, which contains the ticket machines, and then down another three flights of stairs before reaching platform level. The Seine crossing was commissioned on 9 th January 1910 … only to be closed a few days later, a victim of the great Paris flood of 1910.Ĭité Métro station was opened on 10th December 1910. Photographie de Charles Maindron (1861-1940), 18 janvier 1907. Fonçage du caisson elliptique à la fin de la station. The metal structures of the two stations, Cité on the Right Bank and Saint-Michel on the Left Bank, were also assembled on the surface and then sunk into the ground to their final location. At the time, this was some of the most spectacular work carried out on the Paris Métro system.Ĭrossing the Seine was achieved using caissons, assembled on the shore and then sunk gradually into the river bed. Métro Line 4 was the first line to connect the Right and Left Banks of the Seine via an underwater tunnel built between 19. Until the extension to Mairie de Montrouge was opened, the southern terminus of Line 4 was the original terminus, Porte d’Orléans. The station is on Line 4 of the Paris Métro system, the line that travels 12.1 km across the heart of the city connecting Porte de Clignancourt in the north and, since 2013, Mairie de Montrouge in the south. With the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris on one side and the medieval gothic chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, the Conciergerie (a former prison) and the Palais de Justice (all formerly part of the Palais de la Cité, a Royal Palace from the 10 th to the 14 th century) on the other, Cité Métro station lies at the historical centre of Paris. Of the 154 entourage Métro entrances built, some 84 still survive on the Paris streets. Between the lamps is the classic Metropolitain sign. Built in the Art Nouveau style the entrance has waist high cast iron railings around three sides with symmetrical raised orange lamps designed in the form of plant stems, with each lamp enclosed by a leaf resembling a brin de muguet, a sprig of lily of the valley. The entourage entrance was the most common of Guimard’s Métro entrances. It does not store any personal data.WITH ITS UBIQUITOUS Hector Guimard ‘ entourage’ entrance, the Métro station Cité is the only Métro station on the Île de la Cité, one of the two islands on the Seine within the historical boundaries of the city of Paris. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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