Bastille

Bastille
Aboveground platforms at Bastille station.
Date opened	19 July 1900 (1900)
Accesses	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
Municipality/ Arrondissement	the 4th arrondissement of Paris
Coordinates	48°51′11″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853082°N 2.369077°E / 48.853082; 2.369077Coordinates: 48°51′11″N 2°22′09″E / 48.853082°N 2.369077°E / 48.853082; 2.369077
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 1 Direction La Défense Direction Château de Vincennes Saint-Paul Gare de Lyon Paris Métro Line 5 Direction Place d'Italie Direction Bobigny – Pablo Picasso Quai de la Rapée Bréguet – Sabin Paris Métro Line 8 Direction Balard Direction Créteil – Préfecture Chemin Vert Ledru-Rollin
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

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 Basin 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.

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

Gallery

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  Line 1 platforms (eastbound view)

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  Line 1 platforms (westbound view)

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  Two Sprague-Thomson trains negotiate the curve at the western end of the Line 1 platforms

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  A MP 89 train negotiating the said curve

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  Line 5 platforms

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  Line 8 platforms

References

	Paris portal
	Trains portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bastille (Paris Metro)

References

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