Saint-Georges station
Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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Location | 9th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°52′42″N 2°20′15″E / 48.878449°N 2.337382°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 April 1911 | ||||||||||
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Saint-Georges (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ]) is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 9th arrondissement.
The station opened on 8 April 1911 as part of the extension of the Nord-Sud company's line A from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette to Pigalle. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. The station is named after the Rue Saint-Georges, which became a street in 1734 and leads to the Place Saint-Georges, created in 1824. It was the centre of an estate created by the speculator Dosne, father-in-law of the politician Adolphe Thiers.
It was renovated during the early 2000s in imitation of the style adopted by the Nord-Sud Company, the original architects of the station. In fact, the current decorative style only vaguely resembles the original: the station name is no longer shown on large ceramic tablets (as at Solférino and Abbesses) and does not follow the original colour-coding: the edge of the ceramic name tablets should be brown to designate a non-interchange station, rather than green.
Station layout
[edit]Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine |
Line 12 platforms | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Southbound | ← toward Mairie d'Issy (Notre-Dame-de-Lorette) | |
Northbound | toward Mairie d'Aubervilliers (Pigalle) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
References
[edit]- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.