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Bercy
Line 14 platforms at Bercy with red lights above the platform screen doors indicating the arrival of a short train
General information
Location	Place du Bataillon-du-Pacifique 48 Boul. de Bercy Rue Corbineau 12th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′24″N 2°22′50″E / 48.83993°N 2.380418°E / 48.83993; 2.380418
Owned by	RATP
Platforms	4 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	at Gare de Paris Bercy RATP Bus:  24   71   87   215  Noctilien: N32 N35
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Line 6: No Line 14: Yes
Other information
Station code	13-07 BCY
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 March 1909 (1 March 1909)
Rebuilt	1998
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Quai de la Garetowards Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Line 6 Dugommiertowards Nation Gare de Lyontowards Saint-Denis–Pleyel Line 14 Cour Saint-Émiliontowards Aéroport d'Orly
Location BercyLocation within Paris

Bercy station (French pronunciation: [bɛʁsi] ) is a station on lines 6 and 14 of the Paris Métro. It is located at the intersection of the Boulevard de Bercy and the Rue de Bercy in the neighbourhood of Bercy in the 12th arrondissement.

History

The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of Line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of Line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into Line 6 on 12 October 1942).

The Line 14 platforms opened on 15 October 1998 as part of the original section of the line from Madeleine to Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. It is named after the streets it is situated in and the neighbourhood of Bercy, which is mentioned in a document written in 1134. Over the centuries the lords of Bercy built a castle there which eventually covered a third of the commune of Bercy, which was absorbed into Paris in 1860. It was the location of the Barrière de Bercy, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the 19th century.

From 1972 to 1974, during the pneumatisation of Line 6, the Gare de Paris Bercy, located south of the station, was used to carry out this work. West of Bercy station on Line 6 is the Pont de Bercy, which the line uses to cross the Seine towards the Rive Gauche.

On 16 July 2018, several name signs of the station are temporarily replaced to celebrate the victory of the France national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as in five other stations. Bercy was humorously renamed Bercy les Bleus (for "Merci les Bleus") as a thank you to the players of the French team.

Passenger services

Access

The station has several exits:

• Access 1, "Bercy Arena": two stairs and an elevator Place du Bataillon-du-Pacifique;
• Access 2, "Rue Corbineau": a staircase at 48, Boulevard de Bercy;
• Access 3, "Gare de Bercy": a fixed staircase on the Rue de Bercy, odd side and two fixed stairs each lined with an escalator on the even side.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Quai de la Gare)
	Eastbound	→ toward Nation (Dugommier) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B3	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Saint-Denis–Pleyel (Gare de Lyon)
	Southbound	→ toward Aéroport d'Orly (Cour Saint-Émilion) →
	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right

Platforms

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The platforms of the two lines are of standard configuration. Two per stopping point, they are separated by the metro tracks located in the centre. A connection connects the two tunnels, between the track direction Mairie de Saint-Ouen of Line 14 and the track direction Étoile of Line 6.

Line 6 station has an elliptical vault. The decoration is of the style used for most Métro stations, bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, vault and tunnel exits, while lighting is provided by two tube-canopies. The advertising frames are metallic; the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plaques. The platforms are equipped with wooden slatted benches.

The architecture of the station of Line 14 follows the principles defined by Bernard Kohn for the whole of Line 14 since 1991, both in the choice of materials (light concrete ceilings, wood on the walls, floor tiles) and for lighting and ceiling height. The platforms are also wider than those of the other lines. The name of the station is written in Parisine font on backlit panels embedded in the walls and on stickers affixed to the platform facades.

Nearby

• Accor Arena (formerly Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy or POPB), a major sports arena, is located to the south of Bercy station.
• The Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances), also known simply as "Bercy", is located to the west of Bercy station.
• The Gare de Bercy, serving medium-distance domestic services to Avallon via Laroche-Migennes, Sens and Auxerre.
• The Parc de Bercy (north entrance), also served by Cour Saint-Émilion (south entrance).

Gallery

• Street-level entrance at Bercy
• MP 73 rolling stock on Line 6 at Bercy
• Line 14 platforms at Bercy
• Access to Line 14 platforms
• Line 14 platform (2008, view then towards Saint-Lazare)
• Line 14 platform (view towards Olympiades)

Notes

1. "Plan des lignes -personnes à mobilité réduite" [Line plan - persons with reduced mobility] (PDF) (Map). RATP (in French). May 2022.
2. ^ Roland, Gerard (April 2008). Stations de metro. d'Abbesses a Wagram (in French). Paris, France: Christine Bonneton. ISBN 978-2-86253-382-7.
3. "Barrière de Bercy, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
4. "Barrière de Bercy, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
5. "Barrière de Bercy" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
6. "Carte détaillée du métro de Paris (voie, ateliers, OrlyVAL, CDGVAL, ...)". cartometro.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
7. "RATP : six stations de métro au nom des Bleus". leparisien.fr (in French). 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2024-10-22.

References

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

v t e Line 6
Stations	Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Kléber Boissière Trocadéro Passy Bir-Hakeim Dupleix La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle Cambronne Sèvres–Lecourbe Pasteur Montparnasse–Bienvenüe Edgar Quinet Raspail Denfert-Rochereau Saint-Jacques Glacière Corvisart Place d'Italie Nationale Chevaleret Quai de la Gare Bercy Dugommier Daumesnil Bel-Air Picpus Nation

v t e Line 14
Stations	Saint-Denis–Pleyel Mairie de Saint-Ouen Saint-Ouen Porte de Clichy Pont Cardinet Saint-Lazare Madeleine Pyramides Châtelet Gare de Lyon Bercy Cour Saint-Émilion Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Olympiades Maison Blanche Hôpital Bicêtre Villejuif–Gustave Roussy (Opening December 2024) L'Haÿ-les-Roses Chevilly-Larue  Tvm  Thiais–Orly Aéroport d'Orly

• Paris Métro line 6
• Accessible Paris Métro stations
• Paris Métro stations in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
• Railway stations in France opened in 1909
• Paris Métro line 14