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Riquet
Paris Métro station
General information
Location	19th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°53′16″N 2°22′25″E / 48.887880°N 2.373578°E / 48.887880; 2.373578
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	22-08
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 November 1910; 114 years ago (1910-11-05)
Passengers
1,226,397 (2020)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Stalingradtowards Villejuif–Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Line 7 Criméetowards La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
Location RiquetLocation within Paris

Riquet (French pronunciation: [ʁikɛ]) is a station of the Paris Métro and located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.

History

Riquet opened on 5 November 1910 with the commissioning of the first section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette with service provided by all trains on the line until 18 January 1911, when a branch opened from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais, resulting in 1 of every 2 trains serving this branch. It was once again served by all trains on the line when the branch from Louis Blanc to Pré-Saint-Gervais was split to form an independent line, line 7bis, on 3 December 1967. As part of the Un métro + beau programme by the RATP, the station was renovated and modernised on 28 January 2003.

It was named after French engineer Pierre-Paul Riquet (born Béziers, 1609; died Toulouse, 1680), who conceived and carried out the construction of the Canal du Midi from 1666. This work was completed by his sons in 1681.

In 2019, the station was used by 2,312,581 passengers, making it the 223rd busiest of the Métro network, out of 302 stations.

In 2020, the station was used by 1,226,397 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 210th busiest of the Métro network, out of 305 stations.

Passenger services

Access

The station has 2 entrances:

• Entrance 1: Rue Riquet
• Entrance 2: Avenue de Flandre

Station layout

Street Level
B1	Mezzanine
Line 7 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry (Stalingrad)
	Northbound	→ toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 (Crimée) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Riquet has a standard configuration with two tracks surrounded by two side platforms, although the lower part of the walls are vertical instead of a typical elliptical shape. The decoration is in the Andreu-Motte style with two red luminous lighting canopies and Motte seats whose colour, changed from red to blue, breaking the colorimetric uniformity of said style. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the wall, vault, tunnel exits and outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plates.

Other connections

The station is also served by line 45 of the RATP bus network, and at night, by line N42 of the Noctilien bus network.

Nearby

• la Villette Basin
• Canal de l'Ourcq.

Gallery

• Entrance at rue Riquet today
• Entrance at avenue de Flandre

References

1. "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
3. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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

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Stations

Le Bourget RER (planned) La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 Fort d'Aubervilliers Aubervilliers–Pantin–Quatre Chemins Porte de la Villette Corentin Cariou Crimée Riquet Stalingrad Louis Blanc Château-Landon Gare de l'Est Poissonnière Cadet Le Peletier Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette Opéra Pyramides Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre Pont Neuf Châtelet Pont Marie Sully–Morland Jussieu Place Monge Censier–Daubenton Les Gobelins Place d'Italie Tolbiac Maison Blanche Line splits Southern branch (← Maison Blanche) Le Kremlin–Bicêtre Villejuif–Léo Lagrange Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier Villejuif–Louis Aragon Southeastern branch (← Maison Blanche) Porte d'Italie Porte de Choisy Porte d'Ivry Pierre et Marie Curie Mairie d'Ivry

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• Paris Métro stations in the 19th arrondissement of Paris
• Railway stations in France opened in 1910
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