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Saint-Michel
Line 4 platforms with Platform screen doors
General information
Location	9, pl. Saint-Michel Pl. Saint-Michel × boul. Saint-Michel pl. Saint-Michel × quai Saint-Michel 15, pl. Saint-André des Arts 5th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′13″N 2°20′38″E / 48.85361°N 2.34389°E / 48.85361; 2.34389
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	9 January 1910 (1910-01-09)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Odéontowards Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Line 4 Citétowards Porte de Clignancourt Connections to other stations Preceding station RER Following station Châtelettowards Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye RER Btransfer at St-Michel – Notre-Dame Luxembourgtowards Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Musée d'Orsaytowards Pontoise, Versailles Château Rive Gauche or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines RER Ctransfer at St-Michel – Notre-Dame Gare d'Austerlitztowards Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt or Saint-Martin-d'Étampes
Location Saint-MichelLocation within Paris

Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl]) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 5th arrondissement. Located in the Quartier Latin, it offers a connection to the St-Michel - Notre-Dame RER station on RER lines B and C.

The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. It is named after the Boulevard Saint-Michel.

Architecture

Like nearby Cité, Saint-Michel features a pioneering construction technique, made necessary by the proximity of the Seine. The station comprises three steel caissons – one for the train hall and two for access at each end – which were assembled at the surface and then lowered into place.

The platforms are 118 metres long, more than the standard length on the network. This allows it to potentially handle eight-car trains, however, due to the other stations having an average of 100-meter platforms (excluding Cité, which has 110-meter platforms), and the Line's ongoing process for automatic operations, the trains in the Line 4 will be limited to six-car trains.

Nearby attractions

• Île de la Cité
• Île Saint-Louis
• Notre Dame Cathedral

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances, connections to
Platform level	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Porte de Clignancourt (Cité)
	Southbound	→ toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Odéon) →
	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right

Gallery

• Line 4 platforms at Saint-Michel
• MP 59 rolling stock on Line 4 at Saint-Michel
• MP 89 rolling stock on Line 4 at Saint-Michel

See also

• St-Michel – Notre-Dame (Paris RER)

References

1. ^ Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro Insolite (2011 ed.). p. 115.

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de metro: D'Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton. ISBN 2862533823.

External links

• Media related to Saint-Michel (Paris Metro) at Wikimedia Commons

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Stations

Porte de Clignancourt Simplon Marcadet–Poissonniers Château Rouge Barbès–Rochechouart Gare du Nord Gare de l'Est Château d'Eau Strasbourg–Saint-Denis Réaumur–Sébastopol Étienne Marcel Les Halles Châtelet Cité Saint-Michel Odéon Saint-Germain-des-Prés Saint-Sulpice Saint-Placide Montparnasse–Bienvenüe Vavin Raspail Denfert-Rochereau Mouton-Duvernet Alésia Porte d'Orléans Mairie de Montrouge Barbara Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac

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