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Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier
Paris Métro station
General information
Location	39, boulevard Maxime Gorky 45, boulevard Maxime Gorky Even side, boulevard Maxime Gorky Villejuif Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°47′46″N 2°22′06″E / 48.795991°N 2.368248°E / 48.795991; 2.368248
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	28 February 1985; 39 years ago (1985-02-28)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Villejuif–Louis AragonTerminus Line 7Villejuif branch Villejuif–Léo Lagrangetowards La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
Location Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-CouturierLocation within Paris and inner ring

Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier (French pronunciation: [vilʒɥif pɔl vajɑ̃ kutyʁje]) is a station of the Paris Métro, located on Line 7. It serves the commune of Villejuif.

History

It was opened when Line 7 was extended from Le Kremlin-Bicêtre to Villejuif–Louis Aragon on 28 February 1985.

It is named after the Avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier and the former mayor of Villejuif, Paul Vaillant-Couturier (1892–1937) who was a journalist, politician and editor of the Communist newspaper L’Humanité.

In 2021, usage of the station gradually increased, with 1,764,879 passengers during the year. This made it the 200th most used metro station.

Passenger services

Access

The station has three entrances:

• Access 1 Boulevard Maxime-Gorki/Rue Jean-Baptiste-Clément, with a fixed staircase;
• Access 2 Boulevard Maxime-Gorki/Rue Condorcet, on the even numbers side, with a fixed staircase and an escalator. This entrance is indicated by a mast surmounted by a yellow M logo;
• Access 3 Maxim Gorky Boulevard, with a fixed staircase, also indicated by a mast surmounted by a yellow M logo.

Station layout

Line 7 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Villejuif–Louis Aragon (Terminus)
	Northbound	→ toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 (Villejuif–Léo Lagrange) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks, surmounted by a mezzanine. The name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates. Lighting is provided by suspended luminous globes, small ceramic tiles of a white and orange colour placed vertically covering the walls as well as the tunnel exits. The furniture is the Motte style in an orange colour.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 162 and 185 of the RATP bus network, the v7 urban service of the Valouette bus network and, at night, by lines N15 and N22 of the Noctilien network.

Nearby

• Hôpital Paul-Brousse

Gallery

• MF 77 rolling stock on Line 7 at Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier

References

1. "Métro Villejuif - Paul Vaillant-Couturier : plan, horaires et trafic". www.metroparis.paris. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
2. Tsoukala, Kyriaki; Terzoglou, Nikolaos-Ion; Pantelidou, Charikleia (2014-12-05). Intersections of Space and Ethos. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-66744-5.
3. Broadwell, Valerie (October 2007). City of Light, City of Dark: Exploring Paris Below. Valerie Broadwell. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4257-9022-6.
4. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-29.

External links

• 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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