Saint-Michel station (Paris Métro)

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.

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
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 Odéon towards Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Line 4 Cité towards Porte de Clignancourt Connections to other stations Preceding station RER Following station Châtelet towards Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye RER B transfer at St-Michel – Notre-Dame Luxembourg towards Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Musée d'Orsay towards Pontoise, Versailles Château Rive Gauche or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines RER C transfer at St-Michel – Notre-Dame Gare d'Austerlitz towards Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt or Saint-Martin-d'Étampes
Location Saint-Michel Location within Paris

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.^[1]

The platforms are 118 metres long, more than the standard length on the network.^[1] 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
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  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