Dugommier station

Dugommier (French pronunciation: [dyɡɔmje]) is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 6 in the 12th arrondissement.

Dugommier
Paris Métro station
General information
Location	12th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′20.58″N 2°23′23.87″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 March 1909 (1909-03)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Bercy towards Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Line 6 Daumesnil towards Nation
Location Dugommier Location within Paris

History

The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of Line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation. It was initially named Charenton, due to its proximity to the Rue de Charenton, an artery which ran from Bastille to the suburban town of Charenton-le-Pont. On 12 July 1939, it was renamed after the nearby Rue Dugommier to avoid confusion: a station at Porte de Charenton had been added to the system in 1931, and another at Charenton-le-Pont would open in 1942. The street was named after Jacques François Dugommier (1738–1794), a general in the American and French Revolutionary wars. The station was located on the site of the Barrière de Charenton, a tollgate for the collection of taxation in the Wall of the Farmers-General, which was built in 1784-88 and demolished in 1860.^[1][2]

As part of RATP's Renouveau du Métro programme, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated by 29 November 2002.^[3] In 2021, attendance is gradually rising, with 1,725,412 passengers entering this station, placing it in the 204th position of metro stations for its usage.^[4]

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single access called Boulevard de Reuilly, consisting of a fixed staircase decorated with a mast with a yellow M inscribed in a circle and a Dervaux-type balustrade, leading to the right of no.1 of this boulevard.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Bercy)
	toward Nation	→ toward Nation (Daumesnil) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Dugommier is a station of standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls and tunnel exits. The vault is coated and painted white. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plates. The seats are Motte style and green. The stairs leading to the platforms are tiled, as well as the perimeter of the platforms and the floor under the seats.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 71, 77, 87 and 215 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby

0.3 kilometers (330 yards) to the north is the Promenade Plantée—a 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long elevated linear park that follows an abandoned commuter railway trace (Ligne de Paris-Bastille à Marles-en-Brie) from the former Gare de la Bastille railway station to the Boulevard Périphérique. The railway's Gare de Reuilly station remains at the east end of Rue Dugommier, repurposed for municipal offices. 160 meters to the west, the SNCF railway corridor separates the neighborhood from the redeveloped Bercy district along the Seine.

Gallery

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  Line 6 platforms at Dugommier

References

1. "Barrière de Charenton, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
2. "Barrière de Charenton" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
3. "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
4. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2023.