Étienne Marcel station
Étienne Marcel (French pronunciation: [etjɛn maʁsɛl]) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro. It is located in the northeastern part of the 1st arrondissement.
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_-_2022-07-06_-_1.jpg.webp) The station's platforms after the installation of platform screen doors in 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 14, Rue de Turbigo 1st arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°51′51″N 2°21′02″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 April 1908 | ||||||||||
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  Étienne Marcel Location within Paris | |||||||||||
Location
The station is located under the Rue de Turbigo, at the level of Rue Étienne-Marcel.
History
The station was opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt. It takes its name from Rue Étienne-Marcel, which is named for Étienne Marcel, a 14th-century revolutionary and provost of the merchants under John II.
Nearby are the Saint-Eustache church and the Louvre Post Office, which is the only post office in France open nearly 24 hours a day (except between 6:20 and 7:20 a.m.).
In 2019, 2,676,549 riders entered this station, which places it in 195th position for metro stations out of 302.[1]
Passenger services
Access
The station has only one exit (a monument historique) that leads to 14 Rue de Turbigo.
Station layout
| Street Level |
| B1 | Mezzanine for platform connection |
| Line 4 platform level | Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ←   toward Porte de Clignancourt (Réaumur–Sébastopol) | |
| Southbound | toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Les Halles) → | |
| Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right | ||
Platforms
Étienne Marcel is a standard configuration station with two platforms separated by the metro tracks. Its vault is elliptical. As part of the automation of Line 4, its platforms have been upgraded with platform screen doors. These were installed between October and November 2019.
Bus connections
The station is served by line 29 of the RATP bus network.
Gallery
Station entrance
Platforms at Étienne Marcel prior to installation of automatic platform gates
References
- "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". dataratp2.opendatasoft.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
