Barbara station

Barbara (French pronunciation: [baʁbaʁa]) is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 4 in Montrouge and Bagneux. The station was built as part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge to Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac.[1] It opened in January 2022.[2][3]

Barbara
Montrouge
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
Station platforms on opening day
General information
Coordinates48.8092°N 2.3176°E / 48.8092; 2.3176
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Construction
ArchitectLIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi)
History
Opened13 January 2022
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac
Terminus
 Line 4 Mairie de Montrouge
towards Porte de Clignancourt
Location
BarbaraMontrouge is located in Paris
BarbaraMontrouge
Barbara
Montrouge
Location within Paris

History

The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received déclaration d'utilité publique in February 2005. Work to built the extension began in 2015, and was originally planned to open in 2020.[4] During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called Verdun-Sud. Following a public vote, the station was named after French singer Barbara, who was buried in the nearby Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.[5]

The station was opened on 13 January 2022.[6][7] The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day.[8][7] The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between Ile-de-France Region (60%), the state (25.7%), and the department of Hauts-de-Seine, in which Barbara is located (14.3%).[9]

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances:[10]

  • Access 1 - "Avenue Marx Dormoy" is located along Avenue Marx-Dormoy, at the corner of Avenue de Verdun and Avenue Henri Ginoux. Located on the territory of Montrouge, it is inserted in a building, still under construction (September 2022), which hinders access on the Montrouge side.
  • Access 2 - "Avenue de Stalingrad" is located in Bagneux at the corner of Avenue de Stalingrad and Avenue du Colonel-Fabien.

Platform

The station was designed by LIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi).[11] The vaulted ceiling of the station is covered in white corrugated metal panels. It is fitted with platform edge doors, as part of the automation of Line 4, planned to be completed by 2022.[12] Above the station entrance at Avenue Marx Dormoy, RATP Habitat will build an apartment building for young workers.[11]

Other services

The station connects with lines 128 and 323 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby
  • Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
  • Fort de Montrouge

References
  1. Compagnon, Sébastian (7 December 2021). "Grand Paris : la ligne 4 du métro arrivera à Bagneux, son nouveau terminus, le 13 janvier 2022". Le Parisien.
  2. "Line 4 joins Bagneux!". Groupe RATP. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. Lenhardt, Marjorie (2022-01-13). "Après 45 ans d'attente, la ligne 4 du métro arrive «enfin» à Bagneux !". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  4. "Dans cinq ans, Bagneux aura le métro". leparisien.fr (in French). 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  5. Riou, Ariane (2018-06-20). "Ile-de-France : deux futures stations de la ligne 4 du métro porteront les noms de Barbara et Lucie Aubrac". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  6. "Line 4 joins Bagneux!". Groupe RATP. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. "Deux nouvelles stations de métro baptisées Barbara et Lucie Aubrac". Ouest France (in French). 13 January 2022.
  8. archyw. "The metro arrives in Bagneux!". Archyworldys.
  9. "Deux nouvelles stations de métro baptisées Barbara et Lucie Aubrac". Ouest France (in French). 13 January 2022.
  10. "Barbara : Sorties du Métro.fr". www.sortiesdumetro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  11. "LA LIGNE REJOINT BAGNEUX CE JEUDI 13 JANVIER Dossier de presse – 13 janvier 2022" (PDF). Groupe RATP. 13 January 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  12. archyw. "The metro arrives in Bagneux!". Archyworldys.
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