Saint-Marcel station

Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl]) is a station on Line 5 of the Paris Métro, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, under the Boulevard de l'Hôpital.

Saint-Marcel
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
General information
Location50, Boul. de l'Hôpital
Boul. de l'Hôpital × Rue des Wallons
13th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°50′17″N 2°21′36″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened2 June 1906 (1906-06-02)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Campo Formio
towards Place d'Italie
 Line 5 Gare d'Austerlitz
towards Bobigny–Pablo Picasso
Location
Saint-Marcel is located in Paris
Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel
Location within Paris

Location

The station is located under the Boulevard de l'Hôpital, south of the intersection of the Rue des Wallons. It is the first underground station for southbound passengers after Gare d'Austerlitz. The station serves Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.

History
The station, in front of the entrance to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

The station was opened on 2 June 1906 with the commissioning of the first section of Line 5 between Gare d'Orléans (now Gare d'Austerlitz) and Place d'Italie.

It owes its name to its proximity to the beginning of Boulevard Saint-Marcel, named for a 5th-century bishop of Paris, who died in 436 and was famous for his mythical miracles. He rescued Paris from a monstrous dragon, changed the water of the Seine into wine, as well as converted pagans.

In 2018, 2,286,932 travellers entered the station which placed it at 240th position of Métro stations for its attendance.[1]

Passenger services

Access

The station has two accesses consisting of fixed stairs opening on either side of the Boulevard de l'Hôpital:

  • Access 1: Boulevard de l'Hôpital – La Pitié-Salpêtrière, adorned with a Guimard edicule, now a historical monument (decreed on 12 February 2016), is on the right of the No. 83, which is one of the entrances to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital;
  • Access 2: Rue des Wallons, embellished with a mast with a yellow "M" in a circle, located opposite No. 50 on the boulevard.

Station layout
Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 5 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 5 toward Place d'Italie (Campo Formio)
Northbound → Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 5 toward Bobigny–Pablo Picasso (Gare d'Austerlitz) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Saint-Marcel metro station is of a standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the roof is elliptical. The decor is the style used for the majority of metro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the white ceramic tiles bevelled on the sides, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The vault is coated and painted white. The advertising frames are white ceramic and the name of the station is written in the Parisine type font on enamelled plates. The platforms are equipped with wooden slat benches.

Bus connections

The station is served by Lines 57 and 91 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by the N31 line of the Noctilien network.

Nearby

Culture

One of the station's entrances is visible in a scene in the first moments of Claude Autant-Lara's film The Traversée de Paris.

References
  1. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2018". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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