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The Pasteur station opened on 24 April 1906 with the start of the service on the line 6.

It is situated in the 15th arrondissement and is served by the metro lines 6 and 12. The station is named after Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), a French microbiologist and chemist. He is most known for treating milk to stop it from becoming spoilt. He also created the first vaccine for rabies.

green North-South logo on ceramic tile

 

Logo of the North/South line on green ceramic tiles above advertising panel. The letter S is inter-twined with the letter N and placed on a ribbon and bow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting tunnels of the Pasteur station

 

Long connecting tunnel with white tiles.

The walls are tiled with white tiles. The top row is made of green tiles with a wave pattern.

The advertising boards along the wall have a green frame with the North-South logo and plein green ceramic tiles.

The electronic display hanging on the wall shows bus connections in real time.

The floor is painted grey.

 

 

 

 

Platform line 6

The station started operation on 24 April 1906 as part of line 2. A year later - 14 October 1907 - the station became part of the new line 5. During World War II the station was transferred to the line 6.

Name sign on line 6

 

The station name is written in upper and lowercase on a blue plasticised sign without frame.

 

The beige seats are metal, semi-bowl shaped mounted on a stainless steel bar fixed on the wall.

 

The lights are in silver uplighters fixed on the ceiling. This is the style of Bruno-Gaudin.

 

 

platform

 

The walls and curved ceiling are tiled in white tiles with a raised centre.

The advertising is placed in either metal boards fixed to the wall, or in white ceramic frames.

The platforms are on either side of the tracks.

The edge is marked with a thick white line and a row of rubber tiles with rised circles.

Access to the platforms is from the end.

 

 

 

 

 

Platform line 12

Line 12 started operation on 5 November 1910.

Entrance to platform

 

 

Two entrances at the side of the platform.

The platform lights are in an orange metal case in the "Andreu-Motte" style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large name sign

 

 

The platform has two different types of name signs:

The larger signage consists of the station name painted in white uppercase letters on a rectangle of blue square tiles, 8 tiles high. It is surrounded by a white plain ceramic frame and a green frame with a pattern of olive branches and some Nord-Sud logos.

 

 

 


Smaller name sign

 

The blue background on the smaller signage is 3 square tiles high. It is surrounded by a frame of green tiles with olive branch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display cases

 

 

 

Along the walls are panels describing some of the work by Pasteur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

white seats

 

 

White plastic seats on a base tiled with the same tiles as on the walls. The advertising boards with a green border are behind it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olive border

 

 

Green border with olive branches around the advertising frames.

 

The little hook on the side is used by the person hanging the advertising posters to put up a little barrier while working.