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The station opened on 19 October 1904 with the opening of the line 3.
It is situated in the 3rd arrondissement, close to Arts et Métiers, an engineering and research graduate school from which it takes its name.
The underground station is served by the metro lines 3 and 11.
Platform Line 3
Line 3 started operation on 19 October 1904.
Both the walls and the vaulted ceiling are tiled in white.
Green open metal light fittings are fitted to the ceiling in scythe-shaped brackets. Light tubes are facing downwards.
The strips of light also throw green, yellow and blue light onto the ceiling.
Seating is provided by a group of green, free-standing plastic seats or a bench fixed to the wall.
The advertising posters are in green ceramic frames.
The signage is in uppercase on blue plastizised frameless signs.
The wall is covered in small, white, flat tiles. In case of any serious issues, the station master can be called using the Alarm post. The lit sign signalling the location of the post reflects in the tiles.
Passengers can also buy a snack or drink while waiting for the metro.
The floor is painted grey,
Platform Line 11
Line 11 started operation on 28 April 1935.
In 1994 the platform was redesigned by François Schuiten to mark the bicentenary of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. The curved walls are covered in copper sheets, giving travellers the feeling to be in Jules Verne's submarine Nautillus.
Passengers can sit on individual wooden seats fixed to the wall while waiting for their metro. The copper sheets have been fitted with rivets.
Access to the side platforms are from the ends.
The floor is painted grey.
Several bullseyes with brass fittings are fixed to the wall, showing different scenes. A bridge can be seen from this bullseye. The Pont Antoinette is from the end of the 19th centuary.
A large gear and drive shaft has been placed in the centre of the ceiling.
There are no advertising panels on the platform; it would have spoiled the illusion.
Lights are fitted to the ceiling with scythe-shaped brackets, in the Ouï-dire style.
The signage is custom-made in the style of the platform.
The brass uppercase letters are on a black sign in a brass frame with rounded corners. The boilerplate is fixed to the copper walls.
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The station opened on 15 October 1998.
It is situated in the 13th arrondissement close to the library François-Mitterrand, which is named after François Mitterrand (1916 - 1996), who was president of the French Republic from 1981 - 1995.
It is served by the metro line 14, which is fully automated. The station was designed by Antoine Grumbach.
Steep escalator and stairs to the exit. The same setup is found opposite, where the escalator descends.
Round hall connecting the RER C and the metro. Passengers can use either the stairs or one of the escalators. Bins have been placed in a line to allow users to drop items while rushing from one form of transport to the next.
Platform line 14
Lit signage with the station name Bibliothèque François Mitterrand in frame on the wall.
Below it is a plan of the area with the metro exits and the metro plan.
The wall is tiled in large light beige square tiles.
Automatic barrier towards the metro. To the right of the doors is the map with the remaining stations towards Saint Lazare. On the left side of the doors are large posters advertising a campaign for courtious behaviour in the metro.
The floor is filed in square pink granite tiles. The edge to the barrier is painted white.
Walkway above the platform with glass sides and ceiling.
Hatches in the ceiling allow access to the trains if necessary.
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The station opened on 7 October 1902.
Anvers is situated on the border of the 9th and 18th arrondissements in the Pigalle area. It is named after the city of Antwerp (in French Anvers) where the French defeated the Dutch during a siege in 1832. The underground station is served by the metro line 2.
The entrance to the station is in the style of Art Nouveau. To the left and right are two tall lampposts in flower shape with red lights. They hold a sign between them. The writing on the sign is "Metropolitain" in green letters on a light yellow background in Art Nouveau Typeset.
The green cast-iron balustrade by Hector Guimard is made of panels with nature shapes.
At the end of the entrance at ground level are five round white lights in green metal fixing.
Above it is a metal station sign with the name Anvers and the number of metro line.
A small light fixed to the top frame is directed to the sign and advertising when it is dark.
The walls are tiled in small rectangular white tiles with a raised centre.
The top row of the tiles is dark green with a geometric flower pattern.
Metal hand rails are fixed to the tiled walls at both sides.
The station has two side platforms. The ground is painted in grey, with a white thick line to highlight the edge towards the tracks.
Lime green metal seats in half-bowl shape are fixed to the wall with a metal bar. They are placed in front of large advertising boards in white ceramic frames.
The silver coloured lights run above the edge of the platform. Rows of light tubes shine up and reflect on the top metal flat boards.
The vaulted ceiling is tiled in white rectangular tiles with a raised centre.
The main name of the station - Anvers - is written in white letters on a blue background.
Below it, on the same sign, but separated by a thin white line and with white writing on a brown background is the additional information "Sacré-coeur".
The sign has no frame.
Below the sign is in a white frame with the general transport conditions and a map of the metro with its zones.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two entrances at the side of the platform.
The platform lights are in an orange metal case in the "Andreu-Motte" style.
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.
The blue background on the smaller signage is 3 square tiles high. It is surrounded by a frame of green tiles with olive branch.
Along the walls are panels describing some of the work by Pasteur.
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.
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.
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The station opened on 31 January 1903 under the name Bagnolet. Until April 1903 it was the eastern terminal of the then line 2North from Anvers.
It is situated on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements. In August 1970 it was decided that the station should be renamed to avoid confusion with the future terminal of the line 3. The name Alexandre Dumas was chosen, after the authour of the classic novel "The three Musketeers".
Today it is served by the metro line 2.
The entrance to the station is kept in Art deco style. To the left and right are two tall lampposts in flower shape with red lights. They hold a sign with the lettering "Metropolitain" between them. The green cast-iron balustrade is made of panels with nature shapes.
At the end of the entrance at ground level are three round white lights in metal fixing.
Hand rails are provided at both sides and small raised circles on the ground alert sight impaired travellers.
The station sign is placticised metal with a blue background and white upper and lower case letters.
Dark grey plastic seats have been mounted on yellow metal bases fixed to the wall with a yellow bar.
Advertising is placed in large metal frames.
The station has two side platforms. The ground is painted in grey, with a white thick line to highlight the edge towards the tracks.
The vaulted ceiling and the walls are covered in white rectangular tiles with a raised centre.
The silver coloured lights run above the edge of the platform. Rows of light tubes shine up and reflect on the top metal flat boards.
It is tradition for the RATP to take part in in the tradition of April Fools jokes.
In 2024 it renamed a number of stations to celebrate the olympic and para-olympic games which take place later that year, as well as to highlight the week of olympic and para-olympic games (2 - 6 April 2024).
For a day, the platform of this station was renamed to Alexandre Dumarathon.