Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (Paris Métro and RER)

Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
Paris Métro and RER station
Platforms in 2010
Location	13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°49′47.36″N 2°22′36.41″E / 48.8298222°N 2.3767806°E / 48.8298222; 2.3767806Coordinates: 48°49′47.36″N 2°22′36.41″E / 48.8298222°N 2.3767806°E / 48.8298222; 2.3767806
Owned by	SNCF & RATP
Operated by	SNCF & RATP
Line(s)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	87328328 (RER C)
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	RER C (1998-10-05) Line 14 (2007-06-26)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Cour Saint-Émilion toward Mairie de Saint-Ouen Olympiades Terminus RER Gare d'Austerlitz toward Pontoise, Versailles RG or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Ivry-sur-Seine toward Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt, Saint-Martin-d'Étampes or Versailles-Chantiers
Location
Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Location within Paris

Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (French pronunciation: ​[biblijɔtɛk fʁɑ̃swa mitɛʁɑ̃]) is a station of the Paris Métro and RER, named after the former French president, François Mitterrand, and serving the area surrounding the new building of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), whose site near the station is also named after Mitterrand, and the Paris Diderot University. It is a transfer point between Line 14 of the Paris Metro and the RER C. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway.

History[]

The station was opened in 1998 when Line 14 was first opened. Its architecture is the work of Antoine Grumbach, a different architect from the one who designed the other stations of Line 14. In the hall where one transfers between the two transit lines, the steps of the stairs are arranged in the arc of a circle and are marked with the letters of different humanistic writings.

From the opening of Line 14 until 25 June 2007, this station functioned as the line's southern terminus. Further work extended the line to a new station to the southwest, Olympiades, which opened on 26 June 2007.

It is expected that the line 14 will be extended to Orly AIrport ,in date of Mars 2021, the tunnels have been dug.

When the station was opened, the station Masséna of the RER C was closed and replaced by this station in order to permit the transfer between the métro and RER lines.

Nearby attractions[]

This station serves the area known as Tolbiac, between the Seine and the train tracks of the network of the Gare d'Austerlitz, which includes the BnF and the headquarters of the Réseau Ferré de France, the French equivalent of the UK's Network Rail), and the BnF's large new cinema, etc.

From this station, it is possible to reach on foot via the rue de Domrémy the church of Notre-Dame de la Gare, on the Place Jeanne-d'Arc.

Station layout[]

The RER station is made up of 3 island platforms and 6 tracks.

• The 2 most easterly tracks (tracks E and F) are southbound for the RER C
• the two central tracks (tracks C and D) and their platforms are used in exceptional cases of rerouting of the RER C at Gare d'Austerlitz surface. Normally the tracks are used by main lines.
• The 2 most westerly tracks (Voie A and B) are for the RER C direction North towards Gare d'austerlitz.

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances
B2	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Mairie de Saint-Ouen (Cour Saint-Émilion)
	Southbound	→ toward Olympiades (Terminus) →
	Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right

Gallery[]

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  Line 14 platforms at Bibliothèque François Mitterrand

See also[]

• List of stations of the Paris Métro
• List of stations of the Paris RER

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand (Paris Metro).

• Bibliothèque François Mitterrand at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
• Bibliothèque François Mitterrand at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)