Mirabeau (Paris Métro)
Paris Métro rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Location | Place de Barcelone 75016 Paris | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Station code | 0712 | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 30 September 1913 | ||||||||||
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Mirabeau (French pronunciation: [miʁabo]) is a rapid transit station on Line 10 of the Paris Métro system. Located in the 16th arrondissement of the city, it is served solely by eastbound trains to Gare d'Austerlitz.
Location[]
Located on the Right Bank of the Seine (despite being geographically west of the Left Bank as a result of the river's curvature), Mirabeau station lies within the 16th arrondissement of Paris, a largely residential and upscale area in the western section of the city. Nearby is the Pont Mirabeau, which crosses the Seine.
Mirabeau is located very close to Église d'Auteuil station; the two stations can be considered twins, with Mirabeau serving eastbound traffic and Église d'Auteuil serving westbound traffic, but they each have separate entrances and exits.
History[]
The station opened on 30 September 1913 as part of the extension of line 8 from Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels) to Porte d'Auteuil. On 29 July 1937, line 10 was extended from Duroc to La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle and the section of line 8 between La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle and Porte d'Auteuil, including Mirabeau, was transferred to line 10.
Station layout[]
Street Level | Street level | Exit |
Platform | Westbound (no platform) | ← does not stop here (Église d'Auteuil) |
Eastbound | → toward Gare d'Austerlitz (Javel – André Citroën) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
Like other Métro stations, Mirabeau was built using the cut-and-cover method; as a result, it lies directly underneath rue Mirabeau, which gives the station its name (which in turn is named after Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, a statesman during the French Revolution). There is only one platform serving eastbound trains; the westbound track rises along a relatively steep ramp in order to stay near the surface, turning to the west of the station in a northerly direction so as to run underneath rue Wilhem on the way to Église d'Auteuil station.[1]
Exits[]
There are two access points at Mirabeau station:
- avenue de Versailles: one stairway at 63 avenue de Versailles (Place de Barcelone)
- rue Mirabeau: one stairway at 3 rue Mirabeau
Gallery[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mirabeau (Paris Metro). |
Line 10 platform at Mirabeau
References[]
- ^ Plan du métropolitain Carto metro Retrieved 2011-03-14
Coordinates: 48°50′48″N 2°16′18″E / 48.84674°N 2.27171°E
- Paris Métro line 10
- Paris Métro stations in the 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Railway stations in France opened in 1913