Quai de la Gare (Paris Métro)

Quai de la Gare
Paris Métro station
MP 73 train at Quai de la Gare
Location	13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′13″N 2°22′22″E / 48.837069°N 2.372773°E / 48.837069; 2.372773Coordinates: 48°50′13″N 2°22′22″E / 48.837069°N 2.372773°E / 48.837069; 2.372773
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 March 1909 (1909-03)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Chevaleret toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Bercy toward Nation
Location
Quai de la Gare Location within Paris

Quai de la Gare (French pronunciation: ​[kɛ d(ə) la ɡaʁ]) is a station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro. It is located at the intersection of the Quai de la Gare and Boulevard Vincent Auriol, in the 13th arrondissement.

History[]

Barrière de la Gare, a gate in the Wall of the Farmers-General once stood nearby

The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of Line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of Line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into Line 6 on 12 October 1942). It is named after the Quai de la Gare on the Rive Gauche of the Seine, which was a wharf opened in 1770 and serving the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. Nearby was the location of the Barrière de la Gare, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in 1819.

Nearby are the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and AccorHotels Arena, although best served by the next station towards Nation, Bercy, which Line 6 reaches by crossing the Pont de Bercy.

Station layout[]

The station has 2 exits.^[1]

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Chevaleret)
	Eastbound	→ toward Nation (Bercy) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery[]

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  Quai de la Gare station at the beginning of the 20th century

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References[]

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.