Saint-Michel (Paris Métro)

Saint-Michel
Paris Métro station
Line 4 Platforms before platform screen doors were installed
Location	9, pl. Saint-Michel Pl. Saint-Michel × boul. Saint-Michel pl. Saint-Michel × quai Saint-Michel 15, pl. Saint-André des Arts 5th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′13″N 2°20′38″E / 48.85361°N 2.34389°E / 48.85361; 2.34389Coordinates: 48°51′13″N 2°20′38″E / 48.85361°N 2.34389°E / 48.85361; 2.34389
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	9 January 1910 (1910-01-09)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Odéon toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Cité toward Porte de Clignancourt Connections to other stations Preceding station   RER   Following station Châtelet–Les Halles toward Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye Transfer at: Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame Luxembourg toward Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Musée d'Orsay toward Pontoise, Versailles RG or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Transfer at: Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame Gare d'Austerlitz toward Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt, Saint-Martin-d'Étampes or Versailles-Chantiers
Location
Saint-Michel Location within Paris

Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ miʃɛl]) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 5th arrondissement. Located in the Quartier Latin, it offers a connection to the St-Michel - Notre-Dame RER station on RER lines B and C.

The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. It is named after the Boulevard Saint-Michel.

Architecture[]

Like nearby Cité, Saint-Michel features a pioneering construction technique, made necessary by the proximity of the Seine. The station comprises three steel caissons – one for the train hall and two for access at each end – which were assembled at the surface and then lowered into place.^[1]

The platforms are 118 metres long, more than the standard length on the network.^[1] This allows it to potentially handle eight-car trains, however, due to the other stations having an average of 100-meter platforms (excluding Cité, which has 110-meter platforms), and the Line's ongoing process for automatic operations, the trains in the Line 4 will be limited to six-car trains.

Nearby attractions[]

• Île de la Cité
• Île Saint-Louis
• Notre Dame Cathedral

Station layout[]

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances, connections to
Platform level	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Porte de Clignancourt (Cité)
	Southbound	→ toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Odéon) →
	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right

Gallery[]

• 

  Line 4 platforms at Saint-Michel

• 

  MP 59 rolling stock on Line 4 at Saint-Michel

See also[]

• St-Michel – Notre-Dame (Paris RER)

References[]

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de metro: D'Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton. ISBN 2862533823.

External links[]

• Media related to Saint-Michel (Paris Metro) at Wikimedia Commons