Serge Gainsbourg station

Les Lilas
Serge Gainsbourg
Platforms on opening day
General information
LocationLes Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°52′53″N 2°25′38″E / 48.8812583°N 2.42722778°E / 48.8812583; 2.42722778
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Line(s)Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 11
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
ArchitectRichez Associés[1]
History
Opened13 June 2024 (2024-06-13)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Mairie des Lilas
towards Châtelet
 Line 11 Romainville–Carnot
towards Rosny–Bois-Perrier
Location
Les Lilas Serge Gainsbourg is located in Paris and inner ring
Les Lilas Serge Gainsbourg
Les Lilas
Serge Gainsbourg
Location within Paris and inner ring

Serge Gainsbourg station (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃zbuʁ] ⓘ) is a station on Line 11 of the Paris Métro. The station is located at Place Henri-Dunant at Les Lilas and opened on 13 June 2024.[2]

History

Name

The station was initially given the provisional name of Liberté.[3] It was then renamed Serge Gainsbourg, after the eponymous French artist who had composed the song Le Poinçonneur des Lilas (The ticket-puncher of Lilas) in 1958.[4][5] There have been objections to naming it after Gainsbourg, citing "misogyny".[6]

Construction

On 16 July 2021, the tunnel boring machine, Sofia, arrived at the station after more than 15 months of digging since January 2020, marking the end of excavation works for the extension of line 11. The construction of the main entrance was completed by the end of January 2022 while the other entrance was completed in July 2022. Track laying also began in February 2022.[7] The station was designed by architects Richez Associés, who also designed 3 other stations on the extension.[8]

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances equipped with escalators, with the main entrance (with a lift) located at square Henri Dunant and the other entrance located at the intersection of rue de la Liberté and boulevard du Général Leclerc.[9]

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine
Line 11 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 11 toward Châtelet (Mairie des Lilas)
Eastbound Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 11 toward Rosny–Bois-Perrier (Romainville–Carnot) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

The station will have a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.

Other connections

The station is also served by lines 105 and 515 (TillBus) of the RATP bus network, and at night, by line N12 of the Noctilien bus network.

  • Construction of the station (2019)
    Construction of the station (2019)

References

  1. ^ "4 stations for metro line 11 extension". Richez_Associés. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Focus on the extension of line 11" (Press release). RATP Group. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  3. ^ "LES PROJETS URBAINS QUI VONT BÉNÉFICIER DU PROLONGEMENT DE LA LIGNE 11" (PDF). Richez_Associés (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ Grabar, Henry (13 April 2013). "Could Paris End Up With a Metro Station Named After Serge Gainsbourg?". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Paris. Une station de métro portant le nom de Serge Gainsbourg?". ouest-france.fr (in French). 10 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ Lemoigne, Victoire (12 December 2023). "«Un misogyne notoire»: une pétition contre le nom de la future station de métro Serge Gainsbourg". Le Figaro. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ^ "INFO RIVERAINS LES LILAS Nº5" (PDF). prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ^ "4 stations for line 11 extension". www.richezassocies.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  9. ^ "Une deuxième station de la ligne 11 aux Lilas" (PDF). prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2022.


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