Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (Paris Métro and RER)

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Bibliothèque François Mitterrand is a station of the Paris Métro and RER, named after 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. It is the terminus of Line 14 and is a transfer point to the RER C.

[edit] History

The station was opened in 1998 when Line 14 was first opened. Its architecture is the work of a different architect than 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.

Since Line 14 was opened, this station has functioned as the line's southern terminus. Further work will extend the line to a new station to the southwest, Olympiades (scheduled to open in 2007), then to the station Maison Blanche and the southern branch of Line 7 that terminates at Villejuif - Louis Aragon.

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.

[edit] 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 (French Iron Network), 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.

[edit] See also

Paris Métro	Line 14
Saint-Lazare ⇒ 3 12 13 E · Madeleine ⇒ 8 12 · Pyramides ⇒ 7 · Châtelet ⇒ 1 4 7 11 A B D · Gare de Lyon ⇒ 1 A D · Bercy ⇒ 6 · Cour Saint-Émilion · Bibliothèque François Mitterrand ⇒ C · Olympiades (April 2007)