Montparnasse - Bienvenüe (Paris Métro)
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Montparnasse — Bienvenüe |
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Date opened | 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accesses | 59 bis, 71, 73, boul. du Montparnasse Rue de l'Arrivée, mall Tour Maine Montparnasse Gare Montparnasse 31, av. du Maine 2, pl. Bienvenüe 1/3, rue du Départ |
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Paris 14e | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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List of stations of the Paris Métro |
Montparnasse — Bienvenüe is a station of the Paris Métro which is a transfer point between Lines 4, 6, 12 and 13.
It provides access to the Tour Montparnasse and the Gare Montparnasse.
[edit] History
After 1913, the Montparnasse station was a transfer point between Line 4 and Line 12 and was situated on the Boulevard du Montparnasse. Likewise, the Bienvenüe station was named in honor of the principal engineer of the Paris Métro, Fulgence Bienvenüe (accounting for the unusual diaresis in the station's name) and was located near the entrance to the Gare Montparnasse. It served both Line 6 and Line 13.
At the end of the 1930s, a long corridor was built to connect the two stations. Accordingly, the stations' names were fused to create the one now known as Montparnasse-Bienvenüe on October 6, 1942. This long corridor is equipped now with moving sidewalks to facilitate access between the two parts of the Métro station.
In 2002, in an experimental move, the RATP installed a moving walkway that moves at 9 km/h, which has been termed the "fastest in the world." The first several meters consist of a slightly slanted slope that accelerates passengers, because it would be dangerous to step directly onto the fast-moving conveyor.
[edit] See also
Paris Métro | Line 4 |
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Porte de Clignancourt • Simplon • Marcadet — Poissonniers ⇒ 12 • Château Rouge • Barbès — Rochechouart ⇒ 2 • Gare du Nord ⇒ 5 B D E • Gare de l'Est ⇒ 5 7 • Château d'Eau • Strasbourg — Saint-Denis ⇒ 8 9 • Réaumur — Sébastopol • Étienne Marcel • Les Halles ⇒ A B D • Châtelet ⇒ 1 7 11 14 • Cité • Saint-Michel ⇒ B C • Odéon ⇒ 10 • Saint-Germain-des-Prés • Saint-Sulpice • Saint-Placide • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe ⇒ 6 12 13 • Vavin • Raspail ⇒ 6 • Denfert-Rochereau ⇒ 6 B • Mouton-Duvernet • Alésia • Porte d'Orléans |
Paris Métro | Line 6 |
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Charles de Gaulle — Étoile ⇒ 1 2 A • Kléber • Boissière • Trocadéro ⇒ 9 • Passy • Bir-Hakeim • Dupleix • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle ⇒ 8 10 • Cambronne • Sèvres — Lecourbe • Pasteur ⇒ 12 • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe ⇒ 4 12 13 • Edgar Quinet • Raspail ⇒ 4 • Denfert-Rochereau ⇒ 4 B • Saint-Jacques • Glacière • Corvisart • Place d'Italie ⇒ 5 7 • Nationale • Chevaleret • Quai de la Gare • Bercy ⇒ 14 • Dugommier • Daumesnil ⇒ 8 • Bel-Air • Picpus • Nation ⇒ 1 2 9 A |
Paris Métro | Line 12 |
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Porte de la Chapelle • Marx Dormoy • Marcadet — Poissonniers ⇒ 4 • Jules Joffrin • Lamarck — Caulaincourt • Abbesses • Pigalle ⇒ 2 • Saint-Georges • Notre-Dame-de-Lorette • Trinité — d'Estienne d'Orves • Saint-Lazare ⇒ 3 9 13 14 E • Madeleine ⇒ 8 14 • Concorde ⇒ 1 8 • Assemblée Nationale • Solférino • Rue du Bac • Sèvres — Babylone ⇒ 10 • Rennes • Notre-Dame-des-Champs • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe ⇒ 4 6 13 • Falguière • Pasteur ⇒ 6 • Volontaires • Vaugirard • Convention • Porte de Versailles • Corentin Celton • Mairie d'Issy |
Paris Métro | Line 13 |
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Northwest branch North branch ⊃ |