St-Michel - Notre-Dame (Paris RER)

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Saint-Michel — Notre-Dame RER commuter rail line
Saint-Michel RER B station
Station statistics
Lines	RER B RER C
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (RER B) 2 side platforms (RER C)
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	26 September 1979

C line

Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame is a station of the Paris RER, serving the Line B and Line C. It is named after the nearby St-Michel area and Notre Dame de Paris.

The main entrance to the station is at Place Saint-Michel on the left bank of the Seine. There is also a satellite entrance to the platforms of Line B at Place Notre Dame, which is at Île de la Cité across the Seine from Place Saint-Michel. The platforms of Line B are underneath the Seine.

[edit] History

On July 25, 1995, the station fell victim to a terrorist attack, with a gas bottle exploding nearby one of the platforms. 8 were killed and 200 wounded. See 1995 Islamist terror bombings in France.

[edit] Lines serving this station

• RER Line B
• RER Line C

[edit] Adjacent stations

• Saint-Michel on line 4
• Cluny - La Sorbonne on line 10. This station was closed between 1939 and 1988, when it reopened to serve the new RER station and give access to the Boulevard Saint-Germain.

[edit] See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro

Coordinates: 48°51′13″N 2°20′39″E / 48.85361, 2.34417

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