Bel-Air (Paris Métro)

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Bel-Air

Date opened

1 March 1909

Municipality/
Arrondissement

the 12th arrondissement of Paris

Fare zone

Next stations

Paris Métro Line 6
Direction Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	Direction Nation
Daumesnil	Picpus

List of stations of the Paris Métro

Location of metro station

Bel-Air is a station on line 6 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement. The station is located in the Boulevard de Picpus, between the districts of Picpus and Bel-Air.

The station is in the open air at ground level, but the lines are underground to the north and to the south: the trains ascend to the surface before the station to descend when leaving it. This layout was required to clear the railway that connected the former station of Paris Bastille (near Bastille station) to the valley of the Marne, via the former station of Reuilly near Bel-Air. This line was diverted to become part of RER line A in 1969. The single entrance to the station leads to the back of trains from Nation, and to the front of trains from Charles de Gaulle - Étoile.

History

The station was opened on 1 March 1909 with the extension of the line from Place d'Italie to Nation. The station was closed during World War II and remained closed for a prolonged period, not reopening until January 1963. It is named after the Bel-Air district.

Places of interest

A view of the Promenade Plantée, looking west

The old railway to Paris Bastille has been converted since the 1990s into the Promenade Plantée — a 4.5 km long elevated garden connecting to the Bastille to the Porte de Saint-Mandé. Cycling and rollerskating is allowed on this section.

The Rothschild Hospital is in the immediate vicinity and the Armand Trousseau Hospital for children is further off.

Gallery

Line 6 platforms (view towards Nation)
Line 6 platforms (view towards Charles de Gaulle — Étoile)

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile	← toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Daumesnil)
	toward Nation	→ toward Nation (Picpus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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References

Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.

v t e	Paris Métro	Line 6
Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Kléber Boissière Trocadéro Passy Bir-Hakeim Dupleix La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle Cambronne Sèvres – Lecourbe Pasteur Montparnasse – Bienvenüe Edgar Quinet Raspail Denfert-Rochereau Saint-Jacques Glacière Corvisart Place d'Italie Nationale Chevaleret Quai de la Gare Bercy Dugommier Daumesnil Bel-Air Picpus Nation

Coordinates: 48°50′29″N 2°24′03″E / 48.841344°N 2.400912°E / 48.841344; 2.400912

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