Ledru-Rollin (Paris Métro)

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Ledru-Rollin

Date opened

5 May 1931

Municipality/
Arrondissement

the 11th arrondissement of Paris

Fare zone

Next stations

Paris Métro Line 8
Direction Balard	Direction Pointe du Lac
Bastille	Faidherbe - Chaligny

List of stations of the Paris Métro

Location of metro station

Ledru-Rollin is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro, named after the Avenue Ledru-Rollin.

The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Charenton. The Avenue Ledru-Rollin is named after the lawyer Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807–1874) who was elected as radical député in 1841 and founded the newspaper La Réforme.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	toward Balard	← toward Balard (Bastille)
	toward Pointe du Lac	→ toward Pointe du Lac (Faidherbe – Chaligny) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Places of interest

Promenade Plantée - a 4.5 km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former Gare de La Bastille railway station.
Opéra Bastille.

A view of the Promenade Plantée, looking west

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References

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

v t e	Paris Métro	Line 8
Balard Lourmel Boucicaut Félix Faure Commerce La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle École Militaire La Tour-Maubourg Invalides Concorde Madeleine Opéra Richelieu – Drouot Grands Boulevards Bonne Nouvelle Strasbourg – Saint-Denis République Filles du Calvaire Saint-Sébastien – Froissart Chemin Vert Bastille Ledru-Rollin Faidherbe – Chaligny Reuilly – Diderot Montgallet Daumesnil Michel Bizot Porte Dorée Porte de Charenton Liberté Charenton – Écoles École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort Maisons-Alfort – Stade Maisons-Alfort – Les Juilliottes Créteil – L'Échat Créteil – Université Créteil – Préfecture Créteil — Pointe du Lac

Coordinates: 48°51′06″N 2°22′31″E / 48.851529°N 2.37516°E / 48.851529; 2.37516

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