Notre-Dame-des-Champs (Paris Métro)

Notre-Dame-des-Champs
Date opened	November 5th 1910 (1910)
Municipality/ Arrondissement	the 6th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 12 Direction Mairie d'Issy Direction Front Populaire Montparnasse – Bienvenüe Rennes
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

Notre-Dame-des-Champs (French pronunciation: ​[notʁ(ə) dam de ʃã]) is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 6th arrondissement.

History

The station opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. It is named after the nearby Notre-Dame des Champs Church on the Boulevard du Montparnasse and is deisgned by the architect and engineer Gustave Eiffel.

Station layout

Line 12 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Mairie d'Issy (Montparnasse – Bienvenüe)
	Northbound	→ toward Front Populaire (Rennes) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Tiling

The entrance to the station, and the ceramics throughout the station, have maintained the pure style of the Nord-Sud Company. The ceramics above the tunnel entrances indicating the direction of the tunnel are still present. The station's ceramics are by Boulenger & Co; they used pre-printed tiles for the tablets indicating the name of the station, as did the Gien ceramics company subsequently, but the edges of the letters are rounded not angular.

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Notre-Dame-des-Champs (Paris Metro).

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  Line 12 platforms at Notre-Dame-des-Champs

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  MF 67 rolling stock on Line 12 at Notre-Dame-des-Champs

References

Coordinates: 48°50′40″N 2°19′44″E / 48.844568°N 2.328788°E / 48.844568; 2.328788