Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier station
Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier  | |||||||||||
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| Location | 39, boulevard Maxime Gorky 45, boulevard Maxime Gorky Even side, boulevard Maxime Gorky Villejuif Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°47′46″N 2°22′06″E / 48.795991°N 2.368248°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 February 1985 | ||||||||||
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Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier (French pronunciation: [vilʒɥif pɔl vajɑ̃ kutyʁje]) is a station of the Paris Métro, located on Line 7.[1] It serves the commune of Villejuif.
History
It was opened when Line 7 was extended from Le Kremlin-Bicêtre to Villejuif–Louis Aragon on 28 February 1985.
It is named after the Avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier and the former mayor of Villejuif, Paul Vaillant-Couturier (1892–1937) who was a journalist, politician and editor of the Communist newspaper L’Humanité.[2][3]
In 2021, usage of the station gradually increased, with 1,764,879 passengers during the year. This made it the 200th most used metro station.[4]
Passenger services
Access
The station has three entrances:
- Access 1 Boulevard Maxime-Gorki/Rue Jean-Baptiste-Clément, with a fixed staircase;
- Access 2 Boulevard Maxime-Gorki/Rue Condorcet, on the even numbers side, with a fixed staircase and an escalator. This entrance is indicated by a mast surmounted by a yellow M logo;
- Access 3 Maxim Gorky Boulevard, with a fixed staircase, also indicated by a mast surmounted by a yellow M logo.
Station layout
| Street Level |
| B1 | Connecting level |
| Line 7 platforms | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound | ←   toward Villejuif–Louis Aragon (Terminus)
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| Northbound | toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 (Villejuif–Léo Lagrange) →
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platforms
Villejuif–Paul Vaillant-Couturier is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks, surmounted by a mezzanine. The name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates. Lighting is provided by suspended luminous globes, small ceramic tiles of a white and orange colour placed vertically covering the walls as well as the tunnel exits. The furniture is the Motte style in an orange colour.
Bus connections
The station is served by lines 162 and 185 of the RATP bus network, the v7 urban service of the Valouette bus network and, at night, by lines N15 and N22 of the Noctilien network.
Nearby
Gallery
References
- ^ "Métro Villejuif - Paul Vaillant-Couturier : plan, horaires et trafic". www.metroparis.paris. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ Tsoukala, Kyriaki; Terzoglou, Nikolaos-Ion; Pantelidou, Charikleia (2014-12-05). Intersections of Space and Ethos. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-66744-5.
- ^ Broadwell, Valerie (October 2007). City of Light, City of Dark: Exploring Paris Below. Valerie Broadwell. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4257-9022-6.
- ^ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
External links
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
