Serge Gainsbourg station
Metro station in Les Lilas, France
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Serge Gainsbourg (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ(ə) ɡɛ̃zbuʁ] ⓘ) is a station on Line 11 of the Paris Metro. It is located at Square Henri-Dunant in the suburb of Les Lilas. It opened on 13 June 2024 as part of the line's eastward extension to Rosny–Bois-Perrier.[2]
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Île-de-France
France
Les Lilas Serge Gainsbourg | |||||||||||
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| Location | Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°52′53″N 2°25′38″E | ||||||||||
| Owner | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operator | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Richez Associés[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 June 2024 | ||||||||||
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History
Name
The station was initially given the provisional name of Liberté.[3] It was then renamed Serge Gainsbourg, after the French artist who had composed the song "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas" ("The ticket-puncher of Les Lilas") in 1958.[4][5] There have been objections to naming it after Gainsbourg, citing "misogyny".[6]
Construction
On 16 July 2021, the tunnel boring machine, Sofia, arrived at the station after more than 15 months of digging since January 2020, marking the end of excavation works for the extension of Line 11. The construction of the main entrance was completed by the end of January 2022 while the other entrance was completed in July 2022. Track laying also began in February 2022.[7] The station was designed by architects Richez Associés, who also designed three other stations on the extension.[8]
Passenger services
Access
The station has two entrances equipped with escalators, with the main entrance (with a lift) located at Square Henri-Dunant and the other entrance located at the intersection of the Rue de la Liberté and Boulevard du Général-Leclerc-de-Hautecloque.[9]
Station layout
| Street Level | ||
| B1 | Mezzanine | |
| Line 11 platforms | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← toward Châtelet (Mairie des Lilas) | |
| Eastbound | toward Rosny–Bois-Perrier (Romainville–Carnot) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platforms
The station will have a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.
Other connections
The station is also served by lines 105 and 515 (TillBus) of the RATP bus network, and at night, by line N12 of the Noctilien bus network.
Gallery
Construction of the station (2019)
