Sèvres–Lecourbe
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
General information
Location15th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°50′44″N 2°18′34″E / 48.845634°N 2.309476°E / 48.845634; 2.309476
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Line(s)Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 6
Platforms2 (side platforms)
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened24 April 1906 (1906-04-24)
Previous namesSuffren (1906–1907)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Cambronne
towards Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
 Line 6 Pasteur
towards Nation
Location
Sèvres–Lecourbe is located in Paris
Sèvres–Lecourbe
Sèvres–Lecourbe
Location within Paris

Sèvres–Lecourbe (French pronunciation: [sɛvʁ ləkuʁb]) is an elevated station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro. It is located at the intersection of several streets including the Avenue de Suffren and Boulevard Garibaldi in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after two nearby streets, the Rue de Sèvres and Rue Lecourbe.

The station is one of a small number of elevated Paris Métro stations. The tracks emerge from underground nearby to the southeast after Pasteur station at the Rue de Vaugirard, remaining elevated through four more stations on the Rive Gauche, crossing the Seine on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, then descending underground west of the Seine at Passy station. Visitors have excellent views of several notable landmarks from the latter bridge.

Location

Elevated above-ground, the station overlooks Boulevard Garibaldi, west of Place Henri-Queuille (intersects with the Rue de Sèvres and Rue Lecourbe, Avenue de Breteuil and Boulevard Pasteur), location of the former Sèvres gate of the Wall of the Farmers-General. Oriented approximately along a northwest/southeast axis, it is situated between Cambronne and Pasteur stations. It is also geographically close to the Ségur Métro station (to the northwest) on Line 10.

History

The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942.

The Rue de Sèvres was the old road, originally Roman to the village of Sèvres, now a suburb of Paris. The Rue Lecourbe was named after General Claude Lecourbe (1758–1815) who fought in the French Revolution and for Napoleon. Until 1907, the station was called Suffren after the Avenue de Suffren, named after Admiral Pierre André Suffren (1729–1788), who fought the British aggressively during the Seven Years' War (1754 and 1756–1763).

The station was the location of the Barrière de Sèvres, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.[1][2]

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single entrance called Boulevard Garibaldi, leading to the central median-strip of this boulevard, to the right of no. 94. It opens onto a common area under the viaduct from where access to the platform is by means of stairs or escalators.

Station layout

Platform level Side platform, doors will open on the right
toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile ← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Cambronne)
toward Nation toward Nation (Pasteur) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
1F Mezzanine for platform connection
Street Level

Platforms

Sèvres-Lecourbe is an elevated metro station of standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks, all covered by a glass roof marquee in the style of the stations of the time. The vertical walls are covered on the inside with white ceramic tiles and bricks with geometric patterns on the outside. The advertising frames are white ceramic and the name of the station is written in capital letters on enamelled plates attached to the metal frame. The Motte style seats are red. The lighting is semi-direct, projected onto the ground by blue ceiling lights, on the walls by partially concealed tubes and on the framework by projectors of blue light. Access is via the eastern end.

Bus connections

The station is served by Lines 39, 70 and 89 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by Lines N12, N13, N61, N62 and N121 of the Noctilien network.

Culture

The Bourne Ultimatum by Paul Greengrass (2007) is a movie where a scene shows Martin Kreutz (played by Daniel Brühl) coming out of the station.

Nearby

Nearby are the Lycée Buffon and the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, the oldest pediatric hospital in the world.

References

  1. ↑ "Barrière de Sèvres, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Barrière de Sèvres" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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