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Madeleine (Paris Métro)

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Owned by
  
RATP

Disabled access
  
Yes

Address
  
75008 Paris, France

Owner
  
RATP Group

Operated by
  
RATP

Fare zone
  
1

Opened
  
5 November 1910

Madeleine (Paris Métro)

Location
  
8th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France

Similar
  
Saint‑Lazare, Balard, Concorde, La Madeleine - Paris, École Militaire

Madeleine is a station on lines 8, 12 and 14 of the Paris Métro in central Paris and the 8th arrondissement.

The station was 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. The line 8 platforms opened on 13 July 1913 as part of the original section of the line between Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels on line 10) and Opéra. The line 14 platforms opened on 15 October 1998 as part of the original section of the line between Madeleine and Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. It was the north-western terminus of Line 14 until its extension to Saint-Lazare in 2003.

It is named after the nearby Église de la Madeleine, which was dedicated to Sainte Madeleine in the 18th century. A small settlement had grown up in the district by the 6th century around a stronghold of the Bishop of Paris. It was known from an early date as la Ville-l’Évêque ("Town of the Bishop").

Tenants

At one time Northwest Airlines had its Paris offices in the station.

References

Madeleine (Paris Métro) Wikipedia