Daumesnil (Paris Métro)

Daumesnil (French pronunciation: [domenil]) is a station on lines 6 and 8 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement.

Daumesnil
Paris Métro station
Line 6 platforms at Daumesnil
Location12th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°50′23″N 2°23′45″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened1 March 1909 (1909-03) (Line 6)
5 May 1931 (1931-05-05) (Line 8)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
toward Nation
toward Balard
Location
Daumesnil
Location within Paris

The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942). The line 8 platforms opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Charenton.

It is named after the Avenue Daumesnil, which honours General Pierre Yrieix Daumesnil (1776–1832) who lost a leg at the Battle of Wagram. This station is near the Place Félix Éboué and its name plates refer to Félix Éboué (1884–1944), who brought Chad over to the Free French Forces in 1940, and as a result was made Governor General of French Equatorial Africa. It was the location of the Barrière de Reuilly, 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][3]

Nearby is the Promenade Plantée—a 4.5 km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former Gare de La Bastille railway station.

Station layout

Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 6 platform level Side platform, doors will open on the right
toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Dugommier)
toward Nation toward Nation (Bel-Air)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 8 platform level Side platform, doors will open on the right
toward Balard toward Balard (Montgallet)
toward Pointe du Lac toward Pointe du Lac (Michel Bizot)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

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

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