Luxembourg station (Paris)
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Luxembourg | |||||||||||
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 Luxembourg station platforms | |||||||||||
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| Location | Paris France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′48″N 2°20′25″E / 48.84667°N 2.34028°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP Group | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ligne de Sceaux | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes, by request to staff[1] | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87758615 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 31 March 1895 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1977 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 5,670,876 | ||||||||||
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Luxembourg station is a French railway station on RER B in Paris. It is located under Boulevard Saint-Michel on the border between the 5th and 6th arrondissements, just east of the Jardin du Luxembourg. In 2015, it was used by 5,670,876 passengers.[2]
History
[edit]The northern terminus of the Ligne de Sceaux opened at Luxembourg in 1895. Between 1973 and 1977 it was converted into RER B of the Réseau Express Régional network through the construction of a 2,600-metre tunnel extending the line under the Seine to Châtelet–Les Halles; the current station was rebuilt 50 cm lower than the previous station.
The station was extensively renovated in 2000. In 2009 it began large-scale excavation work for better accessibility to disabled passengers, including new elevators. In 2010, construction works were stopped due to a building permit issue. For more than two years the ticket offices were relocated in a shelter at street level; all new accesses for disabled passengers were opened in 2019.
On 14 December 1918, a train carrying United States President Woodrow Wilson and his entourage pulled into the station. In less than a month, Wilson would be part of the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference; this Conference drew up the Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June 1919, effectively ending the First World War.[3]
Tourism
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Données publiques – RATP, ed. (5 April 2016). "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré"
- ^ Macmillan, M. (2019 edition), Paris 1919. John Murray Publishers, London. Page 24.
External links
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Media related to Gare du Luxembourg at Wikimedia Commons
