Saint-Michel station (Paris Métro)

Saint-Michel
Saint-Michel
	Line 4 platforms with Platform screen doors
General information
Location	9, pl. Saint-Michel; Pl. Saint-Michel × boul. Saint-Michel; pl. Saint-Michel × quai Saint-Michel; 15, pl. Saint-André des Arts; 5th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°51′13″N 2°20′38″E / 48.85361°N 2.34389°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	9 January 1910
Services
Connections to other stations
Location
	Saint-Michel Location within Paris

Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl]) is a station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 5th arrondissement. Located in the Quartier Latin, it offers a connection to the St-Michel - Notre-Dame RER station on RER lines B and C.

The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. It is named after the Boulevard Saint-Michel.

Architecture edit

Like nearby Cité, Saint-Michel features a pioneering construction technique, made necessary by the proximity of the Seine. The station comprises three steel caissons – one for the train hall and two for access at each end – which were assembled at the surface and then lowered into place.^[1]

The platforms are 118 metres long, more than the standard length on the network.^[1] This allows it to potentially handle eight-car trains, however, due to the other stations having an average of 100-meter platforms (excluding Cité, which has 110-meter platforms), and the Line's ongoing process for automatic operations, the trains in the Line 4 will be limited to six-car trains.

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Station layout edit

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances, connections to
Platform level	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Porte de Clignancourt (Cité)
	Southbound	→ toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Odéon) →
	Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right