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Station may refer to:
Agriculture
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Paris Métro
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in the ''Rue du Commerce'', at the intersection with the ''Place du Commerce'' in the
15th arrondissement
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The 15th arrondissement, called , is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ...
.
History
The station was opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle to Balard. Avenue Émile Zola on line 10 was also previously called ''Commerce'' until it was changed to its present name on 1 March 1937. Hence, it is the last station to inherit the name of an older station on the network, after
Vaugirard
The 15th arrondissement of Paris () is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ('the fifteenth').
The 15th arrondissement, called , is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. S ...
Saint-Mandé
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on
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The ''rue du Commerce'', as its name suggests, is a shopping street in the district of
Grenelle
Grenelle () is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city.
There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the ''quartier'', and a Rue de Grenelle, ...
. The whole span of the street, from Motte-Picquet to the ''Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste'', is occupied by a mix of high-street shopping, amongst which are about 20 national and international brands, and small, typically Parisian food stores and cafés. After major real estate development in the 1990s and early 2000s, the street and surrounding neighborhood have managed to maintain much of their peripheral ''faubourg'' or small-town feel while prospering as one of the major centers for population attraction in the 15th arrondissement.
The station was renovated as part of the "Renouveau du métro" programme by the
RATP
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on 7 April 2008, removing the previously installed orange tiling when it was first renovated in 1969 in the ''Mouton-Duvernet'' style, restoring the traditional bevelled white tiling.
There are two
Vélib'
is a large-scale public bicycle sharing system in Paris, France. The system encompasses more than 16,000 bikes and 1,400 stations. The name ''Vélib is a portmanteau of the French words ''vélo'' (''"bicycle"'') and ''liberté'' ("freedom"). ...
bicycle stations within the vicinity, one on ''rue Lakanal'' opposite the station, and one on ''rue Violet'' on the far side of Place du Commerce.
In 2019, the station was used by 2,864,592 passengers, making it the 184th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.
In 2020, the station was used by 1,616,379 passengers amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, making it the 159th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.
In 2021, the station was used by 2,212,666 passengers, making it the 157th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.
Passenger services
Access
The station has two accesses:
* Access 1: rue du Commerce
* Access 2: rue des Entrepreneurs (with an ascending escalator)
Station layout
* Note: The
side platforms
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are offset.
Platforms
Due the station being built under rue d'Amsterdam, it is too narrow to accommodate the usual layout of the platforms, where the two side platforms are directly opposite each other. As such, its two side platforms are completely offset from each other, the northern platform for services towards ''Pointe du Lac'' and the southern platform for services towards ''Balard''.Jean Tricoire, ''Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor'', 1999, éditions La Vie du Rail, page 257. Due to similar reasons,
Liège
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on line 13 also have completely offset platforms whereas the ones at
Anatole France
(; born ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.line 3 are only partially offset.
Nearby
* Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (at the southern extremity of the ''rue du Commerce''; it was built in 1825 and was extensively renovated between 1924 and 1926)
* Lycée Camille Sée
* Square Saint-Lambert
* Square Yvette-Chauvé (formerly Square de la Place-du-Commerce)
Gallery
File:Station Commerce Métro Paris Ligne 8 - Paris XV (FR75) - 2022-07-02 - 6.jpg, Platform for services towards ''Balard''
File:Couloir Station Commerce Métro Paris - Paris XV (FR75) - 2022-07-02 - 1.jpg, One of the corridors within the station
File:Ligne 8 du métro de Paris - Station Commerce 1.jpg, Access 1
File:Accès Station Métro Commerce Place Commerce - Paris XV (FR75) - 2022-01-23 - 3.jpg, Access 2
File:Station Commerce Métro Paris Ligne 8 - Paris XV (FR75) - 2022-07-02 - 10.jpg, View of the platform for services towards ''Pointe du Lac''