Gare d'Austerlitz () is a

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on the

Paris Métro The Paris Métro (, , or , ), short for Métropolitain (), is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architectur ...

, serving Line 5 and forming the eastern

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of Line 10 in the

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and the 13th arrondissements. The Line 5 station hall, "probably the most atypical of the Paris Métro", is open to the exterior though under the roof of the mainline

Gare d'Austerlitz Gare d'Austerlitz ( English: ''Austerlitz station''), officially Paris Austerlitz, is one of the seven large Paris railway terminal stations. The station is located on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the 13 ...

and forms part of a sinuous elevated section which has been "considered an exceptional work of urban railway insertion".

History

The station was opened on 2 June 1906 with the opening of the original section of line 5 between

Place d'Italie The Place d'Italie (; ) is a public space in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The square has an average dimension somewhat less than 200 meters in extent (comprising about 30,000 m2), and the following streets meet there: * Boulevard Vincent-Aur ...

and ''Gare d'Orléans'', as ''Gare d'Austerlitz'' was then known. It was the northern terminus of the line until it was extended to Quai de la Rapée (then called ''Place Mazas'') on 14 July 1906. The line 10 platforms opened on 12 July 1939 when the line was extended from Jussieu. The station was originally named the ''Gare d'Orléans'' after the main station of the

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company, which had opened a line from Paris to the south, via

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and Battle of Austerlitz The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV French Republican calendar, FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near t ...

, the most decisive French victory in the

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Passenger services

Access

The station has several entrances: * Arrivals and departures Grandes Lignes: escalators and stairs in the station, by RER C * Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Rue Buffon side: a staircase at 2 Boulevard de l'Hôpital * Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Rue Nicolas-Houël side: a staircase at 6 Boulevard de l'Hôpital * Boulevard de l'Hôpital, odd side SNCF Austerlitz station: a stairway Boulevard de l'Hôpital in front of the station entrance * Departure court Grandes Lignes: a staircase * SNCF Departure Grandes Lignes Quai d'Austerlitz: a staircase * SNCF Arrivals Grandes Lignes: escalators and stairs in the station, by the RER C

Station layout

Bus and other connections

The station is served by Lines 24, 57, 61, 63, 89, 91 and 215 of the RATP Bus Network. It is also served by the OpenTour tourist line. In addition, it is served at night by Lines N01, N02, N31, N131 and N133 of the

Noctilien Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien S ...

bus network. The line offered a connection with the

Voguéo Voguéo was a water taxi service operated on the rivers Seine and the Marne (river), Marne in the Île-de-France (region), Île-de-France (the area around Paris). The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF) adopted the service in 2007. ...

river line between 2008 and 2011. The station also offers a connection with Line C of the RER.

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trains head towards the southwest of France.

Gallery

File:P1250372 Paris XIII gare Paris-Austerlitz metro ligne5 rwk.jpg, Line 5. File:Rame Station Métro Gare Austerlitz Ligne 5 - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-04-28 - 2.jpg, Line 5 platforms File:Metro 10 Austerlitz.jpg, Line 10 platforms at Gare d'Austerlitz

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 13th arrondissement of Paris Paris Métro stations in the 5th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1906