Cardinal Lemoine (French pronunciation: [kaʁdinal ləmwan]) is a station on Line 10 of the Paris Métro. It is located the 5th arrondissement.

Cardinal Lemoine
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
MF 67 at station
General information
Location5th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°50′50″N 2°21′04″E / 48.847139°N 2.351203°E / 48.847139; 2.351203
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened26 April 1931 (1931-04-26)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Maubert–Mutualité Line 10 Jussieu
Location
Cardinal Lemoine is located in Paris
Cardinal Lemoine
Cardinal Lemoine
Location within Paris

History

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Entrance on Rue Monge

The station was opened on 26 April 1931 with the transfer of the section of Line 10 between Maubert – Mutualité and Place Monge to Line 7. Line 10 was deviated from its old route east of Maubert – Mutualité to the new station of Jussieu. Cardinal Lemoine was built at the southeastern end of the old route under Rue Monge.

It is named after the Rue du Cardinal Lemoine, named after Cardinal Jean Lemoine (1250–1313), a papal legate of Pope Boniface VIII to Philip IV the Fair. The Lycée Henri-IV is nearby.

As part of the RATP's "Metro Renewal" programme, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and inaugurated on 20 November 2006.[1]

Passenger services

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Access

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The station has two entrances, each consisting of a fixed staircase embellished with a Dervaux-type balustrade:

  • Access 1 - Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, adorned with a Dervaux candelabra, leads to no. 55 of this street and no. 29 bis of Rue Monge;
  • Access 2 - Rue Monge is located to the right of no. 28 of the same street.

Station layout

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Street Level
B1 Mezzanine
Line 10 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound     toward Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud (Maubert – Mutualité)
Eastbound     toward Gare d'Austerlitz (Jussieu)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platform

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Cardinal Lemoine is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are made of honey-coloured earthenware and the name of the station is also made of earthenware in the style of the original CMP. The Motte style seats are blue in colour. However, the station is distinguished by the lower part of its walls, which are vertical and not elliptical.

Bus connections

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The station is served by lines 47, 75 and 89 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby

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References

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  1. ^ "SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro". www.symbioz.net. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  • Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.