Saint-Philippe du Roule station

Saint-Philippe du Roule (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ filip dy ʁul]) is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station opened on 27 May 1923 with the extension of the line from Trocadéro to Saint-Augustin. The village of Roule, which became a suburb in 1722, was a small locality called Romiliacum by Frédégaire, Crioilum by Saint Eligius, then Rolus in the 12th century.

Saint-Philippe du Roule
Paris Métro station
MF 01 rolling stock at Saint-Philippe du Roule
General information
Location	8th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′19″N 2°18′36″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	27 May 1923 (1923-05-27)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Franklin D. Roosevelt towards Pont de Sèvres Line 9 Miromesnil towards Mairie de Montreuil
Location Saint-Philippe du Roule Location within Paris

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances divided into three metro entrances on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt:

• Access 1 - Rue La Boétie, consisting of a fixed staircase embellished with a mast with a yellow "M" inscribed in a circle, leading to the right of no. 30 of the avenue;
• Access 2 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue, consisting of a fixed stairway entrance also equipped with a yellow "M" mast and an exit by an ascending escalator, located back-to-back facing No. 69.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Pont de Sèvres (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
	Eastbound	→ toward Mairie de Montreuil (Miromesnil) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Saint-Philippe-du-Roule is a standard station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the Andreu-Motte style with two orange light canopies, benches, tunnel exits, and corridor openings treated with flat orange tiles as well as Motte seats in the same colour. These fittings are combined with the bevelled white ceramic tiles covering the walls and vault. 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. It is one of the few stations that still features the Andreu-Motte style in its entirety.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 28, 32, 52, 80 and 93 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby

North of the station is the fashionable street of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the church of Saint-Philippe du Roule. A chapel was established in the district of Bas-Roule, near a leprosarium. It was replaced by a more important church, which was built by Jean Chalgrin between 1774 and 1784. The church of Saint-Philippe du Roule was built in the style of a Greco-Roman basilica. It was enlarged by Godde in 1845 and Victor Baltard in 1860. Its pediment, representing Religion and its attributes, is by François-Joseph Duret.

Gallery

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  Street-level entrance at Saint-Philippe du Roule
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  Passage Saint-Philippe-du-Roule
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  Platforms toward Mairie de Montreuil

References

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.