Ourcq (Paris Métro)

Ourcq ([uʁk]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 5 19th Arrondissement of Paris.

Ourcq
Paris Métro station
Location148, av. Jean Jaurès
159, av. Jean Jaurès
161, av. Jean Jaurès
19th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates48°53′13″N 2°23′10″E
Owned byRATP
Operated byRATP
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened12 October 1942 (1942-10-12)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Location
Ourcq
Location within Paris

Location

The station is located under Avenue Jean-Jaurès at the beginning of Rue des Ardennes.

History

The station was opened on 12 October 1942 with the commissioning of the extension of line 5 from Gare du Nord to Eglise de Pantin. It was then located not far from Belleville-Villette station on the Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture line, closed in 1934.

The name refers to the Rue de l'Ourcq, named for the river Ourcq, a tributary of the Marne (river). It rises in Aisne and flows into Île-de-France; it is connected to the Seine by the Canal de l'Ourcq.

It saw 4,089,055 travelers pass through the station in 2018, which places it at the 130th position of metro stations for its attendance.[1]

Passenger services

Access

The station has three accesses leading to Avenue Jean-Jaurès, each consisting of a fixed staircase decorated with a Dervaux candelabrum:

  • Access 1 corner Rue de Lunéville located at the right of No. 146 Avenue Jean-Jaurès;
  • Access 2 corner Rue de Ardennes located in front of No. 159 Avenue Jean-Jaurès;
  • Access 3 corner Rue de Ardennes located to the right of No. 161 Avenue.

Station layout
Street Level
B1 Mezzanine for platform connection
Line 5 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← toward Place d'Italie (Laumière)
Northbound → toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso (Porte de Pantin) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platform

Ourcq is a standard configuration station: it has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the roof is elliptical. The decoration is in the Ouï-dire style, red color. The lighting strips, of the same color, are supported by curved shaped fake consoles. The direct lighting is white while the indirect lighting, projected on the vault, is multicolored. The white ceramic tiles are flat and cover the walls, the roof and the outlets. The advertising frames are red and cylindrical and the name of the station is written with the Parisine typeface on enamelled plates. The platforms are equipped with red Motte-style seats and gray "sit-lean" benches.

Since the late 1980s, the station exhibits a Thierry Grave sculpture in limewood, in a niche incorporated in the side of a platform towards Bobigny-Pablo Picasso. It represents the joint of a fabled animal.

Bus connections

The station is served by Lines 60 and 71 of the RATP Bus Network and at night, by lines N13, N41 and N45 of the Noctilien network.

  • Street-level entrance to Ourcq
  • MF 67 rolling stock on line 5 at Ourcq

References
  1. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2018". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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