Quai de la Rapée (Paris Métro)

Quai de la Rapée ([kɛ də la ʁape]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5, located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

Quai de la Rapée
Paris Métro station
MF 67 rolling stock on Line 5 at Quai de la Rapée
Location	Quai de la Rapée × pont d'Austerlitz 12th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′46″N 2°21′58″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	14 July 1906 (1906-07-14)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Gare d'Austerlitz toward Place d'Italie Bastille toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso
Location
Quai de la Rapée Location within Paris

Location

The station is built across the entrance to the Paris-Arsenal port (seen here from across the Seine).

The station is located above ground between Pont Morland road bridge and the Voie Mazas, above the Saint-Martin canal, overhanging one of the locks leading to the Seine. The metro line connects to the Gare d'Austerlitz metro station by crossing the Seine via the Viaduc d'Austerlitz after the track winds to the right around the Institut médico-légal de Paris (morgue) on a viaduct called the Viaduc du quai de la Rapée. Since the closure of the nearby Arsenal station in 1939, the Quai de la Rapée station also serves the Bassin de l'Arsenal. Gare de Lyon is about 600 meters to the southeast.

History

The station was opened in 1906, under the name Station Contrescarpe, the former name of the Boulevard de la Bastille.[1] On 13 July 1906, Line 5 from the Place d'Italie crossed the Seine via the Viaduc d'Austerlitz to the station and temporarily became its terminus. From 1 August, in order to facilitate connections, the metro returned to Gare de Lyon station using a still existing service road. This operation lasted until 17 December 17, 1906, on which the line was extended to the Lancry (Jacques Bonsergent from 1946). From the station, the tracks plunge abruptly into tunnels at either end and it was submerged during the historic flood of 1910. The station is named for the Sieur de la Rapée, commissioner of war under Louis XV.

It saw 1,273,466 passengers enter the station in 2018, which placed it at the 288th position out of 302 metro stations.[2]

Services for passengers

Access

The station has a single access from Place Mazas, of the Quai de la Rapée.

Station layout

Line 5 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Place d'Italie (Gare d'Austerlitz)
	Northbound	→ toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso (Bastille) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

1F	Mezzanine for platform connection

Street Level

Bus connections

The station is served by line 72 of the RATP Bus Network, and at short distance by lines 24, 57, 61, 63 and 91 of the RATP bus network and, at night, by lines N01, N02 and N31 of the Noctilien network .

Gallery

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  Entrance at Quai de la Rapée
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  Line 5 platforms at Quai de la Rapée

References

1. "Métropolitain - Métro Paris : 75 - Paris - Page 5 | Cartes Postales Anciennes sur CPArama". www.cparama.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
2. "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2018". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-24.

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