Barbara (Paris Métro)

Barbara
Montrouge

Paris Métro station

Station platforms on opening day

General information
Coordinates| Coordinates: 48°48′33″N 2°19′03″E﻿ / ﻿48.8092°N 2.3176°E﻿ / 48.8092; 2.3176
Owned by| RATP
Operated by| RATP
Construction
Architect| LIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi)
History
Opened| 13 January 2022
Services
| Preceding station  |  Paris Métro | Following station

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Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac

Terminus

|  | Line 4 |  | Mairie de Montrouge

towards Porte de Clignancourt

Location

Barbara
Montrouge

Location within Paris

Barbara (French pronunciation: ​[baʁbaʁa]) is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 4 in Montrouge and Bagneux. The station was built as be part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge to Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac.[1] It opened on 13 January 2022.[2][3] The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day.[4][5] The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between Ile-de-France Region (60%), the state (25.7%), and the department of Hauts-de-Seine, in which Barbara is located (14.3%).[5]

The station was designed by LIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi).[6] It is fitted with platform edge doors, as part of the automation of Line 4, planned to be completed by 2022.[4] Above the station entrance at Avenue Marx Dormoy, RATP Habitat will build an apartment building for young workers.[6]

During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called Verdun-Sud. Following a public vote, the station was named after French singer Barbara, who was buried in the nearby Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Compagnon, Sébastian (7 December 2021). "Grand Paris : la ligne 4 du métro arrivera à Bagneux, son nouveau terminus, le 13 janvier 2022". Le Parisien.
2. ^ "Line 4 joins Bagneux!". Groupe RATP. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
3. ^ Lenhardt, Marjorie (2022-01-13). "Après 45 ans d'attente, la ligne 4 du métro arrive «enfin» à Bagneux !". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
4. ^ a b archyw. "The metro arrives in Bagneux!". Archyworldys.
5. ^ a b "Deux nouvelles stations de métro baptisées Barbara et Lucie Aubrac". Ouest France (in French). 13 January 2022.
6. ^ a b "LA LIGNE REJOINT BAGNEUX CE JEUDI 13 JANVIER Dossier de presse – 13 janvier 2022" (PDF). Groupe RATP. 13 January 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
7. ^ Riou, Ariane (2018-06-20). "Ile-de-France : deux futures stations de la ligne 4 du métro porteront les noms de Barbara et Lucie Aubrac". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2022-01-13.

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Line 4

Stations|

* Porte de Clignancourt
* Simplon
* Marcadet–Poissonniers
* Château Rouge
* Barbès–Rochechouart
* Gare du Nord
* Gare de l'Est
* Château d'Eau
* Strasbourg–Saint-Denis
* Réaumur–Sébastopol
* Étienne Marcel
* Les Halles
* Châtelet
* Cité
* Saint-Michel
* Odéon
* Saint-Germain-des-Prés
* Saint-Sulpice
* Saint-Placide
* Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
* Vavin
* Raspail
* Denfert-Rochereau
* Mouton-Duvernet
* Alésia
* Porte d'Orléans
* Mairie de Montrouge
* Barbara
* Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac

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