Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station

Metro station in Paris, France

Bibliothèque
François Mitterrand

Platforms in 2010

General information
Location| 13th arrondissement of Paris
France
Coordinates| 48°49′47.36″N 2°22′36.41″E﻿ / ﻿48.8298222°N 2.3767806°E﻿ / 48.8298222; 2.3767806
Operated by|

* Line 14: RATP Group
* RER C: SNCF

Construction
Accessible|

* Line 14: Yes
* RER C: Yes, by prior reservation[1]

Architect| Antoine Grumbach
Other information
Station code| 87328328 (RER C)
Fare zone| 1
History
Opened| 5 October 1998 (1998-10-05)
Rebuilt| 2007
Services
| Preceding station  |  Paris Métro | Following station

|
|

Cour Saint-Émilion

towards Saint-Denis–Pleyel

|  | Line 14 |  | Olympiades

towards Aéroport d'Orly

Preceding station  |  RER | Following station
Gare d'Austerlitz

towards Pontoise, Versailles Château Rive Gauche or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

|  | RER C |  | Ivry-sur-Seine

towards Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt or Saint-Martin-d'Étampes

Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (French pronunciation: [biblijɔtɛk fʁɑ̃swa mitɛʁɑ̃]) is a station of the Paris Métro and RER, named after the former French president, François Mitterrand, and serving the area surrounding the new building of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), whose site near the station is also named after Mitterrand, and the Paris Diderot University. It is a transfer point between Line 14 of the Paris Metro and the RER C. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway.

## History

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The Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station opened in October 1998 with the opening of Line 14.[2] From the opening of Line 14 until 25 June 2007, this station functioned as the line's southern terminus.[3] Further work extended the line to a new station to the southwest, Olympiades, which opened on 26 June 2007.[3] In June 2024, Line 14 will be extended further south to Orly Airport. During construction of the station, the conceptual name was "Tolbiac – Masséna", before a decision was taken to name the station after the nearby Bibliothèque nationale de France.[3]

In December 2000, the RER C station opened, allowing the transfer of passengers between the metro and RER lines. The nearby Boulevard Masséna [fr] station on RER C closed following the opening of this RER station.[3]

## Architecture and art

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Unlike the majority of Line 14 stations, Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station was designed by French architect and urban planner Antoine Grumbach.[2] The station uses many of the design elements used throughout Line 14 such as platform edge doors.

Two pieces of public art are located in the station. La Pluie de citations [fr] (Rain of Quotes) by French writer Jean-Christophe Bailly consists of engraved quotes on medallions, embedded into the station architecture.[4] L'Escalier des signes et des nombres [fr] (Staircase of Signs and Numbers) by Grumach consists of a monumental staircase with numbers in a wide variety of languages.[5]

## Nearby attractions

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This station serves the area known as Tolbiac, between the Seine and the train tracks of the network of the Gare d'Austerlitz, which includes the BnF and the headquarters of the Réseau Ferré de France, the BnF's large new cinema, etc.

From this station, within walking distance is the church of Notre-Dame de la Gare, rue de Domrémy, on the Place Jeanne-d'Arc.

## Station layout

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The RER station comprises three island platforms and six tracks.

* The two most easterly tracks (Voies E and F) are southbound for the RER C.
* The two central tracks (Voies C and D) and their platforms are used in exceptional cases for the rerouting of the RER C trains at Gare d'Austerlitz. Normally the tracks are used by main lines.
* The two most westerly tracks (Voies A and B) are for the RER C direction North towards Gare d'Austerlitz.

G | Street Level  | Exit/Entrance

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B1 | Mezzanine  | to Exits/Entrances
B2 | Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right
Northbound | ←  toward Saint-Denis–Pleyel (Cour Saint-Émilion)
Southbound | → toward Aéroport d'Orly (Olympiades) →
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the right

## Gallery

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* Line 14 platforms at Bibliothèque François Mitterrand

## See also

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* List of stations of the Paris Métro
* List of stations of the Paris RER

## References

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1. ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. ^ a b Bernard Sirand-Pugnet, De la grand-mère à Météor, ID Éditions, 1997, ISBN 978-2912252005, p. 269.
3. ^ a b c d Lamming, Clive (2015). La grande histoire du métro parisien: 1900 à nos jours. Évreux Grenoble: Éditions Atlas Éditions Glénat. pp. 172–183\. ISBN 978-2-344-00403-6.172-183&rft.pub=Éditions+Atlas+Éditions+Glénat&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-2-344-00403-6&rft.aulast=Lamming&rft.aufirst=Clive&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Bibliothèque+François+Mitterrand+station" class="Z3988">
4. ^ Ange-Dominique Bouzet (15 October 1998). "Le confort dans le monumental: Deux équipes d'architectes ont conçu les sept stations". Libération..
5. ^ Ange-Dominique Bouzet (15 October 1998). "Le confort dans le monumental: Deux équipes d'architectes ont conçu les sept stations". Libération..

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand (Paris Metro).

* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

* v
* t
* e

Line 14

Stations|

* Saint-Denis–Pleyel
* Mairie de Saint-Ouen
* Saint-Ouen
* Porte de Clichy
* Pont Cardinet
* Saint-Lazare
* Madeleine
* Pyramides
* Châtelet
* Gare de Lyon
* Bercy
* Cour Saint-Émilion
* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
* Olympiades
* Maison Blanche
* Hôpital Bicêtre
* Villejuif–Gustave Roussy
* L'Haÿ-les-Roses
* Chevilly-Larue Tvm
* Thiais–Orly
* Aéroport d'Orly

* v
* t
* e

13th arrondissement of Paris

Neighbourhoods|

* Paris Rive Gauche
* Quartier Asiatique

Primary and secondary schools|

* Lycée Rodin
* Lycée Claude-Monet
* Lycée professionnel Corvisart-Tolbiac
* École nationale de chimie physique et biologie de Paris
* École Yabné
* Groupe scolaire Notre Dame de France
* Groupe scolaire Saint Vincent de Paul
* Lycée Le Rebours
* Lycée Technique Privé de l'École Technique Supérieure du Laboratoire

Colleges and universities|

* Paris Diderot University
* Arts et Métiers ParisTech
* Télécom Paris

Landmarks|

* Les Olympiades
* Tour Super-Italie
* Bibliothèque nationale de France
* Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
* Butte-aux-Cailles
* Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière
* Gobelins Manufactory
* Art Ludique

Paris Métro stations|

* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
* Campo Formio
* Chevaleret
* Corvisart
* Gare d'Austerlitz
* Glacière
* Les Gobelins
* Maison Blanche
* Nationale
* Olympiades
* Place d'Italie
* Porte d'Italie
* Porte d'Ivry
* Porte de Choisy
* Quai de la Gare
* Saint-Marcel
* Tolbiac

Paris RER stations|

* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand

SNCF stations|

* Gare d'Austerlitz

* v
* t
* e

Paris passenger rail stations

Mainline|

| Operating|

* Austerlitz
* Bercy
* Est
* Lyon
* Montparnasse
* Nord
* Saint-Lazare

|

Closed|

* Bastille
* Orsay

Transilien|

* Est
* Lyon
* Montparnasse
* Nord
* Pont Cardinet
* Saint-Lazare

RER|

|  Line A|

* Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
* Auber
* Châtelet–Les Halles
* Lyon
* Nation

|

Line B|

* Nord
* Châtelet–Les Halles
* Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame
* Luxembourg
* Port-Royal
* Denfert-Rochereau
* Cité Universitaire

Line C|

* Porte de Clichy
* Pereire–Levallois
* Neuilly–Porte Maillot
* Avenue Foch
* Avenue Henri Martin
* Boulainvilliers
* Avenue du Président Kennedy
* Pont du Garigliano
* Javel
* Champ de Mars–Tour Eiffel
* Pont de l'Alma
* Invalides
* Musée d'Orsay
* Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame
* Austerlitz
* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand

Line D|

* Nord
* Châtelet–Les Halles
* Lyon

Line E|

* Neuilly–Porte Maillot
* Haussmann–Saint-Lazare
* Magenta
* Rosa Parks

* See also: List of Paris Métro stations, Tramways in Île-de-France, and Transport in Paris

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