Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)

Gare d'Austerlitz
Paris Métro station
Location	3, boul. de l'Hôpital 6, boul. de l'Hôpital 8, boul. de l'Hôpital Gare d'Austerlitz (three) 13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′33″N 2°21′54″E / 48.842626°N 2.364971°E / 48.842626; 2.364971Coordinates: 48°50′33″N 2°21′54″E / 48.842626°N 2.364971°E / 48.842626; 2.364971
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	2 June 1906 (1906-06-02)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Saint-Marcel toward Place d'Italie Quai de la Rapée toward Bobigny - Pablo Picasso Jussieu toward Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud Terminus Connections to other stations Preceding station   RER   Following station St-Michel - Notre-Dame toward Pontoise, Versailles RG or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Transfer at: Gare d'Austerlitz Bibliothèque François Mitterrand toward Massy – Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt, Saint-Martin-d'Étampes or Versailles-Chantiers
Location
Gare d'Austerlitz Location within Paris

Gare d'Austerlitz

Gare d'Austerlitz is a station on the Paris Métro, serving line 5 and forming the eastern terminus of line 10 in the 5th and the 13th arrondissements. The Line 5 station is open to the exterior though under the roof of the mainline Gare d'Austerlitz. Leaving this station to cross the Seine, Line 5 goes into a pronounced drop and curve known as le toboggan ("the slide").

The station was opened on 26 April 1931 with the opening of the original section of line 5 between Place d'Italie and Gare d'Orléans, as Gare d'Austerlitz was then known. It was the northern terminus of the line until it was extended to Quai de la Rapée (then called Place Mazas) on 13 July 1906. The line 10 platforms opened on 12 July 1939 when the line was extended from Jussieu. The station was originally named the Gare d'Orléans after the main station of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans company, which had opened a line from Paris to the south, via Orléans. The metro station was renamed Gare d'Orléans-Austerlitz on 15 October 1930 and with its current name on 25 April 1985. These name changes reflect the changes in the name of the mainline station, which was renamed after the local district, Austerlitz, which is named after the Battle of Austerlitz, the most decisive French victory in the Napoleonic Wars.

Connections

The station offers connections to:

• Gare d'Austerlitz train station for SNCF trains towards the southwest of France and night train services
• Gare d'Austerlitz RER station on RER line C

Station layout

Line 5 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Place d'Italie (Saint-Marcel)
	Northbound	→ toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso (Quai de la Rapée) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Line 10 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud (Jussieu)
	Eastbound	→ Alighting passengers only →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

• 
  Line 5 platforms seen above the RER C platforms
• 
  Line 10 platforms at Gare d'Austerlitz

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References

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