The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received déclaration d'utilité publique in February 2005. Work to build the extension began in 2015, and was planned to open in 2020.[3] During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called Bagneux. Following a public vote, the station was named after Lucie Aubrac, a member of the French Resistance during World War II.[4]
The station was opened on 13 January 2022 by Prime Minister Jean Castex.[2][5][6] The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day.[7][6] 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 Bagneux is located (14.3%).[6]
South of the station, the Line 4 tunnels continue along Avenue Henri Barbusse for 800 metres allowing for train storage and maintenance.[8]
Grand Paris Express
In 2011, it was announced that the station will connect to the new Paris Métro Line 15, part of Grand Paris Express.[9] This is planned to open in 2025.[10] There are also plans to build an eco-quarter around the station with over 2,000 new residents, following the completion of the Line 15 station.[6]
Passenger services
Access
The station has five entrance/exits:[11]
Three accesses – Rue de Verdun, Avenue Henri Barbusse and Place Lucie Aubrac – are located in a large station building north of Avenue Henri Barbusse, adjacent to the construction site for the Line 15 station.
Access 4 "Avenue de Stalingrad" is located to the north of the main entrance building and Place Lucie Aubrac, in a small standalone building.
Access 5 "Rue Claude Debussy" is a exit from the terminating Line 4 platform, integrated into a residential building.[12]
Other services
The station connects with lines 162, 188 and 388 of the RATP Bus Network.
Architecture and artwork
Main station entrance
Line 4
The station was designed by LIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi).[13] The design uses white corrugated metal panels on the walls, as well as large circular light fittings – a similar concept was also used at Aimé Césaire and Mairie d'Aubervilliers stations on line 12.[14] The platforms are fitted with platform edge doors, installed as part of the automation of Line 4.[7]
Inside the station, two portraits of Lucie Aubrac were created by the artist C215.[15] On a gable of a building outside the station, artist Andréa Michaelsson (also known as Btoy) has painted a large portrait of Lucie Aubrac.[16] On the nearby maintenance building, a metal bas-relief by Argentinian artist Ricardo Mosner shows the history of underground mines, quarries and the Metro in the local area.[17]
Line 15
The station has been designed by French architect Marc Barani.[18] An artwork by Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé will take inspiration from caves, fossils and troglodytes.[19]
References
^Compagnon, Sébastian (7 December 2021). "Grand Paris : la ligne 4 du métro arrivera à Bagneux, son nouveau terminus, le 13 janvier 2022". Le Parisien.
^ a bLenhardt, 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.
^"Dans cinq ans, Bagneux aura le métro". leparisien.fr (in French). 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
^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.
^"Line 4 joins Bagneux!". Groupe RATP. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ a b c d"Deux nouvelles stations de métro baptisées Barbara et Lucie Aubrac". Ouest France (in French). 13 January 2022.
^ a barchyw. "The metro arrives in Bagneux!". Archyworldys.
^Le Beller, Mélanie. "À Bagneux dans l'atelier de la ligne 4" [In Bagneux in the line 4 workshop]. HDS Mag : le magazine digital du département des Hauts de Seine (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-08.
^"26 janvier 2011 : la victoire au finish qui a sauvé le Grand Paris express". Le journal du Grand Paris - L'actualité du développement de l'Ile-de-France (in French). 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
^"Ligne 15 Sud". Société du Grand Paris (in French). 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
^"Bagneux – Lucie Aubrac : Sorties du Métro.fr". Sorties du Métro (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-08.
^"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.
^"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.
^"4 New Metro-Stations, Lines 4 and 12 in Paris | lin-a". www.lin-a.com. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
^"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.
^"Bagneux: inauguration d'une fresque géante en hommage à la résistante Lucie Aubrac". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
^"Bagneux : un portrait monumental de Lucie Aubrac à la sortie du métro". Les Echos (in French). 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-10-14.