Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau station
Paris Métro station
Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau (French pronunciation: [bɔbiɲi pɑ̃tɛ̃ ʁɛmɔ̃ kəno]) is a station on line 5 of the Paris Métro, located on the border between the communes of Pantin and Bobigny, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France. It is named after the communes of Bobigny and Pantin, as well as the nearby rue Raymond Queneau, named after Raymond Queneau (1903-1976), a 20th-century French author and member of the Oulipo group whose most famous works were Zazie dans le métro and Exercices de style, set on a bus. Despite its name, the station serves mainly Pantin (district of Petit-Pantin) and Romainville (district of the Bas-Pays). It only serves a thin industrial fringe in Bobigny.
History
The station opened on 25 April 1985 with the extension of the line from Église de Pantin to Bobigny–Pablo Picasso.
In 2024, it will be served by line 3 of the T Zen network, a bus rapid transit system. It was originally slated to open 2018, then postponed to the end of 2022, then again to 2024.
In 2019, the station was used by 2,951,030 passengers, making it the 178th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.
In 2020, the station was used by 1,726,493 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 143rd busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.
In 2021, the station was used by 2,335,465 passengers, making it the 144th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations.
The public source identifies “Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau station” as paris Métro station. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bobigny, Pantin and Raymond.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q888758. Authority coordinates are 48.895, 2.425. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1903, 1976, 1985 and 2024.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.