Saint-Marcel station
Paris Métro station
Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl]) is a station on Line 5 of the Paris Métro, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, under the Boulevard de l'Hôpital.
Location
The station is located under the Boulevard de l'Hôpital, south of the intersection of the Rue des Wallons. It is the first underground station for southbound passengers after Gare d'Austerlitz. The station serves Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
History
The station was opened on 2 June 1906 with the commissioning of the first section of Line 5 between Gare d'Orléans (now Gare d'Austerlitz) and Place d'Italie.
It owes its name to its proximity to the beginning of Boulevard Saint-Marcel, named for a 5th-century bishop of Paris, who died in 436 and was famous for his mythical miracles. He rescued Paris from a monstrous dragon, changed the water of the Seine into wine, as well as converted pagans.
In 2018, 2,286,932 travellers entered the station which placed it at 240th position of Métro stations for its attendance.
Passenger services
Access
The station has two accesses consisting of fixed stairs opening on either side of the Boulevard de l'Hôpital:
Access 1: Boulevard de l'Hôpital – La Pitié-Salpêtrière, adorned with a Guimard edicule, now a historical monument (decreed on 12 February 2016), is on the right of the No. 83, which is one of the entrances to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital;
Access 2: Rue des Wallons, embellished with a mast with a yellow "M" in a circle, located opposite No.
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