Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame station
railway station on the Paris RER
Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl nɔtʁ(ə) dam]) is a station on line B and line C of the Réseau Express Régional (RER) in Paris. Located in the 5th arrondissement, the station is named after the nearby Saint-Michel area and Notre-Dame Cathedral. The station opened, as Pont Saint-Michel and with platforms on the line that is now RER line C, in 1900. It gained its current name in 1988 with the opening of the line B platforms.
Location
The main entrance to the station is in Place Saint-Michel on the Rive Gauche of the Seine. There is also a satellite entrance to the line B platforms on Place Notre-Dame, which is on the Île de la Cité across the Seine from Place Saint-Michel.
The line C platforms run parallel to the Seine at just above river level and are provided by natural light through 28 large windows that are designed to withstand flooding from the river. The line B platforms pass underneath the Seine and are at right-angles under the RER C platforms.
The station is linked by underground passageways to the Saint-Michel and Cluny–La Sorbonne stations of the Paris Metro. Saint-Michel is on Metro Line 4 and Cluny–La Sorbonne is on Metro Line 10.
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