Saint-Martin (Paris Métro)

Saint -Martin is an underground station of lines 8 and 9 of the Paris Métro interchanges between Strasbourg - Saint- Denis and République. Since 2 September 1939, she is closed for passenger traffic.

Location and History

The station is located along under the boulevard Saint -Martin on the border of the 3rd and the 10th arrondissement. The tracks on Line 9 are lower than those of line 8, each track has its own platform in a separate tunnel. East Metro Station climb the tracks of the line 9 at the level of 8 in order to allow the République station to change trains at the same platform. The station of Line 8 was on May 5, 1931, the 9 line opened on 10 December 1933.

At the beginning of the Second World War the station as 72 more, closed for passenger traffic. After the war, initially reopened, it was due to their proximity to the interchange station Strasbourg - decommissioned a second time Saint- Denis, and is traversed by trains since then without stopping.

More recently, a part of the subway station served as winter accommodation for the homeless, he was repeatedly used for promotional events.