République (Paris Métro)


République is a station of the Paris Métro, serving lines 3, 5, 8, 9, and 11. It is located under the Place de la République, at the limit of the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris.

Location

The station is located under Place de la République, the platforms established:
The station opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of line 3 between Père Lachaise and Villiers. The line 5 platforms opened on 15 November 1907 with the extension of the line from Jacques Bonsergent to Gare du Nord. The line 8 platforms opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Charenton. The line 9 platforms opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu-Drouot to Porte de Montreuil.
The line 11 platforms opened on 28 April 1935 with the opening of the line from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas.

Name

It is named after the Place de la République, which in turn was named to commemorate the First, Second, and Third French Republics.

Renovation

The platforms of line 3 were among the first to receive a metallic bodywork after 1952, while those of line 5 were renovated after 1969 by adopting the Mouton-Duvernet style with vertically-aligned multi-toned tiles, cutting radically with the dominant white of the original metro, as well as the light frames characteristic of this type of arrangement, which was then supplemented with Motte style seats and red sit-stand bars. Larger Mouton style tiles placed vertically also cover certain outlets of the access corridors to lines 3 and 11. The platforms of lines 8, 9 and 11 were modernized in Andreu-Motte style, in yellow for the first two stations and red for the third as was done to a third of other the stations on the network between 1974 and 1984, while those on line 3 lost their metal panels after 1988 in favor of a Ouï-dire decoration, in this case blue.
As part of the RATP Renouveau du métro program, the station's corridors and the platforms on line 5 were modernised on 28 June 2010, which notably allowed the renewal of lighting and earthenware tiles, the installation of new signage, a sales and comptoir-club counter, as well as the creation of four automatic ticket machines, anticipating the redevelopment program by the City of Paris of the Place de la République. These latest above ground works are suspected to be the cause of numerous water leakages in the station, destroying the repairs completed three years earlier. The cost of repairs is estimated at eight million euros.
From 30 June to 3 August 2018, the platforms of line 11 are the first of the latter to be raised and tiled for their adaptation as part of its extension to Rosny-Bois-Perrier.

Usage

The station is the seventh in the metro network, in terms of traffic, with 18,327,920 incoming passengers in 2018.

Passenger services

Access

The station has nine entrances:
Line 3 station has a standard configuration with two platforms separated by metro tracks. The decoration is in the Ouï-dire style in a blue color. The frames for lighting, in the same color, are supported by curved supports in the shape of a scythe. Indirect lighting is bi-colour, unlike other lighting strips of this style where it is a vivid multicolor. The white ceramic tiles are flat and cover the walls, the vault and the tympans. The advertising frames are white and cylindrical and the platforms are equipped with Motte style seats as well as blue sit-stand benches.
The station on line 5 is also styled in a classic layout. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the renouveau du métro des années 2000, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault and the tympans. The advertising frames are in white ceramic and the seats are green Akiko style.
The stations of lines 8 and 9 are made up of two half-stations per line, those of line 9 framing those of line 8. The platforms of these two lines, slightly curved at the western end, are furnished in the style Andreu-Motte and have a yellow light strips, benches in flat orange-yellow tiling as well as yellow Motte seats. These arrangements are combined with white bevelled tiling for the two lines, while the staircase surrounds and the surface of the bench seats on the platform towards Pont de Sèvres are treated with white flat tiling. The advertising frames are metallic.
Finally, the station on line 11 is also of standard configuration. It is decorated in the Andreu-Motte style with two red lighting frames, benches and outlets of the corridors are of flat tiles of the same color and red Motte seats. The walls, the vault and the tympans are covered with flat white tiles. The advertising frames are metallic and the platforms are tiled in anthracite gray.
For each stopping point, the vault is elliptical and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 20, 56, 75 and 91 of the RATP Bus Network as well as, at night, by lines N01, N02, N12, N23, N141 and N142 of the Noctilien bus network.

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