Gare de l'Est – Verdun () is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Lines 4, 5, and 7 is located in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, France. It is the fifth busiest station on the network.
From September 2006 to June 2007, Gare de l'Est and its metro station underwent a major renovation thanks to the Gares en mouvement and Un métro + beau projects, to accommodate a more beautiful and modern station the LGV Est line. On the platforms of Lines 5 and 7, orange tiles and blue paint gave way to traditional white tiles. The lights were also replaced, and the latest model of smiley style seating had been installed. Finally, the Parisine typeface replaced the Motte typeface, symbolizing the end of work on the platform. The new standard signage was installed throughout the station.
Only slight changes occurred on the platforms of Line 4. Apart from the replacement of the orange Motte tiles at the ends of the platforms and the passage of a layer of paint on the damaged tile of the vault.
In 2018, it was the fifth busiest metro station in the network, with 21,432,041 passengers passing through the train station.
Passenger services
Access
The station has eight entrances:
- Access 1: Rue d'Alsace
- Access 2: SNCF Gare de l'Est
- Access 3: Place du 11-Novembre-1918
- Access 4: Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin
- Access 5: Rue du 8-Mai-1945
- Access 6: Boulevard de Strasbourg
- Access 7: Landing
- Access 8: Boulevard Magenta
Station layout
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" width=50 valign=top |Street
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" colspan=2 valign=top | Gare de l'Est
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|B1
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" colspan=2 valign=top|Mezzanine
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" rowspan=7 valign=top|Lines 5/7 platforms
|style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Southbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|← toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry
|-
|Northbound
| toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Southbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|← toward Place d'Italie
|-
|Northbound
| toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center" colspan=2|
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" rowspan=10 valign=top|Line 4 platforms
|style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Northbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|← toward Porte de Clignancourt
|-
|Southbound
| toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center" colspan=2|
|}
Bus and RER connections
The station is served by Lines 31, 32, 35, 38, 39, 46, 56, 91 and the OpenTour tourist line of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by Lines N01, N02, N13, N14, N41, N42, N43, N44, N45, N140, N141, N142, N143, N144 and N145 of the Noctilian network.
As the name suggests, the metro station is connected to the train station Gare de Paris-Est. The maps for metro Line 7 indicate a connection with the RER E at the Gare de Magenta, although it is necessary to use the public road to reach it. This connection does not appear on the plans of Lines 4 and 5, a direct connection with the RER E can be made at the nearby Gare du Nord.
Gallery
<gallery widths="200px" heights="125px">
File:Gare de l'Est metro.jpg|Gare de l'Est (Métro) ticket hall
File:Métro de Paris - Gare de l'Est - Ligne 4 01.jpg|Line 4 platforms at Gare de l'est
File:Gare de lest metro.JPG|Line 5 (right) and Line 7 (left) tracks
File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 5 - Gare de l Est 01.jpg|Line 5 platforms at Gare de l'Est
File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 5 - Gare de l Est 02.jpg|MF 67 rolling stock on Line 5 at Gare de l'Est
File:Gare-Est7-2.jpg|Line 7 platforms at Gare de l'Est
File:Gare-Est7.jpg|MF 77 rolling stock on Line 7 at Gare de l'Est
</gallery>
References
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.