Saint-Georges () is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 9th arrondissement.
The station opened on 8 April 1911 as part of the extension of the Nord-Sud company's line A from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette to Pigalle. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. The station is named after the Rue Saint-Georges, which became a street in 1734 and leads to the Place Saint-Georges, created in 1824. It was the centre of an estate created by the speculator Dosne, father-in-law of the politician Adolphe Thiers.
It was renovated during the early 2000s in imitation of the style adopted by the Nord-Sud Company, the original architects of the station. In fact, the current decorative style only vaguely resembles the original: the station name is no longer shown on large ceramic tablets (as at Solférino and Abbesses) and does not follow the original colour-coding: the edge of the ceramic name tablets should be brown to designate a non-interchange station, rather than green.
Station layout
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|B1
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Mezzanine
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=10 valign=top|Line 12 platforms
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Southbound
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|← 20px 20px toward Mairie d'Issy
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|Northbound
| 20px 20px toward Mairie d'Aubervilliers →
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References
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.