Danube (Paris Métro)

Danube (French pronunciation: ​[danyb]) is a station of the Paris Métro serving Line 7bis (westbound only).

The station is built as an underground viaduct supported on 220 piers

Danube
Paris Métro station
Location	19th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′55″N 2°23′39″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	18 January 1911
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Botzaris toward Louis Blanc Loop westbound only Pré-Saint-Gervais One-way operation One-way operation: trains arrive from Pré-Saint-Gervais and depart to Botzaris
Location
Danube Location within Paris

The station was opened as part of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais on 18 January 1911. The station is constructed in unstable terrain, formerly a mine where gypsum was extracted for export to the United States. The station box, strengthened by separate vaults for each track, is perched more than 30m above solid ground.[1] Its 220 supporting columns, each 2.5 metres in diameter, have a cumulative height of 5,500 metres.[2] On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming line 7bis.

It is named after the Place du Danube, named after the Danube River. This street was renamed the Place de Rhin-et-Danube in 1952, adding a reference to the Rhine.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Line 7bis platform	Inbound	← toward Louis Blanc (Botzaris) (No service outbound: Pré Saint-Gervais)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Inbound	← toward Louis Blanc (Botzaris) (No service outbound: Pré Saint-Gervais)

References

1. Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro Insolite (2011 ed.). p. 101.
2. Robert, Jean (1983). Notre Métro ("Our metro"). Paris. p. 194.