Pont Marie station

Pont Marie (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ maʁi]) is a station of the Paris Métro opened in 1926 with the extension of Line 7 from Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre. It is named after the nearby bridge over the Seine, the Pont Marie, which connects to Île Saint-Louis.

Pont Marie
Paris Métro station
Platforms view
General information
Location	4th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′12″N 2°21′27″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	16 April 1926 (1926-04-16)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Sully–Morland towards Villejuif–Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Line 7 Châtelet towards La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
Location Pont Marie Location within Paris

Location

The station is located on the banks of the Seine, on the Quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, near the Place du Bataillon-Français-de-l'ONU-en-Korea, west of the Pont Marie and the Rue des Nonnains-d'Hyères. Oriented along an east-west axis, it is located between the Châtelet and Sully-Morland stations.

History

The station opened on April 16, 1926. It was until 3 June 1930, the southern terminus of line 7 from Porte de la Villette and Pré-Saint-Gervais, replacing the previous terminus at Palais Royal (now Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre station), when the line was extended with an additional station at Pont Sully (which soon became Sully - Morland).

It takes its name from its proximity to the Marie Bridge, built in 1614 on the initiative of the engineer-entrepreneur Christophe Marie, who gave it its name.

The subtitle of the station is Cité des Arts because of its proximity to one of the two sites of the Cité internationale des arts, an artistic residence inaugurated in 1965, welcoming artists of all specialties and nationalities.

As part of the RATP's "Metro Renewal" programme, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and inaugurated on 25 March 2008.

In 2021, 1,101,482 passengers entering this station, which placed it in 275th position among metro stations for ridership out of 304.

Passenger services

Access

The station has two entrances made up of fixed stairs built back-to-back, each embellished with a Dervaux-type balustrade and leading to the central embankment of the Place du Bataillon-Français-de-l'ONU-en-Korea, opposite the Cité des Arts:

• Access 1 - Quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, adorned with a Dervaux candelabra, located at 18 Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville;
• Access 2 - Pont Marie - Île Saint-Louis is located slightly further east, to the right of Square Albert-Schweitzer.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Connecting level

Line 7 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Villejuif–Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry (Sully–Morland)
	Northbound	→ toward La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 (Châtelet) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platform

Pont Marie is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used in most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits and the corridor openings. The advertising frames are made of honey-coloured earthenware and the name of the station is also made of earthenware in the style of the original CMP, while the subtitle underneath is inscribed in Parisine font on small, enamelled plates. The Akiko style seats are yellow in colour.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 67 and 72 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby

• Pont Marie
• Cité internationale des arts
• Mémorial de la Shoah
• Square Albert-Schweitzer
• Hôtel de Sens
• Jardin de l'Hôtel-de-Sens
• Jardin Roger-Priou-Valjean
• Square Marie-Trintignant
• Île Saint-Louis

Gallery

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  Street-level entrance at Pont Marie
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  Platform signage at Pont Marie

References

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.