Madeleine
Line 8 platforms in July 2022
General information
Location	8th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′11″N2°19′28″E / 48.86977°N 2.32440°E /48.86977; 2.32440
Owned by	RATP
Construction
Accessible	Line 8: At least one escalator or lift in the station between the street and the platform Line 12: Escalators or lifts throughout, from the street to the platform Line 14: Yes[1]
Architect	Jean-Pierre Vaysse &Bernard Kohn (Line 14)
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 November 1910 (1910-11-05)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Concorde towardsBalard Line 8 Opéra towardsPointe du Lac Concorde towardsMairie d'Issy Line 12 Saint-Lazare towardsMairie d'Aubervilliers Saint-Lazare towardsSaint-Denis–Pleyel Line 14 Pyramides towardsAéroport d'Orly
Location Madeleine Location within Paris

Madeleine station (French pronunciation:[madlɛn]^ⓘ) is astation on lines8,12 and14 of theParis Métro in central Paris and the8th arrondissement.

The station is located under the Place de la Madeleine, the platforms being positioned:

• on Line 8, east of the square and oriented approximately east-west, along the axis of Boulevard de la Madeleine (between Concorde and Opéra stations));
• on Line 12, also east of the square and oriented approximately north-south, curved along the axis of the side carriageway of the said square on the one hand, and Rue Tronchet on the other hand, (between Saint-Lazare and Concorde);
• on Line 14, northeast of the square and oriented approximately northwest/southeast, along the axis of Rue de Sèze (between Saint-Lazare and Pyramides).

The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of theNord-Sud Company's line A betweenPorte de Versailles andNotre-Dame-de-Lorette.^[2]: 35 It is named after the nearbyÉglise de la Madeleine, which was dedicated toMary Magdalene in the 18th century. A small settlement had grown up in the district by the 6th century around a stronghold of theBishop of Paris. It was known from an early date asla Ville-l’Évêque ("Town of the Bishop").

The line 8 platforms opened on 13 July 1913 as part of the original section of the line betweenBeaugrenelle (nowCharles Michels online 10) andOpéra.^[2]: 28 On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of theMétro. The line 14 platforms opened on 15 October 1998 as part of the original section of the line between Madeleine andBibliothèque François Mitterrand.^[2]: 38 It was the north-western terminus of Line 14 until its extension toSaint-Lazare on 16 December 2003.^[2]: 38

In 2020, with the Covid-19 crisis, 4,297,547 passengers entered this station, which places it in 25th position among metro stations for its attendance.^[3]

The station has five accesses divided into seven metro entrances:^[4]

• access 1 -Place de la Madeleine, comprising a fixed staircase and a lift giving access to line 14, leading to the right of no. 22 of the place;
• access 2 -Eglise, consisting of a fixed staircase adorned with two atypical masts (indicating the existence of an underground passage by the double inscriptionPASSAGE PUBLIC - METRO), located opposite no. 16 of the Square de la Madeleine, at the corner with the same named boulevard;
• access 3 -Rue Duphot, consisting of a fixed staircase with aPASSAGE PUBLIC - METRO mast and an ascending escalator arranged back-to-back, located to the right of no. 23 Boulevard de la Madeleine, and communicating directly with the basement of the Decathlon store located at this address;
• access 4 -Rue de Sèze, consisting of a fixed staircase communicating with the underground car parks under the square, leading out opposite no. 2 rue Tronchet;
• access 5 -Rue Tronchet, consisting of a fixed staircase, located to the right of nos. 3 and 5 of this same street;

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances
Line 8 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← towardBalard(Concorde)
	Northbound	→ towardPointe du Lac(Opéra) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 12 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← towardMairie d'Issy(Concorde)
	Northbound	→ towardMairie d'Aubervilliers(Saint-Lazare) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
Line 14 platforms	Side platform withPSDs, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← towardSaint-Denis–Pleyel(Saint-Lazare)
	Southbound	→ towardAéroport d'Orly(Pyramides) →
	Side platform withPSDs, doors will open on the right

The platforms of the three lines are of standard configuration. Two in number per stopping point, they are separated by the metro tracks located in the center and the vault is elliptical.

On line 8, the decoration is in theAndreu-Motte style with two yellow light strips, benches and corridor outlets in flat yellow tiles and yellowMotte seats. However, the thresholds of the corridors allowing the connections with line 14 have a flat white tiling. These arrangements are combined with the same tiles that cover the side walls, the vault and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written inParisine typeface on enamelled plates.

The platforms of line 12 are built in a curve and have a semi-elliptical vault, a shape specific to the old North-South stations. They are also furnished in theAndreu-Motte style with red strip light canopies, flat red tiled benches and redMotte seats. The outlets of the corridors are also covered in flat red tiling, except for those allowing connections with line 14 which are equipped either with flat white tiling, or with the marble characteristic of the corridors of this line. As with line 8, these fittings are combined with the flat white tiling on the side walls, the vault and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamel plates.

The architecture of the line 14 station is contemporary and follows the principles defined byBernard Kohn for the whole of this line in 1991, both in the choice of materials (vault in light concrete, marble side walls fitted with glass, tiled floor, wooden seats, etc.) As for lighting and ceiling height; the platforms are also wider than those of other lines. The name of the station appears in Parisine font on backlit panels embedded in the side walls and on stickers affixed to the platform facades.

In addition, the platforms of line 14 are sadly famous for the nauseating odour which reigns there due to the emanation ofHydrogen sulfide due to the poor sealing of the station.^[5]

The connection between line 14 and line 8/12 is done via a large circular access shaft, with many escalators, which is the old TBM access shaft for the construction of the line up to Madeleine. This allows quick trips between platforms.

Three works of art are located in the corridors or on the platforms created for line 14,La Prière andRyaba la Poule are in the connecting corridor with line 12 whileTissignalisation no 14 adorns the vault of the platforms.

La Prière is a sculpture created byConstantin Brâncuși.^[6] This work, a reproduction of the 1907 work, has been on display in the station since December 2001 and features a woman praying. Offered to France by the president of the International Franco-Romanian Foundation, the sculptor Remus Botar Botarro, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth ofConstantin Brâncuși (1876-2001), this identical copy was made in the Noack art foundry in Berlin, in 2000, from a silicon rubber moulding.

Ryaba la Poule is a work by Russian artistIvan Lubennikov. Installed in 2009, it is a 40m² stained glass window made up of 20 panels inlaid with glass elements placed on the mezzanine access to the platforms,^[7] at the outlet of the connecting corridor with line 12. In exchange for this work,RATP provided theMoscow Metro with a Guimard kiosk, which was installed at the entrance toKiyevskaya station on theKoltsevaya line in Moscow.^[8]

Tissignalisation no 14 is a work by the French artistJacques Tissinier. Created at the same time as the station, it is installed on the vault of the line 14 . This is an installation using a thousand embedded discs in coloured enamelled steel. Each disc measures 16 cm in diameter and represents a stylized papyrus sheet coloured in red, white, blue and orange.

The station is served by lines 42, 45, 52, 84, 94 of theRATP Bus Network.^[4]

• Église de la Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine
• Olympia
• Ministry of Justice
• Colonne Vendôme
• Théâtre de la Madeleine
• Théâtre Édouard VII
• Cour des comptes
• Pinacothèque de Paris

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  Line 12 platforms
• 
  Line 14 platforms

At one timeNorthwest Airlines had its Paris offices in the station.^[9]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toMadeleine (Paris Metro).

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

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