Montparnasse Bienvenüe
Montparnasse–Bienvenüe stationLine 4 platform
General information
Location	14th arrondissement of Paris France
Coordinates	48°50′36″N2°19′23″E / 48.843466°N 2.323072°E /48.843466; 2.323072
Operated by	RATP Group
Connections	atGare Montparnasse   atGare Montparnasse RATP Bus:  28   39   58   88   91   92   94   95   96  Noctilien: N01 N02 N12 N13 N61 N62 N63 N66 N145
Construction
Accessible	Limited, at least one escalator or lift in the station between the street and the platform[1]
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	24 April 1906 (1906-04-24)(Line 6) 6 April 1910 (1910-04-06)(Line 4) 5 November 1910 (1910-11-05)(Line 12) 21 January 1937 (1937-01-21)(Line 13)
Previous names	Avenue du Maine(1906–1931) Montparnasse(1910–1942) Bienvenüe(1931–1942)
Passengers
2021	20,407,224[2]
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Vavin towardsBagneux–Lucie Aubrac Line 4 Saint-Placide towardsPorte de Clignancourt Pasteur towardsCharles de Gaulle–Étoile Line 6 Edgar Quinet towardsNation Falguière towardsMairie d'Issy Line 12 Notre-Dame-des-Champs towardsMairie d'Aubervilliers Gaîté towardsChâtillon–Montrouge Line 13 Duroc towardsLes Courtilles orSaint-Denis–Université
Location Montparnasse Bienvenüe Location within Paris

Montparnasse–Bienvenüe station (French pronunciation:[mɔ̃paʁnasbjɛ̃v(ə)ny]) is astation of theParis Métro which is a transfer point betweenLine 4,Line 6,Line 12 andLine 13. The fourth busiest station on the Métro system as of 2019 with 29.9 million riders, it is located inMontparnasse at the intersection of the6th,14th and15th arrondissements.

The stations of Lines 4 and 12 are located to the north under theBoulevard du Montparnasse while those of Lines 6 and 13 are south under Boulevard de Vaugirard and Avenue du Maine respectively.

On 24 April 1906 the station opened asMontparnasse station on theAvenue du Maine at the southern end of the old Gare Montparnasse (at the site currently occupied by the Tour Montparnasse, before the station was moved south of the Avenue du Maine in the 1960s) with the opening of the extension ofLine 2 South fromPassy toPlace d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 Line 2 South became part ofLine 5. On 11 March 1910 the Montparnasse station was renamedAvenue du Maine and on 30 June 1933 it was again renamed, toBienvenüe in honour of the principalengineer of the Paris Métro,Fulgence Bienvenüe (accounting for the unusualdiaeresis in the station's name). On 12 October 1942 the section of Line 5 betweenÉtoile and Place d'Italie, including Bienvenüe, was transferred from Line 5 toLine 6 in order to separate the underground and elevated sections of the Métro (because the latter were more vulnerable to air attack duringWorld War II).

TheLine 4 platforms opened as Montparnasse in theBoulevard du Montparnasse, near the main entrance of the old Gare Montparnasse (on its northern side) on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under theSeine betweenChâtelet andRaspail. The Line 12 platforms were opened in the Boulevard du Montparnasse on 5 November 1910 as part of the first section of theNord-Sud Company's Line C fromPorte de Versailles toNotre-Dame-de-Lorette. This line was taken over by theCompagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris and was renamed Line 12 on 27 March 1931. In 1913 a connection was opened between the platforms of Lines 4 and Line 12 situated on the Boulevard du Montparnasse, both called Montparnasse.

TheLine 13 platforms opened in the Avenue du Maine as Bienvenüe on 21 January 1937 as part of the original Line 14 between there andPorte de Vanves, and were connected to the Line 5 platforms. This line became part of Line 13 on 9 November 1976.

At the end of the 1930s, a long corridor was built to connect the Montparnasse and Bienvenüe stations. Accordingly, the stations' names were fused to create Montparnasse-Bienvenüe on 6 October 1942. This long corridor is now equipped withmoving walkways to facilitate access between the two parts of the station. The old Bienvenüe station serves lines 6 and 13, while the old Montparnasse station serves lines 4 and 12.

In 2002, in an experimental move, theRATP installed amoving walkway that moved at 12 km/h, which was then termed the "fastest in the world." (The speed has however since been reduced to 9 km/h). The first several metres consist of metal rollers that accelerate passengers as they hold onto the handrail, because it would be dangerous to step directly onto the fast-moving conveyor. However, RATP announced in May 2009 that they would replace the walkway with an ordinary one in March 2011 in response to 'numerous customer complaints concerning safety and unreliability'.

The southern part of the station in the Avenue du Maine was the location of theBarrière du Maine, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of theWall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.^[3][4]

The station has seven entrances:

• Entrance 1: Porte Océane: direct access to theSNCF station, stairs and escalators;
• Entrance 2: Place Bienvenüe: a staircase at 32 Avenue du Maine;
• Entrance 4: Tour Montparnasse: a staircase at Place Raoul-Dautry (between the tower and the train station);
• Entrance 5: Boulevard du Montparnasse: two staircases at 71 and 73 Boulevard du Montparnasse;
• Entrance 6: Rue d'Odessa: a staircase and escalator at 1 Rue du Départ;
• Entrance 7: Rue du Départ: direct access to the basement of the shopping center;
• Entrance 8: Rue de Rennes: a staircase at 59 bis, Boulevard du Montparnasse.

Side platform withPSDs, doors will open on the right
Northbound	← towardPorte de Clignancourt(Saint-Placide)
Southbound	→ towardBagneux–Lucie Aubrac(Vavin) →
Side platform withPSDs, doors will open on the right

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound	← towardCharles de Gaulle–Étoile(Pasteur)
Eastbound	→ towardNation(Edgar Quinet) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound	← towardMairie d'Issy(Falguière)
Northbound	→ towardMairie d'Aubervilliers(Notre-Dame-des-Champs) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound	← towardLes Courtilles orSaint-Denis – Université(Duroc)
Southbound	→ towardChâtillon–Montrouge(Gaîté)→
Side platform, doors will open on the right

The platforms of Line 6 are decorated in theMouton style with orange tiles and orange luminous lighting strips. Those of Line 12 are in theOuï-dire style with green lighting strips andMotte seats, white flat tiles, and white cylindrical advertising frames. The platforms of Line 13 are built in theAndreu-Motte style with green lightning strips and green tiled benches, tunnel exits and corridor openings. GreenMotte seats are married with the originalCMP decoration (white bevelled tiled walls, the name infaience and honey colour advertising frames). These platforms are equipped withplatform screen doors.

The station is served:

• on or near the 18-June-1940 square: by Lines 28, 39, 58, 82, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95 and 96 of theRATP Bus Network, as well as by the OpenTour tourist line and, at night, by lines N01, N02, N12 and N13 of theNoctilien bus network;
• near the Montparnasse station: by Lines 28, 39, 58, 59, 91, 92, 94, 95 and 96 of the RATP Bus Network as well as by Lines 1 and 4 of the Bus Direct bus network and, at night by lines N01, N02, N12, N13, N61, N62, N63, N66 and N145 of the Noctilien bus network.

Nearby are theMontparnasse district, theTour Montparnasse office tower, theMusée Bourdelle (art museum), theMontparnasse Cemetery, theMusée de La Poste (postal museum) and theJardin Atlantique (a rooftop garden on the roof of theGare Montparnasse rail terminal).

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  Line 4 platforms at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  Line 6 platforms at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  MP 73 rolling stock on Line 6 at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  Line 12 platforms at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  Maintenance Sprague andMF 67 rolling stock at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  Line 13 platforms at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  MF 77 rolling stock on Line 13 at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
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  The new walkway during its experimentation phase
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  Connection between Lines 4 and 12

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