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Nation Date opened 19 July 1900 Accesses 3, pl. de la Nation
15, pl. de la NationMunicipality/
Arrondissementthe 11th arrondissement of Paris Fare zone 1 Next stations Paris Métro Line 1 Direction
La DéfenseDirection
Château de VincennesReuilly – Diderot Porte de Vincennes Paris Métro Line 2 Direction
Porte DauphineDirection
NationAvron Terminus Paris Métro Line 6 Direction
Charles de Gaulle – ÉtoileDirection
NationPicpus Terminus Paris Métro Line 9 Direction
Pont de SèvresDirection
Mairie de MontreuilRue des Boulets Buzenval List of stations of the Paris Métro Nation is a station of the Paris Métro and of Île-de-France's regional high-speed RER. It serves lines 1, 2, 6 and 9 of the Paris Métro and line A of the RER.
The line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 2 platforms opened when the line was extended from Bagnolet (now Alexandre Dumas) on 2 April 1903. The line 6 platforms opened when the line was extended from Place d'Italie to Nation on 1 March 1909. The line 9 platforms opened when the first stage of the line was extended from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Montreuil on 10 December 1933. On 12 December 1969, the RER station was opened as a new Paris terminus for the Ligne de Vincennes, replacing the old Gare de La Bastille. On 8 December 1977 the central section of line A opened from Nation to Auber.
It is named after the Place de la Nation, named in honour of Bastille Day in 1880. Previously it was called the Place du Trône, where guillotines were set up during the French Revolution.
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Preceding station RER Following station See also
Paris Métro Line 2 Porte Dauphine • Victor Hugo • Charles de Gaulle — Étoile • Ternes • Courcelles • Monceau • Villiers • Rome • Place de Clichy • Blanche • Pigalle • Anvers • Barbès — Rochechouart • La Chapelle ⇒ • Stalingrad • Jaurès • Colonel Fabien • Belleville • Couronnes • Ménilmontant • Père Lachaise • Philippe Auguste • Alexandre Dumas • Avron • Nation
Paris Métro Line 6 Charles de Gaulle — Étoile • Kléber • Boissière • Trocadéro • Passy • Bir-Hakeim • Dupleix • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle • Cambronne • Sèvres — Lecourbe • Pasteur • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe • Edgar Quinet • Raspail • Denfert-Rochereau • Saint-Jacques • Glacière • Corvisart • Place d'Italie • Nationale • Chevaleret • Quai de la Gare • Bercy • Dugommier • Daumesnil • Bel-Air • Picpus • Nation
Paris Métro Line 9 Pont de Sèvres • Billancourt • Marcel Sembat • Porte de Saint-Cloud • Exelmans • Michel-Ange — Molitor (eastbound) • Michel-Ange — Auteuil (westbound) • Jasmin • Ranelagh • La Muette • Rue de la Pompe • Trocadéro • Iéna • Alma — Marceau • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Saint-Philippe du Roule • Miromesnil • Saint-Augustin • Havre — Caumartin • Chaussée d'Antin — La Fayette • Richelieu — Drouot • Grands Boulevards • Bonne Nouvelle • Strasbourg — Saint-Denis • République • Oberkampf • Saint-Ambroise • Voltaire • Charonne • Rue des Boulets • Nation • Buzenval • Maraîchers • Porte de Montreuil • Robespierre • Croix de Chavaux • Mairie de Montreuil
Paris rail stations Termini Paris Saint Lazare • Paris Nord • Paris Est • Paris Lyon • Paris Bercy • Paris Austerlitz • Paris Montparnasse • Bastille • Invalides • OrsaySNCF stations Pont CardinetRER stations Gare du Nord • Châtelet – Les Halles • St-Michel-Notre-Dame • Luxembourg • Port-Royal • Denfert-Rochereau • Cité UniversitairePorte de Clichy • Pereire – Levallois • Neuilly – Porte Maillot • Avenue Foch • Avenue Henri Martin • Boulainvilliers • Avenue du Président Kennedy • Pont du Garigliano • Javel • Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel • Pont de l'Alma • Invalides • Musée d'Orsay • Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame • Gare d'Austerlitz • Bibliothèque François MitterrandClosed stations are in italics.
See also: List of stations of the Paris Métro, Tramways in Paris & Transport in Paris. There is also an external interactive map.
Coordinates: 48°50′54″N 2°23′45″E / 48.848389°N 2.3958°EThis Paris RER article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.