Bonne Nouvelle: station history
Served by: metro lines 8 and 9.
Did you know?
The station lies in the north of the Bonne-Nouvelle district, under the boulevard of the same name, itself named for its proximity to the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle. Lines 8 and 9 are stacked here under the Grands Boulevards, line 8 on the upper level and line 9 below. Its 105 m platforms are split into two half-stations by a central pier, because of unstable ground. Exit 1, rue du Sentier, opens opposite the Grand Rex, at 5 boulevard Poissonnière.
Anecdote
For the metro's centenary in 2000, the station was given a cinema-themed decor: the name appears on black enamel plates whose lettering is inspired by the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. On 20 March 2018 the RATP replaced half of the plates to spell out « Bonne Nouvelle, c'est le printemps » (« Good news, it's spring »), with flowers and insects.
Around Bonne Nouvelle
- Grand Rex, 80 m away — Cinema opened in 1932 for Jacques Haïk, by Auguste Bluysen and engineer John Eberson. Its 2,702-seat main hall is topped by a starry vault more than 30 m high; the hall and its decor have been listed as historic monuments since 1981.
- Passage des Panoramas, 450 m away — One of the oldest covered passages in Paris, 133 m long, gas-lit as early as 1817. It continues across boulevard Montmartre through the Jouffroy and Verdeau passages.
- Rex Club, 50 m away — An iconic venue on the Parisian electronic music scene, located beneath the Grand Rex cinema.