Créteil-L'Échat: station history
Served by: metro line 8.
Did you know?
The Échat business district took its name from the old chemin de l'Échat. The station, which is elevated, is the first outer station on line 8 towards Pointe du Lac, and was the south-eastern terminus of the line before the extension to Créteil - Préfecture. It carries Henri-Mondor hospital as its subtitle, « in the immediate vicinity »; it is reached via rue Gustave-Eiffel, beside the Échat shopping arcade.
Anecdote
The station has three tracks: track A, in the west, has no platform, while a central platform serves tracks 1 and 2; a second, covered central platform was inaugurated in February 2021. The future line 15 station, under rue Gustave-Eiffel at 16 m deep, is to be decorated with a fresco by Katy Couprie.
Around Créteil-L'Échat
- Hôpital Henri-Mondor, 300 m away — A major university hospital, one of the largest in the Île-de-France region.
- Cathédrale de Créteil, 650 m away — A modern cathedral with a vast curved roof, one of the most recent in France.