Créteil-Université: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 8.
Why this name?
Opened on 10 September 1974 with the extension of line 8 from Créteil - L'Échat to Créteil - Préfecture, the station takes its name from its proximity to the headquarters and main site of the Université Paris-Est-Créteil-Val-de-Marne, also called « Paris XII ». Elevated, it stands in the middle of departmental road 1, and is reached by the mail des Mèches pedestrian passage under the RD 1, with two entrances, one of which leads to the Albert-Chenevier hospital.
Anecdote
Its 75 m island platform is framed by the two tracks. The access corridors are decorated with light ochre reverse-bevelled tiles, also found on the platforms of three Maisons-Alfort stations, though those use several shades of ochre. The width of the line's right of way would allow an extra track and platform to be added, and the advertising frames are set at the edges of that right of way.
Around Créteil-Université
- Université Paris-Est Créteil, 500 m away — A major university campus in the Paris suburbs, home to several thousand students.
- Lac de Créteil, 800 m away — An artificial lake created in the 1970s, enhancing this new suburban town.
- Préfecture du Val-de-Marne, 260 m away — A modern administrative building, seat of the Val-de-Marne department.