Danube: station history
Served by: metro line 7 bis.
Did you know?
The station lies under the former place du Danube, renamed place Rhin-et-Danube in 1951 in tribute to the French First Army, active from 1943 to 1945 in Italy, Provence, on the Rhine and on the Danube. Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud (line 10) commemorates the same events in its subtitle. Opened with the Louis Blanc - Pré-Saint-Gervais branch of line 7, it is now on line 7 bis, in the Amérique district, and is served only towards Louis Blanc, because of its position at the north of the one-way terminal loop.
Anecdote
Only the south platform is open to passengers; the north platform, closed to the public, runs alongside a siding used for stabling and cleaning trains. Because of unstable fill, notably backfilled gypsum quarries, the station rests on three rows of shafts 2.50 m in diameter that go down more than 30 m. The hameau du Danube, a private Y-shaped lane of 28 houses, is close by.
Around Danube
- Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, 550 m away — A park opened on 1 April 1867, the day of the Universal Exposition, designed by Alphand. Davioud's Temple de la Sibylle stands about 50 m above the lake, which is crossed by a 63-metre suspension bridge designed by Eiffel.
- Quartier de la Mouzaïa, 500 m away — A picturesque village of small flower-covered houses, one of the most peaceful areas of Paris.
- Bassin de la Villette, 1350 m away — Filled with water on 2 December 1808, this basin is the end of the Ourcq canal, created by a decree of Napoleon in 1802, and the starting point of the Canal Saint-Martin.