Faidherbe-Chaligny: station history
Served by: metro line 8.
Did you know?
The name combines two neighbouring streets: rue Faidherbe, in tribute to Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889), a French soldier and governor of Senegal, and rue Chaligny, in memory of the Chaligny family, French founders from the 16th century. The station is on the border of the Sainte-Marguerite, Picpus and Quinze-Vingts districts, between Ledru-Rollin and Reuilly - Diderot; the Saint-Antoine hospital is mentioned in the name of its exit 1, and rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine is very close.
Anecdote
Its 105 m platforms were renovated in 2008 in the 2000s Gaudin style, with honey-coloured faience advertising frames with plant motifs, in an interwar spirit. The entrances have Dervaux-style railings and lamp-posts.
Around Faidherbe-Chaligny
- Coulée verte René-Dumont, 700 m away — A 4.7-km linear park inaugurated in 1993 on the former railway line from Bastille to Verneuil-l'Étang, closed in 1969. It is presented as the first project in the world to turn old elevated railway lines into an urban garden.
- Marché d'Aligre, 500 m away — A market open every morning except Monday, with a covered hall, the marché Beauvau, and an open-air market along rue d'Aligre. The hall was built in 1779 by Lenoir, then rebuilt in 1843.
- Viaduc des Arts, 750 m away — A former railway viaduct converted into a gallery of craft workshops beneath its arches.