Le Kremlin-Bicêtre: station history
Served by: metro line 7.
Did you know?
The station is in the commune of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, at the junction of avenue de Fontainebleau, avenue Eugène-Thomas and rue Edmond-Michelet. It opened in the first phase of creating the branch of line 7 that splits off at Maison Blanche towards Villejuif: trains from the north-east then ran alternately to Mairie d'Ivry or Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. The extension to Villejuif - Louis Aragon made it a through station. The Bicêtre hospital is nearby.
Anecdote
Its two platforms are topped by a mezzanine, and lighting comes from suspended globes. Small white and red tiles, laid vertically, cover the walls and tympana, and the Motte seats are red. The globe-lit posts are the same model as at Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud, Bobigny - Pablo Picasso and Villejuif - Louis Aragon.
Around Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- Hôpital de Bicêtre, 500 m away — A former hospital and asylum where physician Philippe Pinel began freeing mentally ill patients from their chains.
- Mairie du Kremlin-Bicêtre, 170 m away — The town hall of this unusually named town, a direct neighbour of Paris.
- Parc départemental du Coteau, 1200 m away — A park offering green spaces and leisure activities for Le Kremlin-Bicêtre residents.