Magenta: station history
Served by: RER E.
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An underground RER line E station in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, run by the SNCF. Inaugurated on Monday 12 July 1999 by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, it opened to the public with line E on 14 July. It lies 30 metres deep, passes under the foundations of old buildings and has nine basement levels. The project had planned the name "gare Nord-Est"; it finally took that of boulevard de Magenta.
Anecdote
To ventilate these volumes and the tunnel, shafts were built in the surrounding block. At 174 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, a false façade with trompe-l'œil windows hides a duct. The station has four tracks, numbered 51 to 54, and two of its three exits give a direct connection to the Gare du Nord. Built near water tables, it has suffered leaks since opening, and the SNCF places buckets to stop puddles forming on the platforms.
Around Magenta
- Gare du Nord, 240 m away — A station built by Hittorff in the 19th century, with a facade adorned with statues.
- Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 280 m away — A Parisian church from the first half of the 19th century, atop a grand staircase facing the Square Montholon.
- Gare de l'Est, 400 m away — A station opened in 1849 under the name Gare de Strasbourg.