Mairie de Saint-Ouen: station history
Served by: metro lines 13 and 14.
Did you know?
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, the station is served by lines 13 and 14. The line 14 platforms opened there in December 2020, with the 5.9 km extension from Saint-Lazare; it is the first interchange between two Paris metro lines located outside Paris. Its subtitle « Région Île-de-France » refers to the seat of the regional council, about 200 metres to the west, in the Docks de Saint-Ouen. Five entrances serve the station, two of them opened with line 14, on the ground floor of buildings constructed afterwards.
Anecdote
The line 14 station was built by cut-and-cover on five levels: 120.5 metres long, 20.65 metres wide, with platforms 21 metres deep. Its bevelled white tiling, longer and shinier than the usual Paris metro tiles, is decorated with rosettes of 14 concentric lines, a number chosen in reference to the line number, and the ceiling is lit by recessed circles of light.
Around Mairie de Saint-Ouen
- Mairie de Saint-Ouen, 350 m away — The Saint-Ouen town hall, a town undergoing major urban transformation.
- Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, 1350 m away — The world's largest antiques and secondhand market, gathering thousands of dealers.
- Docks de Saint-Ouen, 500 m away — A former industrial district undergoing major urban transformation, with new housing and green spaces.