Reuilly-Diderot: station history
Served by: metro lines 1 and 8.
Did you know?
First named Reuilly, after rue de Reuilly, which led to the former Reuilly palace in the former village of Reuilly, it became Reuilly - Diderot when line 8 opened, because of its position under boulevard Diderot, renamed in 1879 in honour of Denis Diderot (1713-1784), writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment. The line 1 station opened nearly a month after the line's first section: until then, trains ran through without stopping. It has four entrances, all on boulevard Diderot.
Anecdote
Between 1974 and 1984 both lines were given the Andreu-Motte style, orange on line 1 and blue on line 8, before the « Renouveau du métro » renovation replaced it with bevelled white tiling. In the 1930s the line 1 platforms were lengthened to take seven-car trains, a project that was not carried through.
Around Reuilly-Diderot
- Coulée verte René-Dumont, 290 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.
- Bois de Vincennes, 3700 m away — Paris's largest green space, with a lake, zoo and racecourse, a former royal hunting ground.
- Marché Beauvau, 450 m away — A historic covered market in the 12th arrondissement, lively and popular with local residents.