Villejuif-Louis Aragon: station history
Served by: metro line 7.
Did you know?
The station honours Louis Aragon, the French writer born in Paris in 1897 and died in 1982, and it is close to a cross street that bears his name. It is the terminus of one of the two branches of line 7, the other being Mairie d'Ivry, near the junction of the old national road 7 and cross streets. Its entrances open onto avenue de Stalingrad, boulevard Maxime-Gorki, avenue Louis-Aragon and the bus station; it connects with the northern terminus of tram line 7.
Anecdote
The two platforms are topped by a mezzanine; small white and green tiles cover the walls and tympana, the lighting combines suspended globes and neon tubes, and the Motte furniture is orange. An underground station for Grand Paris Express line 15 is being built under avenue de la République, 30 m deep, designed by the architect Philippe Gazeau, with an artwork by Constance Guisset.
Around Villejuif-Louis Aragon
- Parc départemental des Hautes-Bruyères, 950 m away — A large urban park offering green spaces and leisure activities for Villejuif residents.
- Institut Gustave-Roussy, 800 m away — Europe's leading cancer centre, a world reference in oncology.
- Mairie de Villejuif, 350 m away — The town's administrative centre, at the heart of a rapidly developing district.