Bercy (Paris Métro)

Bercy
Paris Métro station
Line 6 platforms at Bercy
Location	Place du Bataillon du Pacifique (three) 48 boul. de Bercy x rue Corbineau 12th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′24″N 2°22′50″E / 48.83993°N 2.380418°E / 48.83993; 2.380418Coordinates: 48°50′24″N 2°22′50″E / 48.83993°N 2.380418°E / 48.83993; 2.380418
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1909 (1909)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Quai de la Gare toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Dugommier toward Nation Gare de Lyon toward Saint-Lazare Cour Saint-Émilion toward Olympiades
Location
Bercy Location within Paris

Bercy is a station of the Paris Métro, serving lines 6 and 14 at the intersection of the Boulevard de Bercy and the Rue de Bercy in the neighbourhood of Bercy and the 12th arrondissement.

The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942). The line 14 platforms were opened on 15 October 1998 as part of the original section of the line from Madeleine to Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. It is named after the streets it is situated in and the neighbourhood of Bercy, which is mentioned in a document written in 1134. Over the centuries the Lords of Bercy built a castle there which eventually covered a third of the commune of Bercy, which was absorbed into Paris in 1860. It was the location of the Barrière de Bercy, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.

Street-level entrance at Bercy

MP 73 rolling stock on Line 6 at Bercy

Line 14 platforms at Bercy

Access to Line 14 platforms

Line 14 platform (view towards Saint-Lazare)

Line 14 platform (view towards Olympiades)