Glacière (Paris Métro)

Glacière
Paris Métro station
Location	13th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°49′52″N 2°20′36″E / 48.83115°N 2.343384°E / 48.83115; 2.343384Coordinates: 48°49′52″N 2°20′36″E / 48.83115°N 2.343384°E / 48.83115; 2.343384
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	24 April 1906 (1906-04-24)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Saint-Jacques toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Corvisart toward Nation
Location
Glacière Location within Paris

Glacière is an elevated station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the intersection of the Rue de la Glacière and the Boulevard Auguste Blanqui in the 13th arrondissement.

The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942. The station is named after the Rue de la Glacière (meaning "iceworks street") because, before the invention of the electric refrigerator, ice was collected in the area from the ponds of the Bièvre River during the winter and stored for the summer in wells built for the purpose. It was the location of the Barrière de Glacière (or Barrière de l'Ourcine during the French Revolution), 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.

Victor Hugo located an episode of Les Misérables in the nearby Rue du Champ de l'Alouette, where there used to be tanneries.

Under the viaduct at Glacière