Madeleine (Paris Metro)

Madeleine
Paris Métro station
Line 8 platforms at Madeleine
Location	8th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′11″N 2°19′28″E / 48.86977°N 2.32440°E / 48.86977; 2.32440Coordinates: 48°52′11″N 2°19′28″E / 48.86977°N 2.32440°E / 48.86977; 2.32440
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 November 1910 (1910-11-05)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Concorde toward Balard Opéra toward Créteil - Pointe du Lac Concorde toward Mairie d'Issy Saint-Lazare toward Front Populaire Saint-Lazare Terminus Pyramides toward Olympiades
Location
Madeleine Location within Paris

Madeleine is a station on lines 8, 12 and 14 of the Paris Métro in central Paris and the 8th arrondissement.

The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. The line 8 platforms opened on 13 July 1913 as part of the original section of the line between Beaugrenelle (now Charles Michels on line 10) and Opéra. The line 14 platforms opened on 15 October 1998 as part of the original section of the line between Madeleine and Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. It was the north-western terminus of Line 14 until its extension to Saint-Lazare in 2003.

It is named after the nearby Église de la Madeleine, which was dedicated to Sainte Madeleine in the 18th century. A small settlement had grown up in the district by the 6th century around a stronghold of the Bishop of Paris. It was known from an early date as la Ville-l’Évêque ("Town of the Bishop").

Line 12 platforms at Madeleine

Plants in the interchange at Madeleine near to Line 14 platforms

At one time Northwest Airlines had its Paris offices in the station.