Nation (Paris Metro)

Nation
Paris Métro and RER station
Location	3, pl. de la Nation 15, pl. de la Nation 11th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′54″N 2°23′45″E / 48.848389°N 2.3958°E / 48.848389; 2.3958Coordinates: 48°50′54″N 2°23′45″E / 48.848389°N 2.3958°E / 48.848389; 2.3958
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	19 July 1900 (1900-07-19)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Reuilly - Diderot toward La Défense Porte de Vincennes toward Château de Vincennes Avron toward Porte Dauphine Terminus Picpus toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Rue des Boulets toward Pont de Sèvres Buzenval toward Mairie de Montreuil RER Gare de Lyon toward Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy Vincennes toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy
Location
Nation Location within Paris

Nation is a station of the Paris Métro and of Île-de-France's regional high-speed RER. It serves lines 1, 2, 6 and 9 of the Paris Métro and line A of the RER. It takes its name from its location at the Place de la Nation.

The line 1 station opened as part of the first stage of the line between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. The line 2 platforms opened when the line was extended from Bagnolet (now Alexandre Dumas) on 2 April 1903. The line 6 platforms opened when the line was extended from Place d'Italie to Nation on 1 March 1909. The line 9 platforms opened when the first stage of the line was extended from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Montreuil on 10 December 1933. On 12 December 1969, the RER station was opened as a new Paris terminus for the Ligne de Vincennes, replacing the old Gare de La Bastille. On 8 December 1977 the central section of line A opened from Nation to Auber.

It is named after the Place de la Nation, named in honour of Bastille Day in 1880. Previously it was called the Place du Trône, where guillotines were set up during the French Revolution.