Barbara Montrouge | |||||||||||
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![]() Station platforms on opening day | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 48°48′33″N 2°19′03″E / 48.8092°N 2.3176°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Architect | LIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi) | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 13 January 2022 | ||||||||||
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Barbara (French pronunciation: [baʁbaʁa]) is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 4 in Montrouge and Bagneux. The station was built as part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge to Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac.[1] It opened in January 2022.[2][3]
The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received déclaration d'utilité publique in February 2005. Work to built the extension began in 2015, and was originally planned to open in 2020.[4] During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called Verdun-Sud. Following a public vote, the station was named after French singer Barbara, who was buried in the nearby Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.[5]
The station was opened on 13 January 2022.[6][7] The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day.[8][7] The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between Ile-de-France Region (60%), the state (25.7%), and the department of Hauts-de-Seine, in which Barbara is located (14.3%).[9]
An apartment building for young workers was built by RATP Habitat above the station entrance at Avenue Marx Dormoy, and was completed in February 2023.[10][11]
The station was designed by LIN (Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi).[11] The design uses white corrugated metal panels on the walls and vaulted ceiling, as well as large circular light fittings – a similar concept was also used at Aimé Césaire and Mairie d'Aubervilliers stations on line 12.[12]
The station has two entrances:[13]
The platform is fitted with platform edge doors, installed as part of the automation of Line 4.[14]
The station connects with lines 128 and 323 of the RATP Bus Network.