Couronnes station
{{Short description|Métro station in Paris, France}}
{{redirect|Couronnes||Couronne (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Couronnes
| style = Paris Métro
| image = Station Couronnes Métro Paris Ligne 2 - Paris XX (FR75) - 2022-07-01 - 6.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| other_name =
| address = 37, Boul. de Belleville
11th arrondissement of Paris
| borough = Île-de-France
| country = France
| coordinates = {{coord|48.869521|2.379861|region:FR_scale:2000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = RATP
| operator = RATP
| line =
| accessible =
| zone = 1
| opened = {{Start-date|31 January 1903}}
| closed =
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Paris Métro|line=2|left=Belleville|right=Ménilmontant}}
| map_type = France Paris
}}
Couronnes ({{IPA|fr|kuʁɔn|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-couronne.wav}}) is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the Rue des Couronnes, which was named after either the local village of Les Couronnes-sous-Savies, or from a tavern called Les Trois Couronnes. It was the location of the Barrière des Trois-Couronnes, 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 during the 19th century.
In 2020, with the COVID-19 crisis, 1,623,475 passengers entered this station, that places it in 157th position for metro stations in terms of attendance.{{Cite web|title=Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020|url=https://data.ratp.fr/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2020/table/?sort=-rang&refine.station=COURONNES|access-date=2021-12-26|website=data.ratp.fr|language=fr}}
=1903 disaster=
File:Paris - Catastrophe du Metropolitain station Couronnes.jpg
{{main|Paris Métro train fire}}
The station was the site of a fire and stampede that caused the worst catastrophe in the history of the Paris Métro, killing 84 people on 10 August 1903 (earlier estimates had put the number of fatalities at over 100).[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/08/12/102017333.pdf 100 dead in the Paris disaster] New York Times Retrieved 22 December 2008
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Passenger services
=Access=
The station has a single entrance that leads to the central reservation of Boulevard de Belleville, facing no. 37.
=Station layout=
| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|Street Level |
| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|B1 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Mezzanine for platform connection |
| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=10 valign=top|Platform level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the right}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Platform {{color|#{{rcr|Paris Métro|2}}|1}}
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|← {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|2}} toward Porte Dauphine {{small|(Belleville)}} |
| Platform {{color|#{{rcr|Paris Métro|2}}|2}}
|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|2}} toward Nation {{small|(Ménilmontant)}} → |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the right}} |
=Platforms=
Couronnes is a station of standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is of the style used for the majority of metro stations: the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro renovation of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is in Parisine font on an enamel plate. The seats are red Motte style.
=Bus connections=
The station is served by lines 20, 71 and 96 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N12 and N23 of the Noctilien network.
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References
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{{Paris Metro/line 2}}
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Category:Paris Métro stations in the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Category:Paris Métro stations in the 20th arrondissement of Paris