Picpus station

Picpus (Courteline) (French pronunciation: [pikpys kuʁtəlin]) is a station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement. The station is located under the Avenue de Saint-Mandé, to the west of the crossroads with the Boulevard de Picpus. There is a single entrance and exit, located on the southern side of the Avenue de Saint-Mandé.

Picpus
Paris Métro station
General information
Location	12th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′43″N 2°24′02″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 March 1909 (1909-03)
Previous names	Saint-Mandé (1909–1937)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Bel-Air towards Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Line 6 Nation Terminus
Location Picpus Location within Paris

History

The station was opened on 1 March 1909 as Saint-Mandé with the extension of the line from Place d'Italie to Nation. It is named after the district of Picpus and the Boulevard de Picpus. It was renamed Picpus on 1 March 1937 to avoid confusion with Saint-Mandé on Line 1. The station has the additional name of Courteline, after author Georges Courteline (1858–1929). It was the location of the Barrière de Saint-Mandé, 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 19th century.

Passenger services

Access

The station has a single entrance called Avenue de Saint-Mandé, leading to right no. 46 of this avenue. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard entrance, which is the subject of a registration as a historical monument by a decree of 12 February 2016.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Charles de Gaulle–Étoile (Bel-Air)
	Eastbound	→ toward Nation (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

Picpus 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 most metro stations. The light canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, tunnel exits and corridor outlets. The vault is coated and painted white. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is inscribed in capital letters on enamelled plaques. The Motte style seats are blue in colour.

Bus connections

The station is served by lines 29 and 56 of the RATP Bus Network.

Places of interest

• Square Courteline
• Picpus Cemetery, where, in particular, General La Fayette is buried
• Church of l'Immaculée Conception