Romainville–Carnot station

Romainville–Carnot station (French pronunciation: [ʁomɛ̃vil kaʁno]) is a station on Line 11 of the Paris Métro. The station is straddled between the communes of Romainville and Noisy-le-Sec.

Romainville–Carnot
Platforms on opening day
General information
Location	Romainville, Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°53′00″N 2°26′27″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	26 m[1]
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Richez Associés[2]
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	13 June 2024 (2024-06-13)
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Serge Gainsbourg towards Châtelet Line 11 Montreuil–Hôpital towards Rosny–Bois-Perrier
Location Romainville–Carnot Location within Paris and inner ring

History

The station opened on 13 June 2024 as part of the extension of the line from Serge Gainsbourg to Rosny–Bois-Perrier. At a depth of 26 m, it is the deepest station on the extension.

The station was initially given the provisional name of Place Carnot, after the nearby Place Carnot located 60 m south of it. It was later officially named Romainville–Carnot by Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) on 27 April 2022.^[3]

Since the 1920s, it was planned that line 11 would be extended to Place Carnot from its then eastern terminus at Porte des Lilas.^[4] The station was designed by architects Richez Associés, who also designed 3 other stations on the extension,^[5] with civil works starting in May 2017.^[6] On 2 April 2021, the tunnel boring machine, Sofia, arrived at the station with excavation works for the station box completed 2 months later.^[7] Civil works on the underground portion of the station were completed at the end of 2021, with that of the surface portion completed by April 2022, with installation of equipment and fitting out soon after.^[8] Delays in its construction at the time threatened it opening together with the rest of the extension.^[9]

Passenger services

Access

The station has 4 accesses:

• Access 1: Place Carnot
• Access 2: Boulevard Henri Barbusse
• Access 3: rue Carnot (with escalators)
• Access 4: rue Veuve Aublet

The main access (accesses 1 & 2) has two escalators and elevators; it is located at the corner of rue de la République and boulevard Henri Barbusse and is near the future site of the station of the planned extension of tramway T1.^[10][11]

Station layout

Street Level
B1	Mezzanine
Line 11 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Châtelet (Serge Gainsbourg)
	Eastbound	→ toward Rosny–Bois-Perrier (Montreuil–Hôpital) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Platforms

The station has a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.

Other connections

The station is also served by lines 105, 129, 318, and 322 of the RATP bus network, and at night, by lines N12 and N23 of the Noctilien bus network. It will also be served by tramway T1 in the future when it is extended to Val de Fontenay.^[11]

Gallery

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  Inside accesses 1 and 2 (with a lift)
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  Construction of accesses 1 & 2 in 2022
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References

1. "Grand Paris Express - Station Place Carnot". Franki Foundations. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
2. "4 stations for metro line 11 extension". Richez_Associés. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
3. "Les noms des stations sont désormais officiels !". prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
4. "Plan des extensions des lignes de métro". amtuir.org (in French). 1928. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. "4 stations for line 11 extension". www.richezassocies.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
6. "INFO RIVERAINS PLACE CARNOT Nº1" (PDF). prolongementligne11est.fr. April 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
7. "INFO RIVERAINS PLACE CARNOT Nº4" (PDF). prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
8. "Le point sur les travaux de la future station Place Carnot". prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). 17 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
9. Haus, Hélène (12 September 2023). "Ligne 11 : la station Romainville-Carnot ouvrira-t-elle (encore) plus tard que prévu ?". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
10. "La place Carnot, carrefour essentiel du territoire" (PDF). prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
11. "INFO RIVERAINS PLACE CARNOT Nº1" (PDF). prolongementligne11est.fr (in French). April 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.