You've probably already travelled on it since it was extended on June 24. To the delight of all Ile-de-France commuters, line 14 has now been extended north to Saint-Denis - Pleyel, and south toOrly airport. As a result, users can connect this Seine-Saint-Denis commune with the famous Paris airport in just 40 minutes.
A total of 8 new stations will be added to the 30-kilometre route. Line 14 is now the longest metro line in the Paris region. Saint-Denis - Pleyel station is the new northern terminus of the purple line. 6 other stations, located to the south of the route, also opened to passengers on June 24: Maison Blanche, Hôpital Bicêtre, L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Chevilly-Larue, Thiais-Orly and Aéroport d'Orly.
On your way to Orly Airport or back to the north of Paris from Val-de-Marne, you may have noticed that one station is still closed. Trains are not stopping at Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station. So when can we expect to get off at this new stop? And why wasn't the Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station inaugurated at the same time as the other 7? We answer.
Originally scheduled for December 2024, the opening date of the Villejuif Gustave-Roussy station has been postponed. In an article published on December 27, Société des Grands Projets announced that the station would open on Saturday January 18, 2025. Since then, the schedule has even been clarified: it will start at 12:30 p.m." At the heart of the future Campus Grand Parc district, and just a stone's throw from the European center dedicated to the fight against cancer, the new Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station is set to open its doors on January 18, 2025, initially to users of line 14, before those of line 15 Sud, expected around summer 2026," we read. " Until then, it will act as a service structure essential to the operation of the line ", and thus as an " emergency station for the extension of line 14 ", as the Grand Paris Express website explains.
This station is unique in that it offers a connection with the future line 15 Sud of the Grand Paris Express. Work is therefore continuing on this station. For this reason, the opening will take place a few months later.
But from 12:30 pm on Saturday January 18, 2025, Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station will welcome its first passengers on line 14. It will then be possible to reach Châtelet from Villejuif in just 18 minutes. Then, from summer 2026, line 15 Sud will be brought into service, providing connections with line 14.
The Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station has nine levels, with platforms at a depth of almost 50 meters. The architecture, designed by Dominique Perrault, features an impressive transparent glass roof.
Île-de-France: we visited the spectacular Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station before it opened.
The last station on line 14 to open and the first on the future line 15, Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station will welcome its first passengers from January 18, 2025. In the meantime, we had the opportunity to preview the station during a press tour organized on December 19. We tell you all about this dive into the heart of what will be France's second-deepest station! [Read more]
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