Line 14: when is Villejuif Gustave-Roussy station due to open?

Perhaps you've already been on it since it was extended on June 24. If you haven't yet, you soon will. Line 14 has now been extended as far north as Saint-Denis - Pleyel, and as far south asOrly airport. This means that 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-kilometer route. Line 14 is now the longest metro line in the Paris region. Saint-Denis - Pleyel station is the new northern terminus of the violet 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.

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Line 14: when is Villejuif Gustave-Roussy station due to open?

The official opening date for this 8th and final station on line 14 has not yet been announced. But as the Société des Grands Projets points out, the Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station will open at the end of 2024, in December to be exact. " 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 stated on the Grand Paris Express website.

So why the delay? This station is unique in that it offers a connection with the future line 15 of the Grand Paris Express. Work is therefore continuing on this station. That's why the opening is taking place a few months later.

In December 2024, Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station will welcome its first passengers on line 14. Then, at the end of 2025, line 15 Sud will be brought into service, providing connections with line 14.

The Villejuif - Gustave Roussy station will be nine storeys high, with platforms almost 50 metres below ground. The architecture, designed by Dominique Perrault, will feature a helix-shaped metal roof.