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Auber (French pronunciation: ​[obɛːʁ]) is a station on RER A in Paris. Opened on 23 November 1971 and inaugurated during a ceremony by singers Dalida and Adamo, it is one of the largest vaulted underground stations in the world.

Auber
RER station
Platform in 2005
General information
Location	France
Coordinates	48.873°N 2.329°E / 48.873; 2.329
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections
Other information
Station code	87758599
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	23 November 1971; 50 years ago (1971-11-23)
Passengers
2015	6,168,061
Services
Preceding station RER Following station Charles de Gaulle–Étoile towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy RER A Châtelet–Les Halles towards Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy Connections to other stations Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Saint-Lazare towards Pont de Levallois–Bécon Line 3 transfer at Havre–Caumartin Opéra towards Gallieni Havre–Caumartin towards Pont de Levallois–Bécon Line 3 transfer at Opéra Quatre-Septembre towards Gallieni Pyramides towards Villejuif–Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Line 7 transfer at Opéra Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette towards La Courneuve–8 mai 1945 Madeleine towards Balard Line 8 transfer at Opéra Richelieu–Drouot towards Pointe du Lac Saint-Augustin towards Pont de Sèvres Line 9 transfer at Havre–Caumartin Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette towards Mairie de Montreuil Madeleine towards Mairie d'Issy Line 12 transfer at Saint-Lazare Trinité–d'Estienne d'Orves towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers Miromesnil towards Châtillon–Montrouge Line 13 transfer at Saint-Lazare Liège towards Les Courtilles or Saint-Denis–Université Pont Cardinet towards Mairie de Saint-Ouen Line 14 transfer at Saint-Lazare Madeleine towards Olympiades Preceding station RER Following station Terminus RER E transfer at Haussmann–Saint-Lazare Magenta towards Chelles–Gournay or Tournan

The station comprises a main train hall with a superposed ticket hall, together with an extensive network of tunnels connecting to the neighbouring Métro stations Opéra, Havre–Caumartin and Saint-Lazare, as well as Haussmann–Saint-Lazare on RER E. It takes its name from Rue Auber, under which it is situated. This street is in turn named after the mostly forgotten 19th-century composer Daniel Auber. A complete renovation of the station was started in 2017 and is due to be finished in 2022.

Engineering

Auber is built in the style of the traditional vaulted Métro station as pioneered by Fulgence Bienvenüe, with central tracks and lateral platforms. The difference in engineering terms is that Auber (along with Charles de Gaulle–Étoile and Nation stations) was constructed at depth, entirely underground, on a far larger scale than any Métro station.

To build the 225-metre long, 24-metre wide train hall and its even larger piggy-backing ticket hall, it was necessary to excavate a cavity 40-metre wide, 20-metre high and 250-metre long—this 30-metre underneath the busy city centre in unstable waterlogged sedimentary rock.[1]^: 33 The resulting station is cathedral-like in proportions, with a ticket hall so spacious that there is room for a mezzanine. The entire construction is waterproofed on both sides by a 7-metre thick, 10-metre high abutment of concrete which contains escalators linking the two levels.[1]^: 158

The station's eccentrically audacious scale and damp setting earned it references as "the world's largest submarine". With the other two deep single-vaulted stations on RER A it was retrospectively criticised on cost grounds. However, Auber is often mentioned as a good example of a planning policy attached to grand public spaces that was particularly current in the 1960s and in France.

Auber forms part of a complex of connected underground stations. The scale of Auber, in particular, makes the ensemble one of the largest underground stations in the world in terms of volume.

Particulate pollution

During busy periods, PM10 particle pollution caused by train braking regularly reaches 400 μg/m³ at Auber, eight times the EU Commission's daily average limit.[2]

Gallery

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  Ticket hall of Auber
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  Ticket hall of Auber
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  Main hall
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  Renovation of the main hall in January 2020
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  Renovation of the main hall in October 2020

Connected stations

Auber is connected to the following stations:

• Havre–Caumartin
  • Paris Métro Line 3
  • Paris Métro Line 9
• Opéra
  • Paris Métro Line 3
  • Paris Métro Line 7
  • Paris Métro Line 8
• Haussmann–Saint-Lazare
  • RER E
• Saint-Lazare
  • Paris Métro Line 3
  • Paris Métro Line 12
  • Paris Métro Line 13
  • Paris Métro Line 14
• Saint-Augustin
  • Paris Métro Line 9

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro

References

На других языках

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[de] Bahnhof Auber

Der Bahnhof Auber ist ein Tunnelbahnhof des S-Bahn-ähnlichen Pariser Schnellbahnnetzes RER im Quartier de la Chaussée-d’Antin des 9. Arrondissements von Paris. Gemeinsam mit mehreren Métrostationen, mit denen sie unterirdisch verbunden ist, bildet sie einen Knotenpunkt des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs in Paris.

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- [en] Gare d'Auber

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[ru] Обер (станция RER)

Обер (фр. Auber) — станция линии A транспортной сети RER. Расположена в IX округе Парижа.

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