Basilique de Saint-Denis

Basilique de Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [bazilik d s dni]) is a Paris Métro station on line 13 in the town centre of Saint-Denis, north of Paris. It connects with tram line 1 at two nearby stops at Basilique de Saint-Denis and Marché de Saint-Denis.

The station opened on 26 May 1976 when the line was extended from Carrefour Pleyel. It was the northern terminus of the northern branch of the line until 25 May 1998 when it was extended to Saint-Denis - Université. It is named after the nearby basilica. However, the display of the new name in the station itself was not changed until later. It bears the subtitle Hôtel de Ville because it is located near the town hall of Saint-Denis. On 21 December 1992 tram line T1 opened. Since 2012, its platforms have been fitted with landing doors. In 2015-2016, the station was the subject of major modernization works with the holding of the 2016 European Football Championship. The escalators, the ticket office and the automatic ticketing machines were renewed, the lighting of the facades on the platforms, old tiling removed and waterproofing of the station redone. In 2020, with the Covid-19 crisis, 2,616,421 travellers entered this station, which places it at the 76th position of metro stations for its use.

The station offers two entrances.

exit 1 - Passage de l'Aqueduc (gives access to the town hall of Saint-Denis), opens at the foot of the L'Écran cinema and leads to a connection with the tram T5 (stop Marché de Saint-Denis); exit 2 - Place du Caquet, which opens at the foot of the Basilica shopping centre and leads to a connection with the tram T1. The 2018 renovation kept the escalator, which accessed the ticket room on the platform towards Saint-Denis-University but did not add a descending escalator on the other platform.

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