Rue Saint-Maur (Paris Métro)
Rue Saint-Maur () is a station on Paris Métro Line 3, located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Location. The station is located under Avenue de la République, between Rue Saint-Maur and Rue Servan. Approximately oriented along an east–west axis, it is located between the Parmentier and Père Lachaise stations. History. The station opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of line 3 between Père Lachaise and Villiers. The "Rue Saint-Maur " is named after Saint Maurus, a disciple of Saint Benedict of Nursia, who is said to have  saved Saint Placid from drowning. It owes its initial name of Saint-Maur to its proximity to rue Saint-Maur, which corresponds to an old path which led from the Abbey of Saint-Maur to the Abbey of Saint-Denis. Until the early years of the 21st century the station was called "Saint-Maur", but on 1 September 1998 its name was changed to avoid confusion with stations on RER line A in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. Like a third of the stations on the network, between 1974 and 1984 the station's platforms  were renovated in the "Andreu-Motte" style, orange in this case. As part of the RATP's "Renouveau du métro" program, the station's corridors were renovated in the course of the 2000s. In 2018, 3,065,770 travelers entered this station which placed it at 181st position of the metro stations for its usage. Passenger services. Access. The station has four entrance points established on Avenue de la République: Platforms. Rue Saint-Maur is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the "Andreu-Motte" style with two  orange-brown light strips, benches and some openings in the corridors treated with flat brown tiles with "Motte" seats in orange. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tympans and the rest of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates. Bus connections. The station has no connections with the RATP Bus Network.