This new metro station will soon be the deepest in Paris

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The Editor

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With the metro and RER expanding on all sides, new lines and stations popping up everywhere, soon one of its upcoming stops could be winning the title of the deepest metro station in Paris, dethroning the current title holder: Abbesses.

Everyone knows that when the elevators are broken at Abbesses, it's a nightmare. And it's no wonder, being over 32 meters underground, it's the deepest station in Paris. But this record won't last long. A new station of the Grand Paris, opening on line 15 soon, will have even more stairs!


Make way for the "Saint-Maur-Créteil"!

With its 176 steps from hell, nobody could have ever thought that the mythical and sporty Abbesses station would one day lose its title as the deepest station in the capital. And yet, all good things must come to an end, and the station will soon have to settle for the silver medal. Not because the tracks will be raised to get closer to the surface of the earth, but because Paris and its surroundings will soon have the pleasure of seeing a station appear very soon (or almost, since the train is scheduled to start running in 2026) even closer to the Earth's core. This new station will not only be the deepest in Paris, but the deepest in all of France!

Oh boy, can you believe that the new Saint-Maur-Créteil station, where the cool line 15 metro will stop, is gonna be a whopping 52 meters below ground? We won't even mention the crazy amount of stairs you'd have to climb if all 11 elevators magically stopped working at once. But hey, good news - despite being super deep down near the earth's core (where it's hot!), we can guarantee that the temperature in the station will be totally comfy. Phew!