Edgar Quinet station
Edgar Quinet is a station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro. Located at the intersection of Boulevard Edgar Quinet, the Rue du Montparnasse and Rue de la Gaîté, it is situated in the 14th arrondissement.
Location
The metro station is located under Boulevard Edgar Quinet, east of the intersection with the streets of La Gaîté, d'Odessa, du Montparnasse and Delambre. Orientated approximately along an east-west axis, it is placed between the Montparnasse – Bienvenue and Raspail Metro stations.History
The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907, Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into Line 6 on 12 October 1942.It is named after Boulevard Edgar Quinet, itself named after Edgar Quinet, a historian and intellectual who wrote on German history, Christianity and other subjects. The station was the location of the Barrière Montparnasse, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.
In 2018, 2,364,420 travellers entered the station, placing it at the 232nd position out of 302 Métro stations in terms of use.