The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, inaugurated Thursday, January 13 two new metro stations in Montrouge and Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine) which bear the names of the singer Barbara and the resistant Lucie Aubrac, welcoming the feminization of the Ile-de-France network.
“Women are in the spotlight this (Thursday) morning.
And what ladies!
And what ladies! ”Exclaimed the head of government during a ceremony in Bagneux.
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Barbara and Lucie Aubrac were "extraordinary women who, each in their own way, have deeply marked the history of our country", uniting "values, common fights for our Republic", he said.
“I am also happy that these two stations are helping to feminize, and in what way !, a transport network in the Ile-de-France region, which (...) had until then, it must be said, made more room for great men than 'to our great women,' remarked Jean Castex.
"Here is an error which begins to be repaired!"
Extension of metro line 4 for the end of 2025
The extension of line 4 of the Paris metro - mentioned in this sector of the southern suburbs since 1929 - must bring 37,000 additional passengers every day, strengthening its second place in terms of attendance with 700,000 daily travelers (before the Covid pandemic -19). It cost 406 million euros, provided 60% by the Ile-de-France region, 25.7% by the State and 14.3% by the Hauts-de-Seine department.
At the border of Montrouge and Bagneux, the deep Barbara station serves the cemetery where the singer is buried.
At the Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac terminus, an eco-district must rise from the ground once the scars of the double construction site of the extension of line 4 and the construction of line 15 of the Grand Paris metro announced for the end of 2025 are filled. are not finished on line 4, however, since its automation is in progress.
The first automatic subways should run there from the summer of 2022, before the disappearance of trains with drivers at the end of 2023.
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Jean Castex - who does not miss an opportunity to proclaim his love of trains and public transport - described the extension of the day as "very, very beautiful piece of a vast puzzle" which will continue in particular with the Grand metro. Paris, which must irrigate the Parisian suburbs.
“Public transport, because it is (...) at the crossroads of the major challenges of ecological transition, regional planning, industrial policy and technological innovation, major public works, are at the heart of our policies public, ”he said.