Maraîchers, Metro station in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France
Maraîchers is a metro station on line 9 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, located underground beneath the Avenue de la République. It has two facing platforms with white tiled walls, a curved ceiling, and green seats, following the plain functional layout common to many stations on the Paris metro network.
The station opened in December 1933 as part of an extension of line 9 that brought the metro into new parts of eastern Paris. For a short time after opening, it had a connection to the nearby Petite Ceinture railway, which closed to passengers in 1934.
The name Maraîchers comes from the French word for vegetable grower, and it reflects the farming activity that once defined this part of the 20th arrondissement. The nearby streets and squares still carry names that hint at that rural past, giving the area a layer of local identity that is easy to notice on foot.
The station has 3 street entrances marked with classic metal signs and stairways with iron railings, making it easy to spot from the pavement. Several bus lines stop nearby, so visitors can easily continue their journey or explore the surrounding streets on foot.
Before the area was absorbed into the city, it was covered in market gardens, and the nearby suburb of Montreuil was known for growing peas and salads that supplied Parisian markets. Today almost nothing of that landscape remains, and the station name is one of the few traces of it still visible to everyday travelers.
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