Auber station

{{Short description|Railway station in Paris, France}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Expand French|date=November 2022|topic=transp}} {{Infobox station | name = Auber<br />{{resize|70%|''Opéra–Havre–Caumartin''}} | style = Réseau Express Régional | image = Gare Auber - Paris IX (FR75) - 2021-11-14 - 1.jpg | caption = Platforms in 2021 | address = | borough = 9th arrondissement of Paris | country = France | coordinates = {{coord|48|52|23|N|2|19|44|E|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | owned = | operator = RATP Group | platforms = 2 side platforms | tracks = 2 | bus_routes = {{Plainlist| * {{rint|Paris|B}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|20}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|21}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|22}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|27}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|29}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|32}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|42}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|66}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|68}} {{RATP Paris/transfer|95}} * {{rint|Paris|N}} {{RATP Paris/transfer night|N01}} {{RATP Paris/transfer night|N02}} {{RATP Paris/transfer night|N15}} {{RATP Paris/transfer night|N16}} }} | connections = {{Plainlist| * {{rint|paris|r}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|r|e}}{{nnbsp}} at {{stn|Haussmann–Saint-Lazare}} * {{rint|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|3}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|9}} at {{stn|Havre–Caumartin}} * {{rint|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|3}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|7}}{{rint|paris|m|8}} at {{stl|Paris Métro|Opéra}} * {{rint|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|9}} at {{stn|Saint-Augustin}} * {{rint|paris|transilien}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|transilien|j}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|transilien|l}}{{nnbsp}} {{rint|paris|ter}}{{nnbsp}}Normandie at Gare Saint-Lazare * {{rint|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|3}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|12}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|13}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|14}} at {{stl|Paris Métro|Saint-Augustin}} }} | structure = Underground | parking = | bicycle = | accessible = Yes, by request to staff<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant |trans-title=Map for travelers in wheelchairs |url=https://eu.ftp.opendatasoft.com/stif/PlansRegion/Plans/UFR.pdf |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Île-de-France Mobilités}}</ref> | code = {{Uic8}} | zone = 1 | opened = {{Start date|1971|11|23|df=y}} | passengers = 6,168,061 | pass_year = 2019 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Réseau Express Régional |line1=A|left1=Charles de Gaulle–Étoile|right1=Châtelet–Les Halles}} | other_services_header = Connections to other stations | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=Réseau Express Régional |line1=E|left1=Neuilly–Porte Maillot|right1=Magenta|transfer1=Haussmann–Saint-Lazare |system2=Paris Métro |line2=3|left2=Europe|right2=Havre–Caumartin|transfer2=Saint-Lazare |line3=3|left3=Saint-Lazare|right3=Opéra|transfer3=Havre–Caumartin |line4=3|left4=Havre–Caumartin|right4=Quatre-Septembre|transfer4=Opéra |line5=7|left5=Pyramides|right5=Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette|transfer5=Opéra |line6=8|left6=Madeleine|right6=Richelieu–Drouot|transfer6=Opéra |line7=9|left7=Miromesnil|right7=Havre–Caumartin|transfer7=Saint-Augustin |line8=9|left8=Saint-Augustin|right8=Chaussée d'Antin–La Fayette|transfer8=Havre–Caumartin |line9=12|left9=Madeleine|right9=Trinité–d'Estienne d'Orves|transfer9=Saint-Lazare |line10=13|left10=Miromesnil|right10=Liège|transfer10=Saint-Lazare |line11=14|left11=Pont Cardinet|right11=Madeleine|transfer11=Saint-Lazare }} }}

'''Auber''' ({{IPA|fr|obɛːʁ}}) is a station on RER A in Paris. Opened on 23 November 1971 and inaugurated during a ceremony by singers Dalida and Adamo, it is one of the largest vaulted underground stations in the world.

The station comprises a main train hall with a superposed ticket hall, together with an extensive network of tunnels connecting to the neighbouring Métro stations Opéra, {{stn|Havre–Caumartin}} and Saint-Lazare, as well as {{stn|Haussmann–Saint-Lazare}} on RER E. It takes its name from Rue Auber, under which it is situated. This street is in turn named after the mostly forgotten 19th-century composer Daniel Auber. A complete renovation of the station was started in 2017 and is due to be finished in 2022.

== Engineering == Auber is built in the style of the traditional vaulted Métro station as pioneered by Fulgence Bienvenüe, with central tracks and lateral platforms. The difference in engineering terms is that Auber (along with {{stn|Charles de Gaulle–Étoile}} and {{stn|Nation}} stations) was constructed at depth, entirely underground, on a far larger scale than any Métro station.

To build the 225-metre long, 24-metre wide train hall and its even larger piggy-backing ticket hall, it was necessary to excavate a cavity 40-metre wide, 20-metre high and 250-metre long—this 30-metre underneath the busy city centre in unstable waterlogged sedimentary rock.{{r|cg2003|p=33}} The resulting station is cathedral-like in proportions, with a ticket hall so spacious that there is room for a mezzanine. The entire construction is waterproofed on both sides by a 7-metre thick, 10-metre high abutment of concrete which contains escalators linking the two levels.{{r|cg2003|p=158}}

The station's eccentrically audacious scale and damp setting earned it references as "the world's largest submarine". With the other two deep single-vaulted stations on RER A it was retrospectively criticised on cost grounds. However, Auber is often mentioned as a good example of a planning policy attached to grand public spaces that was particularly current in the 1960s and in France.

Auber forms part of a complex of connected underground stations. The scale of Auber, in particular, makes the ensemble one of the largest underground stations in the world in terms of volume.

== Particulate pollution ==

During busy periods, PM10 particle pollution caused by train braking regularly reaches 400 μg/m<sup>3</sup> at Auber, eight times the EU Commission's daily average limit.{{r|ratp}}

== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights=160> Auber-RER-Paris-2005-Hall-1.jpg|Ticket hall of Auber Auber-RER-Paris-2005-Hall-2.jpg|Ticket hall of Auber RER Auber.jpg|Main hall Renovation of the main hall of Auber station in Paris - 2020-01-31.jpg|Renovation of the main hall in January 2020 Renovation of the main hall of Auber station in Paris - 2020-10-19.jpg|Renovation of the main hall in October 2020 </gallery>

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=cg2003>{{cite book |last1=Gérondeau |first1=Christian |title=La Saga du RER et le maillon manquant |date=2003 |publisher=Presse de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées |isbn=2-85978-368-7}}</ref> <ref name=ratp>{{cite web|url=http://data.ratp.fr/fr/les-donnees.html |title=Les données | Plateforme opendata de la RATP |access-date=24 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308043233/http://data.ratp.fr/fr/les-donnees.html |archive-date=8 March 2013 }}</ref> }}

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