{{Short description|Metro station in Paris, France}} {{Infobox station | name = Olympiades | style = Paris Métro | image = Station Olympiades Métro Paris Ligne 14 - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-07-02 - 5.jpg | caption = Station view | address = [[Les Olympiades]] | borough = [[13th arrondissement of Paris|13th arrondissement]] of [[Paris]] | country = France | coordinates = {{coord|48|49|38|N|2|22|06|E|region:FR_scale:2000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | owned = [[RATP Group|RATP]] | accessible = Yes<ref>{{Cite map |date=May 2022 |title=Plan des lignes -personnes à mobilité réduite |trans-title=Line plan - persons with reduced mobility |url=https://www.ratp.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/Paris_PMR.pdf |website=[[RATP Group|RATP]] |language=fr}}</ref> | zone = [[Public transport fares in the Île-de-France|1]] | opened = {{Start date text|26 June 2007}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Paris Métro|line=14|left=Bibliothèque François Mitterrand|right=Maison Blanche}} | map_type = France Paris }}

'''Olympiades station''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔlɛ̃pjad|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Anonymât (Kvardek du)-Olympiades.wav}}) is a station on [[Paris Métro Line 14|Line 14]] of the [[Paris Métro]].

The station was formally inaugurated on 15 June 2007 in the presence of the Mayor of Paris, [[Bertrand Delanoë]].<ref>[http://www.metro-pole.net/actu/article830.html Métropole – Olympiades : fini de jouer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630095310/http://www.metro-pole.net/actu/article830.html |date=2007-06-30 }}</ref> It was opened to the general public at just before 5:30&nbsp;a.m. on 26 June 2007.<ref>[http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m14-sud/index.html RATP – Extension réseau] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308121749/http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m14-sud/index.html |date=2007-03-08 }}</ref> It takes its name from the area of high-rise residential tower blocks known as [[Les Olympiades]] in the heart of Paris's [[13th arrondissement of Paris|13th arrondissement]], to the east of the station [[Tolbiac (Paris Métro)|Tolbiac]], a quarter of Paris that was previously poorly served by the Metro. This area also contains the Tolbiac centre of the [[University of Paris]] and the largest [[Quartier Asiatique|Chinatown]] within Paris.

Since the opening of the station, residents of the area, as well as staff and students at the university, can now access [[Gare Saint-Lazare|Saint-Lazare]] railway station in 13 minutes and the centre of Paris in around 10 minutes. The station entrance is at the intersection of the Rue de Tolbiac and Rue Nationale. The station served as the southern terminus of Line 14 until it was extended south to [[Aéroport d'Orly station|Aéroport d'Orly]] on 24 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Compagnon |first=Sébastian |last2=Gairaud |first2=Marie-Anne |date=2024-06-24 |title=Ligne 14 de Saint-Denis - Pleyel à l’aéroport d’Orly : " Ces nouvelles stations, c’est vraiment waouh ! " |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/transports/ligne-14-de-saint-denis-pleyel-a-laeroport-dorly-ces-nouvelles-stations-cest-vraiment-waouh-24-06-2024-XCDH4PAG2RFYTLS4Z4VIVJT66Y.php |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== History ==

Originally called "Tolbiac-Nationale" in the initial [[Paris Métro Line 14|Line 14]] project, the opening of this station as part of the link between [[Gare Saint-Lazare|Saint Lazare]] and [[Maison Blanche (Paris Métro)|Maison Blanche]] station, was delayed due to a financial shortfall. The plans for Line 14 were revised and a first stage was embarked upon, in which the line ran from [[Madeleine (Paris Métro)|Madeleine]] to [[Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (Paris Métro and RER)|Bibliothèque François Mitterrand]]. This section was opened in 1998, from which the present station Olympiades was used as a temporary maintenance facility.

A new extension of the line of 676 metres was later decided upon and allocated funds; the maintenance facility was moved further down the tunnel. Like the rest of Line 14, the extension is essentially composed of a monotubular tunnel containing two tracks, one for each direction.

The extension was delayed by almost a year after its construction caused the collapse of the playground of Auguste-Perret school, located above one of the underground facilities. Further problems were encountered with the extension's automatisation.

The chosen name provoked tensions between the [[Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens|RATP]] (the Parisian transport authority), the city of Paris and the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (French National Olympic and Sport Committee), which owned the name. An agreement reached at the start of July 2006 found a compromise by allowing the use of this name within the restricted context of public transport.

A southern extension of [[Paris Métro Line 14|Line 14]] from Olympiades to [[Aéroport d'Orly station|Orly Airport]], with 6 intermediate stations, was built for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Calendrier |url=https://prolongementligne14-orly.fr/calendrier |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=Prolongement d'Olympiades à Aéroport d'Orly de la ligne 14 du métro |language=fr |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123061423/https://prolongementligne14-orly.fr/calendrier |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new maintenance facility was built in [[Morangis, Essonne|Morangis]], replacing the facility in the tail tracks at Olympiades. The extension opened on 24 June 2024.

== Architecture == The station's architecture is in keeping with the other stations of [[Paris Métro Line 14|Line 14]]. It is marked by concrete vaults as well as a high ceiling and platforms that are wider than average in the Paris Metro system.

== Station layout == {| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" width=50 valign=top|'''G''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Street Level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Exit/Entrance |- |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|'''B1''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Mezzanine |style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|to Exits/Entrances |- |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''B2''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]] with [[Platform screen doors|PSDs]], doors will open on the right}} |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|'''Southbound''' |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|← {{rint|paris|m|}} {{rint|paris|m|14}} toward {{stn|Aéroport d'Orly}} {{small|({{stn|Maison Blanche}})}} |- |- |'''Northbound''' |{{0|→}} {{rint|paris|m|}} {{rint|paris|m|14}} toward {{stn|Saint-Denis–Pleyel}} {{small|({{stn|Bibliothèque François Mitterrand}})}} → |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]] with [[Platform screen doors|PSDs]], doors will open on the right}} |}

== Gallery == <gallery> Metro Paris - Ligne 14 - station Olympiades 04.jpg|[[Paris Métro Line 14|Line 14]] platforms at Olympiades Metro Paris - Ligne 14 - station Olympiades 05.jpg|Line 14 platforms at Olympiades Metro Paris - Ligne 14 - station Olympiades 07.jpg|Line 14 platforms at Olympiades Métrolinie 14 (Paris).jpg|View of Olympiades from train Metro Paris - Ligne 14 - station Olympiades 03.jpg|Platform signage at Olympiades Station Métro Olympiades Paris 2.jpg|[[MP 05]] rolling stock at Olympiades Metro Paris - Ligne 14 - station Olympiades - Plan 01.jpg|Line 14 map at Olympiades </gallery>

== See also == * [[List of stations of the Paris Métro]] * [[List of stations of the Paris RER]]

== References == <references />

== External links == * {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070308121749/http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m14-sud/index.html Description of Olympiades project on the RATP website] {{Commons category|Olympiades (Paris Metro)}} {{13th arrondissement of Paris}} {{Paris Metro/line 14}}

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