Danube station (Paris Métro)

Danube (French pronunciation: [danyb]) is a station of the Paris Métro serving Line 7bis (westbound only).

It is named after Place de Danube, which was renamed Place Rhin-et-Danube in 1951 to commemorate the 1st French Army which had during the Italian campaign between 1943 and 1945 distinguished itself during the landing of Provence, then fought on the Rhine and Danube rivers in World War II.

Initially during the planning phase, it was envisioned that it will serve as the terminus, but was then moved to Place des Fêtes before finally deciding to create a one-way loop between these two stations with Pré-Saint-Gervais acting as the branch's commercial terminus.

As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station was renovated and modernised on 18 December 2007.

The station consists of 2 parallel half-stations linked by perpendicular cross passages with a single island platform flanked by 2 tracks.

Structure of the station. It is not established as an underground viaduct, as the model might suggest