Париж метросы: Бусико станциясы

Metro station in Paris, France

Boucicaut (busiko) is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the former Boucicaut Hospital (integrated into the Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou since 2000) and the rue Boucicaut (now rue Marguerite Boucicaut, named after the philanthropic couple Marguerite (1816 1877) and Aristide Boucicaut (1810 1877)). It is the fourth of eight stations on the network to be been named after a woman, after Barbès–Rochechouart (lines 2 and 4), Madeleine (lines 8, 12, and 14), and Chardon Lagache (line 10). The remaining four stations are Louise Michel (line 3), and more recently, Pierre et Marie Curie (line 7), Barbara (line 4), and Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (line 4 and the upcoming line 15).

The station opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte Picquet Grenelle to Balard. As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors were renovated and modernised on 27 March 2007. In 2019, the station was used by 3,152,108 passengers, making it the 162nd busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 1,734,347 passengers amidst the COVID 19 pandemic, making it the 141st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 2,288,055 passengers, making it the 252nd busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. The station was featured in Michel Houellebecq's poem, Station Boucicaut, in his collection, Renaissance.

The station is the last station on the line in the direction of Balard to have a standard configuration with 2 tracks surrounded by 2 side platforms.

The station is also served by line 62 of the RATP bus network.