Commerce is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the Rue du Commerce,
at the intersection with the Place du Commerce in the 15th arrondissement.
The station was opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from
La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle to Balard.
The rue du Commerce, as its name suggests, is a shopping street in the district of
Grenelle. The center section of the place du Commerce is occupied by a small urban park.
The street is very narrow; when the station was built underneath it, the platforms had
to be built offset from each other because of the limited space (as for the Métro station Liège).
Commerce station has two accesses, one on each side of the Place du Commerce. Both accesses
are entrance/exit types and both lead to a central underground hall with ticket vending machines
and information. The southern access is equipped with a street-bound mechanical elevator.
The Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, at the southern extremity of the rue du Commerce was built in 1825,
and massively renovated between 1924 and 1926.
There are two Vélib' bicycle stations near Commerce station, one on the rue Lakanal opposite the
station and one on the rue Violet on the far side of the Place du Commerce.
October 8, 2018