Sèvres – Babylone (Paris Métro)

The Line 12 platforms opened as Sèvres – Croix-Rouge on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's Line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 27 March 1931, Line A became Line 12 of the Métro network. The station was named after the Rue de Sèvres, which in medieval times ran from Paris to Sèvres.

The Line 10 station was opened by the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris on 30 December 1923 as part of the first section of the Ligne circulaire intérieure (inner circular line) from Invalides (now on Line 13) to Croix-Rouge (a station east of Sèvres – Babylone, which was closed during World War II).

At the start, the Line 10 station was supposed to be named Babylone (in reference to the Rue de Babylone, named in 1673 after the Bishop of Babylon), while the nearby Line 12 station was still named Sèvres – Croix-Rouge. Shortly before the opening of Line 10, the city forced the two companies to form a common station, Sèvres – Babylone, but the sign for Line 10 read Sèvres-Babylone (emphasizing Babylone) and that of Line 12 by contrast read Sèvres-Babylone (emphasizing Sèvres).

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  Boulevard Raspail crossing the Rue de Sèvres and Rue de Babylone. Sèvres – Babylone Métro station on the left
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  Line 10 platforms at Sèvres – Babylone
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  Line 12 platforms at Sèvres – Babylone

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• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.