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La Défense station

Coordinates:48°53′31″N2°14′19″E/ 48.891852°N 2.238539°E/48.891852; 2.238539
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La Défense
Grande Arche
RER A platforms at La Défense
RER Astation view in August 2020
General information
LocationLa Défense
Puteaux
France
Coordinates48°53′31″N2°14′19″E/ 48.891852°N 2.238539°E/48.891852; 2.238539
Operated bySNCF&RATP Group
Platforms
Tracks
  • Métro: 2
  • RER: 4
  • Tramway: 2
  • Transilien: 4
Construction
Accessible
  • Metro: Yes[1]
  • RER A: Yes, by request to staff
  • RER E: Yes, by prior reservation
  • Tramway: Yes
  • Transilien: Yes, by prior reservation[2]
Other information
Station code87758011RER A/ 87731430RER E
87382218Transilien Line L (Paris-Saint-Lazare)Transilien Line U
Fare zone3
History
OpenedApril 1959;65 years ago(1959-04)
Passengers
201715,329,402
Rank9th out of 302
Services
Preceding station Paris MétroParis Métro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Esplanade de La Défense
towardsChâteau de Vincennes
Preceding station RERRER Following station
Nanterre-Préfecture
towardsSaint-Germain-en-Laye,Cergy-le-HautorPoissy
 RER A Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
towardsBoissy-Saint-LégerorMarne-la-Vallée–Chessy
Nanterre–La Folie
Terminus
 RER E Neuilly–Porte Maillot
towardsChelles–GournayorTournan
Preceding station TransilienTransilien Following station
Puteaux
towardsSaint-Nom-la-BretècheorVersailles–Rive Droite
 Line L Courbevoie
towardsParis–Saint Lazare
Puteaux
towardsLa Verrière
 Line U Terminus
Preceding station Tramways in Île-de-FranceTram Following station
Puteaux
towards
 T2 Faubourg de l'Arche
towards

La Défense station(French pronunciation:[ladefɑ̃s]) is a station of theTransilien(Réseau Saint-Lazare) suburban rail lines,RERcommuter rail network,Paris Métro,as well as a stop of theÎle-de-France tramnetwork. In the future,Paris Metro Line 15ofGrand Paris Expresswill pass through here, making it a huge railway hub. It is underneath theGrande Archebuilding inLa Défense,the business district just west of Paris. The station is the western terminus ofMétro Line 1and connects theRER Aline to the Métro Line 1 station since 1992, theLine 2 tramwaysince 1994 andSNCF(Transilien) train station. It is also attached to amajor shopping centre.There are over 25 million entries and exits each year. A temporary specialSNCFservice began in April 1959(1959-04)to serve the newly-builtCentre of New Industries and Technologies(CNIT); theRERentered service on 19 January 1970(1970-01-19).[3][4][5]TheRER Estation built under the CNIT opened on 6 May 2024.

Highlights on the surface nearby include the monumental Grande Arche, skyscrapers that host the headquarters of important French and foreign companies, and works ofurban artsuch asLe PoucebyCésar Baldaccini.From the central esplanade theArc de Triomphecan be seen further down theAxe historique.Until May 2004, this part ofLa Défensehosted an information centre of theEuropean Unionmanaged by theEuropean Parliament.Like the district it serves, the station takes its name from the 19th-century statueLa Défense de Paris,commemorating theFranco-Prussian War.

Lines serving this station

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RER Estation

There are four platforms in the Transilien station:

In the morning:

  • Platforms 1 and 3 are used for PSL Group III lines to Paris
  • Platform 2 is used for PSL Group III lines to Versailles Rive Droite /St Nom la Breteche – Forêt de Marly
  • Platform 4 is used for La Défense – La Verrière line

In the afternoon:

  • Platform 1 is used for PSL Group III lines to Paris
  • Platforms 2 and 4 are used for PSL Group III lines to Versailles Rive Droite /St Nom la Breteche – Forêt de Marly
  • Platform 3 is used for La Défense – La Verrière line

Station layout

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-0 Street level Entrances/exits
-1 Platforms Tramways in Île-de-FranceÎle-de-France tramway Line 2TransilienTransilien Line L (Paris-Saint-Lazare)Transilien Line U
-2 Mezzanine to entrances/exits
passageway to RER/Transilien lines
-3 Platform 1 ←Paris MétroParis Métro Line 1termination platform
Side platformwithPSDs,doors will open on the left
Side platformwithPSDs,doors will open on the left
Platform 2 →Paris MétroParis Métro Line 1towardChâteau de Vincennes(Esplanade de La Défense)→
-4 Platform 1 →RERRER AtowardBoissy-Saint-LégerorMarne-la-Vallée–Chessy(Charles de Gaulle–Étoile)→
Island platform,doors will open on the left, right
Platform A →RERRER AtowardBoissy-Saint-LégerorMarne-la-Vallée–Chessy(Charles de Gaulle–Étoile)→
Platform B ←RERRER AtowardSaint Germain-en-Laye,Cergy-le-HautorPoissy(Nanterre-Préfecture)
Island platform,doors will open on the left, right
Platform 2 ←RERRER AtowardSaint Germain-en-Laye,Cergy-le-HautorPoissy(Nanterre-Préfecture)
-5 Platform 1 →RERRER EtowardChelles–GournayorTournan(Neuilly–Porte Maillot)→
Island platform,doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←RERRER EtowardNanterre–La Folie(Terminus)
  • Note:The two side platforms for Metro Line 1 are located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform.
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La Défense RER platform panorama
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Buffet froid,the film, begins at La Défense station.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Plan des lignes -personnes à mobilité réduite"[Line plan - persons with reduced mobility](PDF)(Map).RATP(in French). May 2022.Archived(PDF)from the original on 7 May 2024.Retrieved10 May2024.
  2. ^"Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant"[Map for travelers in wheelchairs](PDF).Île-de-France Mobilités.2023.Archived(PDF)from the original on 18 December 2023.Retrieved27 December2023.
  3. ^"Gare de La Défense".Transilien.Archivedfrom the original on 18 July 2020.Retrieved18 July2020.
  4. ^"La Défense: la Grande Arche passe en sous-titre".MétroPole.21 December 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 24 December 2009 – via web.archive.org.
  5. ^"Il y a cinquante ans la RATP mettait la Défense à quatre minutes de l'Etoile".defense-92.fr.21 February 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 1 November 2020.Retrieved18 July2020.
  6. ^File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG
  7. ^"Buffet Froid (1979) - locations".IMDb.Archivedfrom the original on 15 December 2004.Retrieved18 July2020.

Bibliography

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