La Défense station

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La Défense
Paris Métro RER Transilien Tramways in Île-de-France
Paris Métro, RER and Transilien station & tram stop
RER A platforms at La Défense
Station view
Location Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France
France
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Owned by SNCF & RATP
Operated by SNCF & RATP
Line(s)
  • Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1
  • RER RER A
  • Transilien Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare Transilien La Défense
  • Tramways in Île-de-France Île-de-France tramway Line 2
Platforms 2 (RER) / 2 (Transilien) / 2 (Métro) / 1 (Tramway)
Tracks 4 (RER) / 4 (Transilien) / 2 (Métro) / 2 (Tramway)
Other information
Station code 87382218 (SNCF) / 87758011 (RER A)
Fare zone 2 (RATP) / 3 (SNCF)
History
Opened April 1959; 65 years ago (1959-04)
(SNCF)
19 January 1970; 54 years ago (1970-01-19)
(RATP)
Traffic
Passengers 15,329,402 (2017) — 9th out of 302
Services
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La Défense (French pronunciation: ​[la defɑ̃s]) is a station of the Transilien (Réseau Saint-Lazare) suburban rail lines, RER commuter rail network, Paris Métro, as well as a stop of the Île-de-France tram network. In the future, Paris Metro Line 15 of Grand Paris Express will pass through here, making it a huge railway hub. It is underneath the Grande Arche building in La Défense, the business district just west of Paris. The station is the western terminus of Métro Line 1 and connects the RER A line to the Métro Line 1 station La Défense–Grande Arche since 1992, the Line 2 tramway since 1994 and SNCF (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a major shopping centre. There are over 25 million entries and exits each year. A temporary special SNCF service began in April 1959 (1959-04) to serve the newly-built Centre of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT); the RER entered service on 19 January 1970 (1970-01-19).[1][2][3]

Highlights on the surface nearby include the monumental Grande Arche, skyscrapers that host the headquarters of important French and foreign companies, and works of urban art such as Le Pouce by César Baldaccini. From the central esplanade the Arc de Triomphe can be seen further down the Axe historique. Until May 2004, this part of La Défense hosted an information centre of the European Union managed by the European Parliament. Like the district it serves, the station takes its name from the 19th-century statue La Défense de Paris, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War.

Lines serving this station

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 (Paris Métro)

G Street Level Exits/Entrances
M Mezzanine to Exits/Entrances
passageway to RER/Transilien lines
Line 1 platforms Platform 1 ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 termination platform
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the left
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 toward Château de Vincennes (Esplanade de La Défense)→
  • Note: These are two side platforms located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform; the layout does not show the platforms accurately.

Gallery

La Défense RER platform panorama
La Défense RER platform panorama

Metro

  • Station Défense Métro Paris Ligne 1 - Puteaux (FR92) - 2022-07-02 - 6.jpg

    MP 05 on Line 1

  • Metro L1 Grande-Arche IMG 5581.jpg

    MP 89 at La Défense (eastbound platform)

  • Metro L1 Grande-Arche IMG 1600.JPG

    New automatic platform gates on eastbound platform

In popular culture

Buffet froid, the film, begins at La Défense station.[4][5]

See also

References

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  4. ↑ File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Bibliography

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

External links

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