La Défense station
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Location | La Défense Puteaux France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°53′31″N 2°14′19″E / 48.891852°N 2.238539°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SNCF & RATP Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 87382218 (SNCF) / 87758011 (RER A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 15,329,402 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 9th out of 302 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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La Défense station (French pronunciation:
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
- RER Line A
- Line 1
- Paris St Lazare Group III :
- SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare – St Nom la Breteche–Forêt de Marly
- SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare – Versailles Rive Droite
- SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare –
- SNCF La Défense – La Verrière
- Tram Line 2
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
0 | Street level | Entrances/exits |
-1 | Platforms | |
-2 | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits passageway to RER/Transilien lines |
-3 | Platform 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 | toward Château de Vincennes (Esplanade de La Défense) → | |
-4 | Platforms | |
-5 | Platforms | (under construction) |
- Note: The two side platforms for Metro Line 1 are located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform.
Gallery
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RER A platforms
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Transilien platforms
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Paris Tramway Line 2platform
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Newautomatic platform gateson eastbound platform
In popular culture
Buffet froid, the film, begins at La Défense station.[5][6]
See also
- List of stations of the Paris Métro
- List of stations of the Paris RER
References
- ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités. 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Gare de La Défense". Transilien.
- ^ "La Défense : la Grande Arche passe en sous-titre". MétroPole. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "Il y a cinquante ans la RATP mettait la Défense à quatre minutes de l'Etoile". defense-92.fr. 21 February 2020.
- ^ File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG
- ^ "Buffet Froid (1979) - locations". IMDb.
Bibliography
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
External links
Media related to Gare de la Défense at Wikimedia Commons
- La Défense station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
- La Défense station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)