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Transilien Line U
Transilien Line U, also known as "La Défense - La Verrière" or more often simply "ligne U", is a tangential commuter train link, which serves the western Paris region from La Défense. It links the Paris's business district of La Défense to La Verrière station, in the south-west of Ile-de-France. It is the only commuter train line in the Transilien network that does not originate from a large Parisian station. The line has 55,000 passengers per weekday in 2014. SNCF, 10/2014 Chronology *22 July 1988: A proposal is submitted to the '' Syndicat des transpor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines–Montigny-le-Bretonneux Station
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines–Montigny-le-Bretonneux is a station on the Paris–Brest railway. It is served by Paris's express suburban rail system, the RER Line C and by suburban Transilien Line N and U services. The station opened in 1975. It is within Montigny-le-Bretonneux. File:SQY Gare5.jpg, File:SQY Gare1.jpg, File:RER C - Gare SQY 9.JPG, File:Gare routière souterraine SQY.jpg, Bus interchange See also * List of stations of the Paris RER A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References External links * Réseau Express Régional stations Railway stations in Yvelines Railway stations in France opened in 1975 {{ParisRER-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Défense Station
La Défense () 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 to serve the newly-built Centre of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT); the RER entered service on . Highlights on the surface nearby include the monumental Grande Arche, skyscrapers that host the headquarters of importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNCF Class Z 5600
The SNCF Class Z 5600 is a double-deck electric multiple unit trainset that is operated by SNCF on line C of the Réseau Express Régional (RER), a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit system serving Paris and its Île-de-France suburbs and the TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional rail system. The 52 trainsets were built by a consortium of , TCF, and TCO between 1982 and 1985. The Z 5600 trainsets proved extremely successful and became the basis for the Z 2N series of trainsets, which were continuously improved over several generations. The Z 2N series was also the basis of the later MI 2N family of double-deck, dual power trainsets. History After the SNCF's successful introduction of the VB2N double-deck locomotive-hauled trainsets, the railway wanted to extend the concept of two-level to self-propelled equipment, also known as a multiple unit trainsets. Electric multiple unit trainsets offers a major advantage: the motors can be distributed across the entire trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Verrière Station
La Verrière is a railway station serving La Verrière, a western suburb of Paris, France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway. It is served by Transilien Line N trains from Paris-Montparnasse Gare Montparnasse (; Montparnasse station), officially Paris-Montparnasse, one of the six large Paris railway termini, is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. The station opened in 1840, was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to ... to Rambouillet, and it is the terminus of Transilien Line U from La Défense. External links * Railway stations in Yvelines Railway stations in France opened in 1849 {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Cyr Station
Saint-Cyr refers to the popular child-saint Saint Quiricus (Cyriacus), whose following was strong in France because relics were brought back from Antioch by the 4th-century Bishop Saint Amator of Auxerre. Saint-Cyr may refer to: Places France * École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, a French military academy; ''Saint-Cyr'' is a common name for the academy * École de Saint-Cyr, a boarding school for girls founded in 1684 by Madame de Maintenon * Saint-Cyr, Ardèche, in the department of Ardèche * Saint-Cyr, Haute-Vienne, in the department of Haute-Vienne * Saint-Cyr, Manche, in the department of Manche * Saint-Cyr, Saône-et-Loire, in the department of Saône-et-Loire * Saint-Cyr, Vienne, in the department of Vienne * Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or, in the department of Rhône * Saint-Cyr-de-Favières, in the department of Loire * Saint-Cyr-de-Salerne, in the department of Eure * Saint-Cyr-des-Gâts, in the department of Vendée * Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, in the department o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Versailles-Chantiers Station
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Versailles–Chantiers is the principal railway station serving the city of Versailles. It provides national service on the Paris–Brest railway line, as well as regional, and commuter (Paris) rail service. See also * List of stations of the Paris RER References External links * * Réseau Express Régional stations Railway stations in Yvelines Transport in Versailles Railway stations in France opened in 1849 Gare de Versailles-Chantiers Versailles–Chantiers is the principal railway station serving the city of Versailles. It provides national service on the Paris–Brest railway line, as well as regional, and commuter (Paris Paris () is the capital and most populou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaville-Rive-Droite Station
Chaville () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 km from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital. Geography Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north): *Sèvres *Meudon *Vélizy-Villacoublay *Viroflay *Ville-d'Avray. Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded. History Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is ''Inchadi villa''. Population Transport Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line: *Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite * Gare de Chaville-Rive-Gauche, on the Transilien suburban ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sèvres–Ville-d'Avray Station
Sèvres–Ville-d'Avray is a railway station in the commune of Sèvres ( department of Hauts-de-Seine). It is in the Île-de-France region of France and is part of the Transilien rail network. The station The station is on line L trains of the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare Saint-Lazare in central Paris and serve the north and north-west of Île-de-France region with Transilien ... network, as well as line U providing service between La Défense and La Verrière. There is a train in each direction every 15 minutes during the day, and every 30 minutes in the evening. External links * Railway stations in Hauts-de-Seine Railway stations in France opened in 1839 {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Cloud Station
Saint-Cloud is a station in the commune of Saint-Cloud ( department of Hauts-de-Seine). It is in the Île-de-France region of France and is part of the Transilien rail network. The station The station is on line L and U trains of the Transilien Paris–Saint Lazare network. It is at the junction of the Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche and Versailles–Rive Droite branches. Up until 1930, there was a branch about 160 m long providing service to the Château de Saint-Cloud The Château de Saint-Cloud was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, about west of Paris. On the site of the former palace is the state-owned Parc de Saint-Cloud. The château was exp .... References External links * Railway stations in Hauts-de-Seine Railway stations in France opened in 1839 {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puteaux Station
Puteaux is a railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ... in the town Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine department, in the western suburbs of Paris, France. The station originally opened on 18 July 1840, as part of the Paris to St Cloud and Versailles railway. External links * Railway stations in Hauts-de-Seine Railway stations in France opened in 1840 {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligne De Paris-Montparnasse à Brest
The ''ligne'' ( ), or line or Paris line, is a historic unit of length used in France and elsewhere prior to the adoption of the metric system in the late 18th century, and used in various sciences after that time. The ''loi du 19 frimaire an VIII'' (Law of 10 December 1799) states that one metre is equal to exactly 443.296 French lines. It is vestigially retained today by French and Swiss watchmakers to measure the size of watch casings, in button making and in ribbon manufacture. Current use Watchmaking There are 12 ''lignes'' to one French inch (''pouce''). The standardized conversion for a ligne is 2.2558291 mm (1 mm = 0.443296 ''ligne''), and it is abbreviated with the letter L or represented by the triple prime, . One ligne is the equivalent of 0.0888 international inch. This is comparable in size to the British measurement called " line" (one-twelfth of an English inch), used prior to 1824. (The French inch at that time was slightly larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
