Bellevue is a railway station in the
French commune of
Meudon in the
Île-de-France administrative region. It is on the
Paris–Brest railway. It is served by
Transilien trains from
Paris-Montparnasse to
Rambouillet
Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933.
Rambouillet lie ...
,
Dreux
Dreux () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Geography
Dreux lies on the small river Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, about 35 km north of Chartres. Dreux station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Gra ...
and
Mantes-la-Jolie.
History
From 1893 to 1934, the station served as an interchange with the upper station of the
Bellevue funicular.
Station
The station is served by trains on the
Transilien Paris – Montparnasse Line N, on the
Transilien network.
The station had two staggered
side platforms
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
and a central
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...
, serving four tracks. Access between platforms was via an
underpass. The two side platforms were used in case of difficulty or track maintenance.
The current structures date from the 1930s, when the
Montparnasse to
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...
line was quadrupled by
Raoul Dautry.
Interchanges
* Bus: 169, 389, TIM
* Night bus: N61
In modern times
Image:FLEURY 892 - Bellevue - La Gare, Ligne de Montparnasse.JPG, Station at the start of the 20th century
File:Gare de Bellevue - quais.jpg, Island platform and, to the left, side platform for the direction of Paris-Montparnasse
File:Gare de Bellevue - train.jpg, Train stopping at platform 2b, towards Paris-Montparnasse.
To the left and right, the side platforms can be seen
File:Gare de Bellevue - panneau.jpg, Rear of the station building
External links
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Railway stations in Hauts-de-Seine
Railway stations in France opened in 1840
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