Rosa Parks station (

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: ''Gare Rosa Parks'') is a railway station in the

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, France near the Porte d'Aubervilliers. It is on the RER network, and also has a tram stop. The station opened on 13 December 2015, and bears the name of American

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activist

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History

The station, initially named Évangile because of its proximity to Rue de l'Évangile, is located on the site of the former Est-Ceinture and Évangile stations, both part of the Parisian circular line " Petite Ceinture". The remnants of Évangile station were demolished in 2011. A new stop on Tram Line 3b opened at the station site on 15 December 2012 and the RER station opened on 13 December 2015. The station bears the name of American

activist

. Explaining the name, Annick Lepetit, deputy of

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(

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from 2001 to 2014) in charge of transport, stated: "We wanted at least 50% female names. There has been much debate, especially with RATP, which favours existing place names, but for Rosa Parks there was a consensus: this is necessary for a tram station, it is a strong symbol".

Services

The station, located on the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville and Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railways, both departing from

Paris-Est The Gare de l'Est (; English: "Station of the East" or "East station"), officially Paris Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, not far southeast from the Ga ...

, is served by the suburban line

RER E RER E is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris and its suburbs. The line travels between western and eastern suburbs, with all ...

Île-de-France tramway Line 3b The Île-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...

opened on 15 December 2012 with a stop located at the station.

Future

The extension of RER line E to

Mantes-la-Jolie station Mantes-la-Jolie is a railway station in the town Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines department, northwestern France. It is on the Paris–Le Havre railway, Paris to Le Havre railway at the point where the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway, line to Cae ...

is planned for December 2026. It is planned that the extension will be served by 6 trains per hour, and that these trains will have a Paris terminus at Rosa Parks. In order to accommodate this, two turnback platforms will be built.

Gallery

Gare Rosa Parks - 03-2016 - 01.jpg, A

Z 22500 The SNCF Class Z 22500, also known as the MI 2N "Eole" or MI 2N (French: ''Matériel d'Interconnexion à 2 Niveaux, Est Ouest Liaison Express'', English: ''two-level interconnection rolling stock for the east west express link'') is a double-de ...

to approaching the station platform Gare d'Est-Ceinture quais.jpg, The old Est-Ceinture station, January 1900 Gare Évangile 01.jpg, The area of the old Évangile station in 2010 Station tramway Rosa Parks.jpg, T3b tram stop operating, 2015

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