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{{Short description|Railway station in France}}
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{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| name = La Défense
| name = La Défense<br />{{resize|70%|''Grande Arche''}}
| native_name =
| style = Réseau Express Régional
| image = La Défense station hall - 2020-08-18.jpg
| native_name_lang =
| symbol_location = paris
| symbol = metro
| symbol2 = rer
| symbol3 = transilien
| symbol4 = tram
| type = [[Paris Métro]], [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]], [[Transilien]] & [[Tramways in Île-de-France|Tram]] station
| image = Rame MI09 du RER A - DEF - IMG 1560.jpg
| alt = RER A platforms at La Défense
| alt = RER A platforms at La Défense
| caption =
| caption = [[RER A]] station view in August 2020
| address = [[Puteaux]], [[Arrondissement of Nanterre]], Hauts-de-Seine
| address = [[La Défense]]
| borough = [[Île-de-France]]
| borough = [[Puteaux]]
| country = France
| country = France
| coordinates = {{coord|48.891852|N|2.238539|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|48.891852|N|2.238539|E|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| owned = [[SNCF]] & [[RATP Group]]
| owned =
| operator = [[SNCF]] & [[RATP Group]]
| operator = SNCF & RATP Group
| line = {{rail color box|system=PM|line=1}} {{rail color box|system=RER|line=A}} {{rail color box|system=Transilien|line=L}} {{rail color box|system=Transilien|line=U}} {{rint|paris|t|}} {{rint|paris|t|2}}
| distance =
| distance =
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|Métro: 2 [[side platform]]s|RER: 2 [[island platform]]s|Tramway: 1 island platform|Transilien: 2 island platforms}}
| platforms = 2 <small>(SNCF)</small> / 2 <small>(RATP Group)</small> / 1 <small>(Tramway)</small>
| tracks = 4 <small>(SNCF)</small> / 4 <small>(RATP Group)</small> / 2 <small>(Tramway)</small>
| tracks = {{Unbulleted list|Métro: 2|RER: 4|Tramway: 2|Transilien: 4}}
| train_operators =
| train_operators =
| connections =
| connections =
Line 28: Line 21:
| parking =
| parking =
| bicycle =
| bicycle =
| disabled =
| accessible = {{Unbulleted list
| Metro: Yes<ref>{{Cite map |date=May 2022 |title=Plan des lignes -personnes à mobilité réduite |trans-title=Line plan - persons with reduced mobility |url=https://www.ratp.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/Paris_PMR.pdf |website=[[RATP Group|RATP]] |language=fr |access-date=10 May 2024 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507201002/https://www.ratp.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/Paris_PMR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| code = 8738221 <small>(SNCF)</small> / 8775801 <small>(RER A)</small>
| RER A: Yes, by request to staff
| zone = 2 <small>(RATP Group)</small> / 3 <small>(SNCF)</small>
| RER E: Yes, by prior reservation
| Tramway: Yes
| Transilien: Yes, by prior reservation<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant |trans-title=Map for travelers in wheelchairs |url=https://eu.ftp.opendatasoft.com/stif/PlansRegion/Plans/UFR.pdf |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=[[Île-de-France Mobilités]] |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218182742/https://eu.ftp.opendatasoft.com/stif/PlansRegion/Plans/UFR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
| code = 87758011 {{R-I|paris|r|a}} / 87731430 {{R-I|paris|r|e}}<br>87382218 {{rint|paris|transilien|L}} {{rint|paris|transilien|U}}
| zone = 3
| website =
| website =
| opened = {{Start date|1959|04||df=y}} <small>(SNCF)</small><br />{{Start date|1970|01|19|df=y}} <small>(RATP Group)</small>
| opened = {{Start date and age|1959|04||df=y}}
| closed =
| closed =
| passengers = 15,329,402 <small>(2017)</small> — <small>(9th out of 303)</small>
| passengers = 15,329,402
| pass_year =
| pass_year = 2017
| pass_rank =
| pass_rank = 9th out of 302
| services = {{s-rail|title=PM}} {{s-line|system=PM|line=1|previous=|next=Esplanade de La Défense}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Paris Métro
{{s-rail-next|title=RER}}
|line1=1|right1=Esplanade de La Défense
{{s-line|system=RER|line=A|type=wall|type2=eall|previous=Nanterre-Préfecture|next=Charles de Gaulle–Étoile}}
|system2=Réseau Express Régional
{{s-rail-next|title=Transilien}}
|line2=A|left2=Nanterre-Préfecture|right2=Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
{{s-line|system=Transilien|line=L|type2=SV|previous=Courbevoie|next=Puteaux}}
|line3=E|left3=Nanterre–La Folie|right3=Neuilly–Porte Maillot
{{s-line|system=Transilien|line=U|previous=|next=Puteaux}}
|system4=Transilien
|line4=L|left4=Puteaux|right4=Courbevoie|to-left4=NomVers
|line5=U|left5=Puteaux
|system6=Tramways in Île-de-France
|line6=2|left6=Puteaux|right6=Faubourg de l'Arche
}}
}}
}}


'''La Défense''' ({{IPA-fr|la defɑ̃s|}}) is a station of the [[Transilien]] ([[Réseau Saint-Lazare]]) suburban rail lines, [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]], [[Paris Métro]] and [[Tramways in Île-de-France|tram]]. It is underneath the [[Grande Arche]] building in [[La Défense]], the business district just west of Paris. The station is the western [[Terminal train station|terminus]] of [[Paris Métro Line 1]] and connects the RER Line A to the Metro Line 1 station '''La Défense–Grande Arche''' since 1992, the T2 tramway since 1994 and [[SNCF]] (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a [[:fr:Les Quatre Temps|major shopping centre]]. There are 25.62&nbsp;million entries and exits each year. [[SNCF]] began in {{Start date|1959|04||df=y}}, [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] began on {{Start date|1970|01|19|df=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transilien.com/fr/gare/la-defense-grande-arche-8738221|title=Gare de La Défense|website=Transilien}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro-pole.net/actu/article1166.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224210200/http://www.metro-pole.net/actu/article1166.html|url-status=dead|title=La Défense : la Grande Arche passe en sous-titre|date=December 21, 2009 |archive-date=December 24, 2009|website=MétroPole|via=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defense-92.fr/transports/il-y-a-cinquante-ans-la-ratp-mettait-la-defense-a-quatre-minutes-de-letoile-63804|title=Il y a cinquante ans la RATP mettait la Défense à quatre minutes de l’Etoile|website=defense-92.fr|date=Feb 21, 2020}}</ref>
'''La Défense station''' ({{IPA|fr|la defɑ̃s}}) is a station of the [[Transilien]] ([[Réseau Saint-Lazare]]) suburban rail lines, [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] commuter rail network, [[Paris Métro]], as well as a stop of the [[Tramways in Île-de-France|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 [[Paris Métro Line 1|Métro Line 1]] and connects the [[RER A]] line to the Métro Line 1 station since 1992, the [[Île-de-France tramway Line 2|Line 2 tramway]] since 1994 and [[SNCF]] (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a [[Les Quatre Temps|major shopping centre]]. There are over 25&nbsp;million entries and exits each year. A temporary special [[SNCF]] service began in {{Start date|1959|04||df=y}} to serve the newly-built [[Centre of New Industries and Technologies]] (CNIT); the [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] entered service on {{Start date|1970|01|19|df=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transilien.com/fr/gare/la-defense-grande-arche-8738221|title=Gare de La Défense|website=Transilien|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718214937/https://www.transilien.com/fr/gare/la-defense-grande-arche-8738221|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metro-pole.net/actu/article1166.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224210200/http://www.metro-pole.net/actu/article1166.html|url-status=dead|title=La Défense : la Grande Arche passe en sous-titre|date=21 December 2009 |archive-date=24 December 2009|website=MétroPole|via=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defense-92.fr/transports/il-y-a-cinquante-ans-la-ratp-mettait-la-defense-a-quatre-minutes-de-letoile-63804|title=Il y a cinquante ans la RATP mettait la Défense à quatre minutes de l’Etoile|website=defense-92.fr|date=21 February 2020|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101143303/https://defense-92.fr/transports/il-y-a-cinquante-ans-la-ratp-mettait-la-defense-a-quatre-minutes-de-letoile-63804|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[RER E]] station built under the CNIT opened on 6 May 2024.


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]].
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==
Until May 2004, this part of [[La Défense]] hosted an information centre of the European Union managed by the [[European Parliament]].
[[File:Vue d'ensemble du quai de la gare de la Défense depuis un escalier mécanique.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[RER E]] station]]


* [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] [[RER A|Line A]] and [[RER E|Line E]]
Like the district it serves, the station takes its name from the 19th-century statue ''La Défense de Paris'', commemorating the Franco-Prussian War.
* [[Paris Métro]] [[Paris Métro Line 1|Line 1]]

==Lines serving this station==
* [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] [[RER A|Line A]] (Paris Zone 1–2 tickets not valid)
* [[Paris Métro Line 1|Line 1]] (terminus, Paris Zone 1–2 tickets valid)
* Paris St Lazare Group III :
* Paris St Lazare Group III :
** SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare – [[Gare de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche-Forêt-de-Marly|St Nom la Breteche–Forêt de Marly]]
** SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare – [[Gare de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche-Forêt-de-Marly|St Nom la Breteche–Forêt de Marly]]
** SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare – Versailles Rive Droite
** SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare – Versailles Rive Droite
* SNCF La Défense – La Verrière
* SNCF La Défense – La Verrière
* [[Paris Tramway Line 2|Tram Line 2]]
* [[Tramways in Île-de-France|Île-de-France tramway]] [[Île-de-France tramway Line 2|Line 2]]


There are four platforms in the Transilien station :
There are four platforms in the Transilien station :
Line 74: Line 77:
* Platform 3 is used for La Défense – La Verrière line
* Platform 3 is used for La Défense – La Verrière line


==Station layout (Paris Métro)==
==Station layout==
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|'''{{0|-}}0'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exits/Entrances
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Entrances/exits
|-
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''M'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|'''-1'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Mezzanine
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Platforms
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|to Exits/Entrances<br />passageway to RER/Transilien lines
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|{{rint|paris|t}} {{rint|paris|t|2}} {{rint|paris|transilien}} {{rint|paris|transilien|L}} {{rint|paris|transilien|U}}
|-
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''Line 1 platforms'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|'''-2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Platform {{color|#f2c931|'''1'''}}
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Mezzanine
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|1}} termination platform
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|to entrances/exits<br />passageway to RER/Transilien lines
|-
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''-3'''
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 0 gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]] with [[Platform screen doors|PSDs]], doors will open on the left}}
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray"|Platform 1
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray"|← {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|1}} termination platform
|-
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]] with [[Platform screen doors|PSDs]], doors will open on the left}}
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]] with [[Platform screen doors|PSDs]], doors will open on the left}}
|-
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]] with [[Platform screen doors|PSDs]], doors will open on the left}}
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform {{color|#f2c931|'''2'''}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|1}} toward [[Château de Vincennes (Paris Métro)|Château de Vincennes]] {{small|([[Esplanade de La Défense (Paris Métro)|Esplanade de La Défense]])}}→
|Platform 2
|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|1}} toward {{stl|Paris Métro|Château de Vincennes}} {{small|({{stl|Paris Métro|Esplanade de La Défense}})}} →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" rowspan=6 valign=top|'''-4'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray"|Platform 1
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" valign=top|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|r}} {{R-I|paris|r|a}} toward [[Boissy-Saint-Léger station|Boissy-Saint-Léger]] or [[Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station|Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy]] {{small|([[Charles de Gaulle–Étoile]])}} →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left, right}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Platform A
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|r}} {{R-I|paris|r|a}} toward [[Boissy-Saint-Léger station|Boissy-Saint-Léger]] or [[Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station|Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy]] {{small|([[Charles de Gaulle–Étoile]])}} →
|-
|Platform B
|← {{R-I|paris|r}} {{R-I|paris|r|a}} toward [[Gare de Saint-Germain-en-Laye|Saint Germain-en-Laye]], [[Gare de Cergy-le-Haut|Cergy-le-Haut]] or [[Poissy station|Poissy]] {{small|([[Nanterre-Préfecture station|Nanterre-Préfecture]])}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left, right}}
|-
|Platform 2
|← {{R-I|paris|r}} {{R-I|paris|r|a}} toward [[Gare de Saint-Germain-en-Laye|Saint Germain-en-Laye]], [[Gare de Cergy-le-Haut|Cergy-le-Haut]] or [[Poissy station|Poissy]] {{small|([[Nanterre-Préfecture station|Nanterre-Préfecture]])}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''-5'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray"|Platform 1
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray"|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|r}} {{R-I|paris|r|e}} toward [[Chelles–Gournay station|Chelles–Gournay]] or [[Tournan station|Tournan]] {{small|([[Neuilly–Porte Maillot station|Neuilly–Porte Maillot]])}} →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|Platform 2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|← {{R-I|paris|r}} {{R-I|paris|r|e}} toward {{stn|Nanterre–La Folie}} {{small|(Terminus)}}
|}
|}
*'''Note:''' These are two side platforms located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform; the layout does not show the platforms accurately.
*'''Note:''' The two side platforms for Metro Line 1 are located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">

<gallery widths=200 heights=150>
File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG|[[RER A]] platforms
File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG|[[RER A]] platforms
File:Gare SNCF La Défense.JPG|[[Transilien]] platforms
File:Gare SNCF La Défense.JPG|[[Transilien]] platforms
File:Paris 06 2012 T2 tram 3156.JPG|[[Paris Tramway Line 2]] platform
File:Paris 06 2012 T2 tram 3156.JPG|[[Paris Tramway Line 2]] platform
File:Station Défense Métro Paris Ligne 1 - Puteaux (FR92) - 2022-07-02 - 6.jpg|[[MP 05]] on [[Paris Métro Line 1|Line 1]]
</gallery>

[[File:GareGrandeArche.jpg|thumb|left|727px|La Défense RER platform panorama]]

{{clear left}}

===Metro===

<gallery widths=200 heights=150>
File:Metro L1 Grande-Arche IMG 5570.jpg|[[Paris Métro Line 1|Line 1]], Exit D
File:Metro L1 Grande-Arche IMG 5581.jpg|[[MP 89]] at La Défense (eastbound platform)
File:Metro L1 Grande-Arche IMG 1600.JPG|New [[automatic platform gate]]s on eastbound platform
File:Metro L1 Grande-Arche IMG 1600.JPG|New [[automatic platform gate]]s on eastbound platform
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{wide image|GareGrandeArche.jpg|727px|La Défense RER platform panorama}}

== In popular culture ==
[[Buffet froid]], the film, begins at La Défense station.<ref>[[:File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078913/locations|title=Buffet Froid (1979) - locations|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=15 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215103223/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078913/locations|url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.
*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.


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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Transilien website|8738221}}
* {{Transilien website|8738221}}
* {{GaresConnexions website}}


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Latest revision as of 16:48, 4 October 2024

La Défense
Grande Arche
RER A platforms at La Défense
RER A station view in August 2020
General information
LocationLa Défense
Puteaux
France
Coordinates48°53′31″N 2°14′19″E / 48.891852°N 2.238539°E / 48.891852; 2.238539
Operated bySNCF & RATP Group
Platforms
Tracks
  • Métro: 2
  • RER: 4
  • Tramway: 2
  • Transilien: 4
Construction
Accessible
  • Metro: Yes[1]
  • RER A: Yes, by request to staff
  • RER E: Yes, by prior reservation
  • Tramway: Yes
  • Transilien: Yes, by prior reservation[2]
Other information
Station code87758011 RER A / 87731430 RER E
87382218 Transilien Line L (Paris-Saint-Lazare) Transilien Line U
Fare zone3
History
OpenedApril 1959; 65 years ago (1959-04)
Passengers
201715,329,402
Rank9th out of 302
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Esplanade de La Défense
towards Château de Vincennes
Preceding station RER RER Following station
Nanterre-Préfecture
towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy
 RER A Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
towards Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
Nanterre–La Folie
Terminus
 RER E Neuilly–Porte Maillot
towards Chelles–Gournay or Tournan
Preceding station Transilien Transilien Following station
Puteaux
towards Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche or Versailles–Rive Droite
 Line L Courbevoie
towards Paris–Saint Lazare
Puteaux
towards La Verrière
 Line U Terminus
Preceding station Tramways in Île-de-France Tram Following station
Puteaux
towards
T2 Faubourg de l'Arche
towards

La Défense station (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 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).[3][4][5] The RER E station built under the CNIT opened on 6 May 2024.

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

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RER E 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

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0 Street level Entrances/exits
-1 Platforms Tramways in Île-de-France Île-de-France tramway Line 2 Transilien Transilien Line L (Paris-Saint-Lazare) Transilien Line U
-2 Mezzanine to entrances/exits
passageway to RER/Transilien lines
-3 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) →
-4 Platform 1 RER RER A toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy (Charles de Gaulle–Étoile) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Platform A RER RER A toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy (Charles de Gaulle–Étoile) →
Platform B ← RER RER A toward Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy (Nanterre-Préfecture)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Platform 2 ← RER RER A toward Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy (Nanterre-Préfecture)
-5 Platform 1 RER RER E toward Chelles–Gournay or Tournan (Neuilly–Porte Maillot) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ← RER RER E toward Nanterre–La Folie (Terminus)
  • Note: The two side platforms for Metro Line 1 are located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform.
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La Défense RER platform panorama
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Buffet froid, the film, begins at La Défense station.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Plan des lignes -personnes à mobilité réduite" [Line plan - persons with reduced mobility] (PDF) (Map). RATP (in French). May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités. 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Gare de La Défense". Transilien. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Il y a cinquante ans la RATP mettait la Défense à quatre minutes de l'Etoile". defense-92.fr. 21 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. ^ File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG
  7. ^ "Buffet Froid (1979) - locations". IMDb. Archived from the original on 15 December 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

Bibliography

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