La Defense station
La Defense | |
---|---|
Data | |
Location in the network | Crossing station |
Design |
Tower station tunnel station through station |
Platform tracks | 8th |
opening | 20th February 1970 |
location | |
City / municipality | Puteaux |
Department | Hauts-de-Seine department |
region | Île-de-France |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 48 ° 53 ′ 31 ″ N , 2 ° 14 ′ 19 ″ E |
Railway lines | |
|
|
List of train stations in France |
The La Défense station is a major hub of the Parisian transport. It is located in the Paris suburb of Puteaux below the La Défense office district . The station is used by around 70,000 travelers daily, most of whom are commuters from the office district. The metro line 1 also stops at the station , as well as regional trains ( Transilien ) to Versailles , La Verrière and Paris-Saint-Lazare . Line 2 of the Paris tram has had a stop in the station since 1997 .
future
The extension of the RER E will serve the station from 2022, thereby relieving line A. The Grand Paris Express will also stop at this station. From 2030, the planned high-speed routes to Normandy and LGV Picardy will be routed via the station, so that the station would become an important long-distance station in the west of Paris.