Réseau Express Régional
Réseau Express Régional ( RER for short, German for "Regional Express (bahn) netz") isthe common namein French-speaking countries for S-Bahn -like suburban rail transport systems. The first RER system was introduced in the Paris area (see Réseau express régional d'Île-de-France ). The first two lines ( A and B , 1977) areoperated jointlyby the local transport company RATP ( Metro ) and the state railway SNCF , the later lines C , D and E solely by SNCF.
Busy train stations on the Paris RER
station | Passenger volume (in millions) |
place |
---|---|---|
Paris north | 46.8 | Paris |
Paris-Gare-de-Lyon | 35.3 | Paris |
La Defense | 30.2 | Puteaux |
Nanterre-Prefecture | 23.1 | Nanterre |
Châtelet - Les Halles | 18.4 | Paris |
Val de Fontenay | 11.9 | Fontenay-sous-Bois |
All other stations have fewer than 10 million passengers. Only the number of boarding passengers for 2013 is given. Transferring persons were not recorded.
RER systems outside Paris
There are other RER systems in other major French cities and in francophone Switzerland (e.g. the Léman Express ). For the Belgian capital Brussels operates Belgian state railway also a commuter train , which was referred to in the planning and RER, but now Train S 's.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Trafic annuel entrant par station (2013). Mairie de Paris, April 11, 2014, accessed June 8, 2014 (XLS).