RER C
RER C train on the Pont Rouelle bridge
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Route length: | 187 km |
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
Passengers daily | 540,000 |
Stations | 84 |
opening | 1979 |
The line C is one of the five RER -lines of Greater Ile-de-France around the city Paris . It connects the train stations Pontoise (end of the line C1 ), Montigny-Beauchamp ( C3 ), Versailles-Château Rive-Gauche ( C5 ) and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ( C7 ) with the capital Paris and with Massy-Palaiseau ( C2 ), Dourdan-La-Forêt ( C4 ), Saint-Martin-d'Etampes ( C6 ) and Versailles-Chantiers ( C8 ). With a length of 187 km, it is the longest of the Paris RER lines and also the one with the most branches. Some important tourist destinations are on the line, the most prominent example being Versailles Palace . Their sometimes very confusing structure makes them difficult to use, not only for tourists. In 2012, the Versailles-Rive-Gauche station closest to the Versailles Palace was renamed Versailles-Château Rive-Gauche. It only appears on the network maps as Versailles-Château. This was done explicitly with the motivation to make it easier for Parisian tourists to find their way around.
history
- 1979: The line was brought into being by connecting the previously separate suburban lines Versailles-Paris-Invalides and Paris-Gare d'Orsay (today Musée d'Orsay) -Étampes.
- 1988: The northern branch of the line was opened, which branches off at the Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel station via the Pont Rouelle and the Île aux Cygnes in the direction of Montigny-Beauchamp.
- 2000: Extension of the northern branch to Pontoise , opening of the new Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station in the east .
- 2006: Removal of the Argenteuil – Ermont-Eaubonne branch and incorporation into the Transilien
Route
Since the line is not divisible by cardinal points, but z. T. is cyclical in itself, the branches are shown here, from which the common route within Paris from west to east is traversed. Only the most important stations with transfer options are mentioned.
Northern branch C1 and C3
- Pontoise ( C1 ) (and)
- Montigny-Beauchamp ( C3 )
- Ermont-Eaubonne ( - former branch to Argenteuil, now direct connection to Saint-Lazare)
- Gennevilliers
- Porte de Clichy
- Pereire - Levallois
- Porte Maillot
- Avenue Foch / Porte Dauphine
- Boulainvilliers / La Muette
- Avenue du President Kennedy
Southwest branches C5 and C7
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C 5 Versailles Château
- Versailles-Château Rive-Gauche
- Porchefontaine
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C 7 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Versailles-Chantiers ( C8 coming from the east )
Southern branches C2, C4 and C6
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C4 Dourdan la-Fôret
- Jusivy
- Savigny-sur-Orge ( C8 )
- Brétigny-sur-Orge ( C6 )
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C6 Saint-Martin d'Étampes
- Savigny-sur-Orge ( C8 )
- Jusivy
- Etampes
- Brétigny-sur-Orge ( C4 )
Central branch through downtown Paris
- Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel - Bir-Hakeim
- Pont de l'Alma
- Invalides
- Musée d'Orsay via Solférino
- Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame
- Gare d'Austerlitz
- Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (nearby)
Train names
On the Paris RER trains, the destination of the respective train is indicated by four letters, each of which should result in a name (e.g. LOLA). Each potential terminus has its own letter, so the first letter of the displayed name is the identifier for the terminus.
- A = Gare d'Austerlitz
- B = Brétigny-sur-Orge
- C = Versailles Chantiers via Juvisy; Line C8
- D = Dourdan; Line C4
- E = étampes; Line C6
- F = Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
- G = Montigny-Beauchamp
- J = Juvisy-sur-Orge
- K = Chaville-Vélizy
- L = Invalides (Paris)
- M = Massy-Palaiseau via Pont de Rungis; Line C2
- N = Pontoise
- P = Boulevard Victor
- R = Pont de Rungis-Aeroport d'Orly
- S = Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; Line C7
- V = Versailles Château; Line C5
The “CIME” train goes to Versailles Chantiers, while the “VICK” train goes to Versailles Château, which is located to the north, directly at the Palace of Versailles . Train "ELBA" ends in Saint-Martin d'Étampes.
The 1995 bombing
On October 17, 1995, a bomb exploded on board a train between the Musée d'Orsay and Saint-Michel stations at around 7:00 a.m. There were no deaths, but about 30 were injured.
Accidents
- August 13, 2007: A train rams a buffer stop at Versailles-Château-Rive-Gauche station. There are no injuries.
- December 20, 2009: A train derailed in Choisy-le-Roi after hitting a concrete block in the noise barrier that had fallen on the tracks. 36 passengers are injured.
- July 12, 2013: In the railway accident in Brétigny-sur-Orge, an intercity train derails and rams a platform on which passengers are waiting for RER C trains. The accident kills 7 people and injures another 70, nine of them seriously.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Communiqué de presse du STIF du jeudi 2 février 2012 - Deux gares du RER C from changer de nom ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 909 kB)