RER E
A train at Tournan station
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Route length: | 56 km |
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
Passengers daily | 372,000 |
Stations | 22nd |
opening | 1999 |
The RER E line is one of the RER lines in the Paris public transport system.
It is the youngest of the lines and also the only RER line that does not cross the city, but ends intra muros .
The line has its starting point in the RER station Haussmann - Saint-Lazare below the Boulevard Haussmann , which is, however, connected to the Saint-Lazare station and thus has a connection to the Métro.
history
planning
In autumn 1989 the French government approved the construction of two underground railway lines in Paris to relieve the RER line A. The RATP was supposed to build the so-called METEOR line as a fully automatic metro line Saint-Lazare - Tolbiac, today's line 14 . At the same time, the SNCF was commissioned to implement the EOLE project as a further RER line. EOLE stands for Est-Ouest liaison express ( east-west express connection )
construction
Construction work began in 1992. At first it was a question of combining the residential areas east of Paris with the business district in the northwest of the city, i.e. H. in the vicinity of the Saint-Lazare train station. A tunnel with two underground train stations was required for this. The construction of the tunnels and the two train stations in a densely populated area was very problematic. The problems that occurred meant that the line could only be completed two years later than originally planned.
The originally planned extension to the west was postponed to a later date at an early stage.
Commissioning
The first section to Chelles was put into operation in July 1999; in August the branch to Villiers followed, which was extended to Tournan in December 2003.
Rosa Parks - a new train station
Between the Magenta and Pantin stations, the new Rosa Parks station went into operation in December 2015 . It is the 22nd station on Line E and the third in Paris - all others are outside the Paris metropolitan area. 50,000 passengers are expected every day.
Construction work began in December 2011. This stop significantly improves transport links to the north-east of Paris. It is now also possible to change to tram line T3b and later, after completing the second section of line T8 , another change to trams will be added. After the western extension of the RER E goes into operation, Rosa Parks will be the terminus for trains coming from Normandy.
Route
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Rolling stock
Two different train types are currently in use: The 53 trains of the Z225000 series were delivered between 1995 and 2000. Eight trains of the Z50000 series , which are also known as Francilien, have been on the RER E routes since December 2015.
In the near future, these trains are to be replaced by 130 trains with the (provisional) name RER NG (NG = nouvelle génération). They are supplied by an Alstom-Bombardier consortium and with 2700 seats have 15% more transport capacity. Compared to the previous generation, the future trains should cause 20% lower operating costs and energy consumption should also drop significantly.
Travel times
- On the Haussmann - Saint-Lazare - Chelles route, all trains stop at all stations. The theoretical travel time is 27 minutes, but can be a little longer during rush hour.
- The trains with the final stop in Villiers stop at all stations en route. Travel time is 32 minutes.
- There are three different versions of the trains to Tournan:
- Without stopping at the train stations between Magenta and Val de Fontenay: 44 minutes
- Between Magenta and Val de Fontenay only stop in Noisy-le-Sec: 48 minutes
- Stop at all stations on the route: 55 minutes
Train names
The exact course of the line can be seen from a four-digit abbreviation, the first letter of which represents the terminus.
- C = Chelles-Gournay; Route E2
- E = Émerainville-Pontault-Combault
- H = Haussmann Saint-Lazare; Route E1
- J = Gagny
- N = magenta
- T = Tournan
- V = Villiers-sur-Marne - Le Plessis-Trévise; Route E4
Example: The “COLE” train goes to Chelles-Gournay, but the “VALO” goes to Villiers-sur-Marne. Both train runs start in Haussmann Saint-Lazare. To change from route E2 to E4, you need to change.
Passenger numbers
The following passenger numbers were determined for 2005 (the number of passengers boarding each day at the stations of the corresponding sections of the route):
Main route Haussmann - Saint-Lazare to Noisy-le-Sec | 150 600 |
Bondy branch - Chelles-Gournay | 42 500 |
Branch Pantin - Tournan | 83 250 |
total | 276 350 |
Around 25% of passengers boarded each of the first two stations on the main route (i.e. Haussmann - Saint-Lazare and Magenta). The number of passengers there increased by 75% in 2005 compared to 2000.
A passenger survey in 2005 showed that 45% of passengers had a monthly ticket ( Carte Orange ) and 35% an annual ticket. In 2000, the share of annual card holders was only 22%, the share of monthly card users was 56%.
future
Extension to the west
Lengthy planning
The first plans from 1989 were based on an east-west connection: rail lines east of Paris were to be linked through the urban area of Paris with rail lines west of Paris. But soon they were limited to the extension of the eastern route to the west of Paris - to the current terminus Haussmann - Saint-Lazare .
But in the years 2005-06 the problem arose again: The RER A line threatened to reach its capacity limits again, so that a permanent improvement in the transport links from Paris to Normandy via Mantes-la-Jolie had to be found. Finally, the plan was approved to connect the Haussmann - Saint-Lazare station to the west with La Défense and to expand the existing line to Mantes, and then the current Transilien line J and the current connection Paris-Saint-Lazare - Poissy - Mantes- to take over la-Jolie. Overall, this will extend the RER line E by 47 kilometers.
The construction project
Construction was originally supposed to start in 2015, which had to be postponed due to various problems. An eight-kilometer tunnel is being built from the Haussmann - Saint-Lazare station via Porte Maillot (change RER C ), La Défense (change RER A ) to Nanterre. Three new train stations will also be built: Porte Maillot, CNIT - la Défense and Nanterre-la-Folie. From Nanterre, the line will continue above ground via Poissy and Verneuil on existing tracks to Mantes-la-Jolie . A third track is being laid between the Épône - Mézières and Mantes station stations.
The section to Nanterre is due to open in 2022; the remaining route is to be opened around 2024. The connection should bring relief for the RER B (between Gare du Nord and Châtelet) and the RER A (between La Défense and Auber) in a range of 10% to 15% and also relieve the Châtelet-Les Halles transfer hub . The new connection has several transfer options to the existing (and to be expanded) rail networks, namely to RER A and RER C , to the Transilien lines L and U, to metro line 1 and the tram lines T1, T2 and T3.
The use of the trains is managed by a CBTC system . This is marketed by Siemens-France under the name NExTEO .
Funding agreements
It was not until the summer of 2016 that an agreement was reached on the distribution of the construction costs, which are estimated at 3.8 billion euros: the lion's share is borne by the SGP (Société du Grand Paris) with 1.4 billion euros and the Ile-de-France region 1.1 billion euros; The French state brings in 460 million euros. Other contributors are the SNCF (EUR 250 million), the STIF (EUR 81 million), the Yvelines (EUR 200 million) and Hauts-de-Seine (EUR 150 million), and the city of Paris (EUR 130 million) . Euro)
The STIF has to raise around two billion euros to purchase the trains.
Future rail operations
Unlike on the other RER routes, the trains will not connect between the end stations, but the trains coming from the west will end in the newly built Rosa Parks station, the trains coming from the east in the Nanterre station (to be built) -La slide . This means that in the overlapping area of the two sections, the availability of up to 22 trains per hour and direction will be higher than in the outer areas. It is also hoped that malfunctions in one outdoor area will not affect operations in the other outdoor area.
Future connection points with the region’s rail transport
The importance and popularity of line E is likely to increase in the next few years - especially on the routes east of Paris - because there will be a number of transfer connections and the like. a. to the metro network and above all to the Grand Paris Express . (Planning status for dates: 2014)
year | railway station | Connection to | Remarks |
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2018 | Noisy-le-Sec | Tangential north | Trunk line |
2019 | Rosny-Bois-Perrier | Extension of the M11 line to the east / south-east branch (E4) | |
around 2020 | Val de Fontenay | Extension of line M1 to the east / south-east branch (E4) | |
2025 | Chelles - Gournay | Line of the Grand Paris Express through the eastern suburbs / north-east branch (E2) | |
2025 | La Defense | Ring line of the Grand Paris Express / west branch of the RER E | |
2025 | Bondy | Grand Paris Express ring line / north-east branch (E2) | |
2025 | Rosny-Bois-Perrier | Grand Paris Express ring line / south-east branch (E4) | |
2025 | Val de Fontenay | Ring line of the Grand Paris Express / south-east branch of the RER (= E4) | |
2025 | Nogent - Le Perreux | Grand Paris Express ring line / south-east branch (E4) | |
? | Rosa Parks | Main line / extended line T8 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ LOTI balance sheet regarding the RER E, p. 4 f.
- ↑ Le parisien of December 11, 2015: Avec Rosa Parks, Paris s'offre une nouvelle gare RER (French), accessed on December 16, 2015
- ^ STIF information page on Rosa Parks train station
- ↑ mobilicites.com mobilicies.com of January 11, 2017: Le RER NG sera polyvalent (French), accessed on April 12, 2017.
- ↑ LOTI balance sheet with regard to the RER E p. 50 f.
- ↑ LOTI balance sheet with regard to the RER E p. 64 f.
- ↑ a b c STIF press release of July 13, 2016 (pdf, French); accessed on August 24, 2016
- ^ RER E: Prolongement d'Haussmann-Saint-Lazare à Mantes-la-Jolie. (PDF) STIF, February 2013, accessed on March 21, 2014 .