Val d'Europe station explained


Val d'Europe
Style:Réseau Express Régional
Address:Place d'Ariane
Borough:Val d'Europe
Country:France
Coordinates:48.8554°N 2.7734°W
Operator:RATP Group
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Below-grade
Parking:633 spaces[1]
Bicycle:Parking station
Accessible:Yes, by request to staff[2]
Zone:5
Passengers:4,656,709
Pass Year:2019

Val d'Europe station is a railway station on the RER A line in Val d'Europe, the eastmost part of the new town of Marne-la-Vallée.

The station's full name is Serris – Montévrain – Val d'Europe, a recognition that the station serves more specifically the communes of Serris and Montévrain. The station also serves the nearby neighbourhoods of Chessy and Jossigny and the large shopping mall of Val d'Europe.

History

The district of Val d'Europe was planned and developed in conjunction with The Walt Disney Company, who wished to create a new town near the Disneyland Paris resort. Thus, on 1 April 1992, RER line A was extended to Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy to serve Disneyland Paris.

To achieve the objective of better serving the communes of the Val d'Europe, which was then in full expansion, and the Val d'Europe mall newly established, Val d'Europe station was built as an infill station on the already operating RER line and opened on 14 April 2001.[3] [4]

Traffic

Val d'Europe station has seen its ridership increase, in ten years, from zero to three million passengers in 2011.[5]

, the estimated annual attendance by the RATP Group was 4,656,709 passengers.[6]

Services

The station has three accesses :

RER A

The station is served by a train every 10 minutes to Paris and to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy. From 10 pm, frequency drops to 1 train every 30 minutes. Service starts at 5:16 am to Paris, at 5:53 am to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy and stops at 0:23 am to Paris and at 1:13 to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy.[7]

Bus connections

The station is served by several buses in a large bus station:[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: October 2020 . Plan Parc Relais labellisés . Map with park-and-rides labeled . 2023-12-27 . .
  2. Web site: 2023 . Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant . Map for travelers in wheelchairs . 2023-12-27 . Île-de-France Mobilités.
  3. News: Vincent Lepreux . 1 February 2001 . La gare RER va enfin ouvrir . fr . The RER station will finally open . . . Paris . . 7 August 2018 . 0767-3558 . 436625044 . Cette fois-ci, c'est promis, juré. La gare RER de Serris-Montévrain ouvrira bien « dans les premiers jours d'avril » [''This time, it's promised, sworn. The RER station of Serris-Montévrain will open well "in the first days of April"''].
  4. News: 8 June 2001 . La gare de Serris inaugurée aujourd'hui ! . fr . The Serris station inaugurated today! . . . Paris . . 7 August 2018 . 0767-3558 . 436625044 . Une nouvelle station sera inaugurée ce matin (…) [mais] la gare est ouverte au public depuis le 14 avril. [''A new station will be inaugurated this morning (...) [but] the station has been open to the public since 14 April.].
  5. Web site: . 6 June 2012 . Schéma Directeur du RER A . Master plan for the RER A line" . dead . http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stif.org%2FIMG%2Fpdf%2FDeliberation_no2012-0163_relative_au_schema_directeur_du_RER_A.pdf . 4 November 2021 . 24 . fr.
  6. Web site: Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019 . 15 August 2021 . Open Data RATP (Data.Ratp.fr) . . fr.
  7. Web site: 2013 . Horaires des premiers et derniers trains . Timetables of the first and last trains. . 19 August 2020 . Parisbytrain.com . . fr . Tables showing the timetables of the first and last trains at each metro and RER station..
  8. Web site: January 2020 . Plan du réseau de bus à Marne-la-Vallée (Secteur n°45). . Map of the bus networks in Marne-la-Vallée (Sector n° 45). . 23 August 2020 . Transdev-idf.com . . fr . Color map showing the names of bus stops and main streets..
  9. Web site: April 2017 . Plan du réseau Noctilien (2017) – (Secteur : Paris & Sud-Est). . Map of the night bus (Noctilien) network (2017) – (Sector: Paris and its south-eastern suburbs). . 19 August 2020 . Ratp.fr . . fr . Color map showing the names of the bus stops and the cities served..

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