La Défense
RER A platforms at La Défense
Station view
General information
LocationLa Défense
Puteaux
France
Coordinates 48°53′31″N 2°14′19″E / 48.891852°N 2.238539°E / 48.891852; 2.238539
Operated bySNCF & RATP Group
Platforms
Tracks
  • Métro: 2
  • RER: 4
  • Tramway: 2
  • Transilien: 4
Construction
Accessible
  • RER A: Yes, by request to staff
  • Tramway: Yes
  • Transilien: Yes, by prior reservation[1]
Other information
Station code87382218 (SNCF) / 87758011 (RER A)
Fare zone3
History
OpenedApril 1959 (1959-04)
Passengers
201715,329,402
Rank9th out of 302
Services
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Esplanade de La Défense
towards Château de Vincennes
Preceding station RER RER Following station
Nanterre-Préfecture
towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy
 RER A Charles de Gaulle–Étoile
towards Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
Preceding station Transilien Transilien Following station
Puteaux
towards Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche or Versailles–Rive Droite
 Line L Courbevoie
towards Paris–Saint Lazare
Puteaux
towards La Verrière
 Line U Terminus
Preceding station Tramways in Île-de-France Tram Following station
Puteaux
towards
T2 Faubourg de l'Arche
towards
Future services
Preceding station RER RER Following station
Nanterre–La Folie
Terminus
 RER E Neuilly–Porte Maillot
towards Chelles–Gournay or Tournan

La Défense station (French pronunciation: [la defɑ̃s]) is a station of the Transilien (Réseau Saint-Lazare) suburban rail lines, RER commuter rail network, Paris Métro, as well as a stop of the Île-de-France tram network. In the future, Paris Metro Line 15 of Grand Paris Express will pass through here, making it a huge railway hub. It is underneath the Grande Arche building in La Défense, the business district just west of Paris. The station is the western terminus of Métro Line 1 and connects the RER A line to the Métro Line 1 station La Défense–Grande Arche since 1992, the Line 2 tramway since 1994 and SNCF (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a major shopping centre. There are over 25 million entries and exits each year. A temporary special SNCF service began in April 1959 to serve the newly-built Centre of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT); the RER entered service on 19 January 1970.[2][3][4]

Highlights on the surface nearby include the monumental Grande Arche, skyscrapers that host the headquarters of important French and foreign companies, and works of urban art such as Le Pouce by César Baldaccini. From the central esplanade the Arc de Triomphe can be seen further down the Axe historique. Until May 2004, this part of La Défense hosted an information centre of the European Union managed by the European Parliament. Like the district it serves, the station takes its name from the 19th-century statue La Défense de Paris, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War.

Lines serving this station

There are four platforms in the Transilien station :

In the morning:

  • Platforms 1 and 3 are used for PSL Group III lines to Paris
  • Platform 2 is used for PSL Group III lines to Versailles Rive Droite / St Nom la Breteche – Forêt de Marly
  • Platform 4 is used for La Défense – La Verrière line

In the afternoon:

  • Platform 1 is used for PSL Group III lines to Paris
  • Platforms 2 and 4 are used for PSL Group III lines to Versailles Rive Droite / St Nom la Breteche – Forêt de Marly
  • Platform 3 is used for La Défense – La Verrière line

Station layout

0 Street level Entrances/exits
-1 Platforms Tramways in Île-de-France Île-de-France tramway Line 2 Transilien Transilien Line L (Paris-Saint-Lazare) Transilien Line U
-2 Mezzanine to entrances/exits
passageway to RER/Transilien lines
-3 Platform 1 ← Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 termination platform
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the left
Side platform with PSDs, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1 toward Château de Vincennes (Esplanade de La Défense) →
-4 Platforms RER RER A
-5 Platforms RER RER E (under construction)
  • Note: The two side platforms for Metro Line 1 are located some distance apart, as opposed to one island platform.
La Défense RER platform panorama

Buffet froid, the film, begins at La Défense station.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités. 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gare de La Défense". Transilien.
  3. ↑ "La Défense : la Grande Arche passe en sous-titre". MétroPole. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009 – via web.archive.org.
  4. ↑ "Il y a cinquante ans la RATP mettait la Défense à quatre minutes de l'Etoile". defense-92.fr. 21 February 2020.
  5. ↑ File:Gare RATP La Défense.JPG
  6. ↑ "Buffet Froid (1979) - locations". IMDb.

Bibliography

  • Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
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