Val de Fontenay station
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Location | 10 Avenue du Val de Fontenay Fontenay-sous-Bois France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°51′16″N 2°29′21″E / 48.85431°N 2.48914°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 87113712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 8 December 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | 14,295,323 (according to RATP) 17,693,555 (according to SNCF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Val de Fontenay station is a Réseau Express Régional station in the Paris suburb Fontenay-sous-Bois. It is on the Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway and provides an interchange between the RER lines A and E.
The station
[edit]The station is named for a neighborhood of Fontenay-sous-Bois. It is served by line A (branch A4) and line E (branch E4).
Traffic
[edit]As of 2019[update], the estimated annual attendance was 14,295,323 passengers according the RATP Group[2] and 17,693,555 passengers according the SNCF.[3]
This attendance makes this station the second busiest station in the Val-de-Marne department.[4]
RER A
[edit]On the A line, Val de Fontenay is the first station on the branch A4, leading to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy and is also the busiest in terms of trains. Val de Fontenay (like Noisy-le-Grand-Mont d'Est) is served by every train running on this branch, unlike others which are skipped at certain times of day (Bry-sur-Marne and Lognes).
The station is served in each direction by:
- 12–18 trains on peak travel times.
- 9 trains per hour on off-peak hours.
- 6 trains per hour on week-ends.
- 4 trains per hour in the late evening.
Additional trains in off-peak times
[edit]Starting 4 February 2008, RATP changed the number of trains running on the RER A. In off-peak hours, there are now 12 trains per hour instead of 6. Of those 12 trains going to Marne-la-Vallée, 6 are direct between Val de Fontenay and Noisy-le-Grand (the stations of Neuilly-Plaisance and Bry-sur-Marne are skipped). This allows a passenger to save 2 minutes between Val de Fontenay and Noisy-le-Grand, as the trip drops from 7 minutes to 5 minutes without the two stops.
RER E
[edit]Since 30 August 1999, Val de Fontenay has also been served by the RER E. This is the branch E4, going between Haussmann–Saint-Lazare and Tournan. Train service on the E line consists of 6 trains per hour during the week in both directions. Towards Tournan, there are 4 trains per hour to Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise and 2 trains per hour to Tournan. Towards Haussmann–Saint-Lazare, trains coming from Villiers-sur-Marne stop at all stations, while trains coming from Tournan stop only at Noisy-le-Sec, Pantin, Rosa Parks and Magenta. In the evening, there are 4 trains per hour, alternating between Villiers-sur-Marne and Tournan and stopping at all stations.
Bus connections
[edit]The station is served by several buses:[5][6]
Gallery
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Station concourse
(with view on access to RER A platforms). -
Bus interchange station
(View from the main access) -
RER A platform – East end (towards Paris)
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RER A platform (towards Paris)
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RER E platform (towards Paris)
(View to the North) -
Main access to the bus interchange station
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RER A platforms in July 2022
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Access ZA Péripôle – Bois Galon
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Access Quartier des Alouettes
References
[edit]- ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités. 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". Open Data RATP (Data.Ratp.fr) (in French). RATP Group. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Fréquentation en gares en 2019 – Val de Fontenay". SNCF Open data (in French). SNCF – Gares & Connexions. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Bao Nguyen. "La fréquentation des gares en France". Datavisualisation SNCF (in French). Cf. Val-de-Marne department on map of France. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Plan du réseau de bus à l'Est de Paris (Secteur n°10)" [Map of the RATP bus network to the east of Paris (Sector n° 10).] (PDF). Ratp.fr (Color map showing the names of bus stops and main streets.) (in French). RATP Group. May 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Plan du réseau Noctilien (2017) – (Secteur : Paris & Sud-Est)" [Map of the night bus (Noctilien) network (2017) – (Sector: Paris and its south-eastern suburbs).] (PDF). Ratp.fr (Color map showing the names of the bus stops and the cities served.) (in French). RATP Group. April 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
External links
[edit]Media related to Gare du Val de Fontenay at Wikimedia Commons
- Val de Fontenay station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)