Val d'Europe station
Railway station in Serris, France
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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.
Val d'Europe
France
Serris–Montévrain Val d'Europe | |||||||||||
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Main entrance at the east side of the station (serving Val d'Europe shopping centre). | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Place d'Ariane Val d'Europe France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°51′19″N 2°46′24″E | ||||||||||
| Operator | RATP Group | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Below-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 633 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | Parking station | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes, by request to staff[2] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 87730069 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 14 April 2001 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 4,656,709 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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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]
As of 2019[update], the estimated annual attendance by the RATP Group was 4,656,709 passengers.[6]
Services
The station has three accesses :
- the first one towards Serris and Chessy, the shopping mall and the bus station;
- the second one towards Montévrain;
- and the third one towards the hospital of Jossigny.
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:
Gallery
West side entrance in the evening
(serving neighbourhoods of Montévrain)
Train MI 84 arriving at the station
(towards Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy)
and sign indicating the name of the station
General view to the west
(towards Paris)
from the halfway point of the station.
