Fontenay-sous-Bois is a railway station on RER train network in

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History

Fontenay-sous-Bois station used to be served by the Bastille railway line ( Paris Bastille –

Marles-en-Brie Marles-en-Brie (, literally ''Marles in Brie'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Marlois''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne depart ...

), which ran from 1859 to 1969. It is now served by

RER line A RER A is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from east to west, with all t ...

Transport

Train

The station is served by a train every 10 minutes at off-peak time in both directions. That frequency is increased during peak hours, with up to 12 trains an hour, and falls to 1 train every 15 minutes at night.

Bus connections

The station is served by RATP Bus network lines: * Line from

Val de Fontenay The RER station Val de Fontenay is 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. In the future, Paris Metro Line 15, and extensions of Paris Me ...

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; * Line from

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to Château de Vincennes ; * Line , a shuttle service serving the different districts of Fontenay-sous-Bois.

Traffic

The number of people entering the station in 2014 was 2,469,377.

References

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