La Plaine Stade de France, officially La Plaine Stade de France–Saint-Denis–Aubervilliers, is a station on the
line B of the
Réseau Express Régional
The Réseau Express Régional ( en, Regional Express Network), commonly abbreviated RER (), is a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris and its Île-de-France, suburbs. It acts as a combined city-centre underground rail syst ...
, a hybrid
suburban commuter and
rapid transit
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line. In the future, it will also be served by
Paris Metro Line 15
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. It is named after several nearby landmarks, the La Plaine district where the station is located, the nearby
Stade de France
The Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the sixth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium is used by the France national foot ...
stadium, the
Saint-Denis commune where the station is located, and the nearby
Aubervilliers
Aubervilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albertivillariens'' or ''Albertivillariennes''.
Geography
Localisati ...
commune. The station is in a suburb of Paris, in the
Seine-Saint-Denis
() is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobig ...
department of France.
The Stade de France is also served by the
RER D
RER D is one of the five lines in the (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a group ...
line from another nearby station,
Stade de France–Saint-Denis.
History
The station opened on 25 January 1998, in time for the
1998 World Cup, replacing a 1913 station known as La Plaine-Voyaguers. The station is the work of the architect
Jean-Marie Duthilleul
Jean-Marie Duthilleul (born 1952) is a French architect and civil engineer.
Education
He studied architecture at the École de Paris La Seine, Paris and engineering at the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts et Chaussées (now ).
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. The structure of the station is suspended with cables. The architectural style of the station echoes that of the namesake Stade de France stadium.
See also
*
List of stations of the Paris RER
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Organizations
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References
External links
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Railway stations in France opened in 1998
Gare de La Plaine-Stade de France
Railway stations in Seine-Saint-Denis
Réseau Express Régional stations
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
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