La Varenne–Chennevières station is a French railway station in

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Saint-Maur-des-Fossés () is a commune in Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southea ...

, in Val-de-Marne, France.

The station

The RER station was designed by Marcel Lods and opened in 1969. It is named after the former ''commune'' La Varenne, now part of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, and the close ''commune''

Chennevières-sur-Marne Chennevières-sur-Marne (, literally ''Chennevières on Marne'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History People have lived on the site of Chennevières-sur-Marne since pre-histo ...

. It is 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 ...

trains running on A2 branch, leading to Boissy-Saint-Léger. La Varenne–Chennevières is also a depot for trains. It houses premises for RATP officers training.

Service

The station is served in both directions by a train every 10 minutes at off-peak time, by 12 trains an hour during peak hours, and by a train every 15 minutes in the evening. It is also a terminus station for some trains at peak hours.

Bus connections

The station is served by several buses: * * Situs: 8 *

Gallery

File:Gare de La Varenne - Chennevières - Entrée avenue du Bac.jpg, Entrance of the station, avenue du Bac (north-west the tracks) File:RER A - Gare LaVarenne 7.JPG, Sign of the name station on a platform File:RER A - Gare LaVarenne 5.JPG, Carriage made of two different MS 61 materials
(MS 61 A/B and MS 61 R) File:RER A - Gare LaVarenne 3.JPG, MS 61 carriage about to leave toward Paris

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