Nanterre–Préfecture () is a RER train station in the commune of

Nanterre Nanterre (; ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, b ...

, west of central

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, in the department of

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

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. The station was opened on 1 October 1973, on the "ligne de St-Germain" connecting and . It is the westernmost station of the central trunk segment of the

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. The line splits at this station into multiple branches headed westward; the A1 (to ) and the A3 and A5 branches (to and ) respectively.

Station

Nanterre-Préfecture is an underground station located close to the

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of the department of

, hence the name. The central part of RER A, as well as A1 to Germaine-en-Laye, are operated by

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. The branches A3 to Cergy and A5 to Poissy are operated by

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. The station has the central platform, where trains depart to the center of Paris, and two side platforms, one for A1 and one for A3/A5.

History

In 1965, following the extension of the agglomeration far beyond the city limits of Paris, RATP and SNCF came out with the plan of the transport network development, which, in particular, included the development of RER. In 1969, RATP bought from SNCF the railway connecting Boisy-Saint-Léger and

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and built a stretch between Bastille and

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. On 14 December the new line (RER) started operation. On 21 January 1970, RATP bought a railway line between

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and Saint-Germain-en-Laye ("ligne de St-Germain"). On 1 October 1972, the service started between and . This stretch was not yet connected to the eastern part of RER A. In October 1973 the station of Nanterre-Préfecture was open in the existing tunnel and started operation. On 9 December 1977, the western and the eastern stretches were connected, and thus Nanterre-Préfecture was placed on RER A line. On 29 May 1988, service in the direction of Cergy started.

Service

The trains depart with the following frequency: * towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye: 1 train every 10 minutes in off-peak times, 12 trains/hour during peak hours and 1 train every 15 minutes in the evening; * towards Poissy: 1 train every 20 minutes in off-peak times, 6 trains/hour during peak hours and a train every 30 minutes in the evening; * towards Cergy-le-Haut: 1 train every 10 minutes in off-peak times and in the peak hours (except in the evening), 1 train every 20 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays (except in the evening) and 1 train every 30 minutes every day in the evening; * towards Paris, Boissy-Saint-Léger, and Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy: 15 trains per hour in off-peak times and 18 trains/hour during peak hours (except in the evening), 12 trains/hour on Saturdays and Sundays (except in the evening), 8 trains/hour every day in the evening.

Bus connections

* * : 92

Passenger traffic

More than 21,000 passengers daily used the station as of 2011. The number of passengers was predicted to increase to 25,000 by 2012, because of the construction around the station with the goal of improving its accessibility.

Gallery

File:Nanterre - Prefecture P1000132.jpg, Concourse File:Gare nanterre prefecture quai saint germain.jpg, platform for Saint Germain en Laye File:Gare nanterre prefecture quai boissy.jpg, platform for Boissy Saint Léger

References

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