Val d'Europe is a railway station on the
RER A line in
Val d'Europe, the eastmost part of the
new town
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of
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée () is a new town located near Paris, France.
Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.
Statu ...
.
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
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Demographics
Inhabitants are known as ''Montévrinois''.
Education
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. The station also serves the nearby neighbourhoods of
Chessy and
Jossigny
Jossigny () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the Val de Bussy sector of Marne-la-Vallée. As of 2018, its population was 671.
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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
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, who wished to create a new town near the
Disneyland Paris resort. Thus, on 1 April 1992,
RER line A
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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.
Traffic
Val d'Europe station has seen its ridership increase, in ten years, from zero to three million passengers in 2011.
, the estimated annual attendance by the
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was 4,656,709 passengers.
Services
The station has three accesses :
* the first one towards
Serris and
Chessy, the
shopping mall
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and the bus station;
* the second one towards
Montévrain
Montévrain () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France.
Demographics
Inhabitants are known as ''Montévrinois''.
Education
...
;
* and the third one towards the hospital of
Jossigny
Jossigny () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the Val de Bussy sector of Marne-la-Vallée. As of 2018, its population was 671.
Demographics
Inhabitants are called ...
.
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.
Bus connections
The station is served by several buses in a large bus station:
* ''Pep's'': 02, 22, 32, 34, 42, 43, 44, 46
* ''Seine-et-Marne Express'' Bus: 16, 18
* ''Marne et Morin (Grand Morin)'': 06, 19, 58, 60, 69-Express
* ''Disneyland shuttle'': MS Selected, HCU
*
Noctilien: (between
Paris (Gare de Lyon) and
Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy –
Disneyland
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)
Gallery
File:Gare Val Europe Montévrain 2018-09-29 1.jpg, West side entrance in the evening
(serving neighbourhoods of Montévrain
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Demographics
Inhabitants are known as ''Montévrinois''.
Education
...
)
File:RER A - Gare ValdEurope 2.JPG, Train MI 84
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arriving at the station
(towards Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy)
and sign indicating the name of the station
File:RER A - Gare ValdEurope 11.JPG, General view to the west
(towards Paris)
from the halfway point of the station.
File:RER A - Gare ValdEurope.JPG, General view to the east
(towards Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy)
from the halfway point of the station.
References
{{Marne-la-Vallée
Réseau Express Régional stations
Railway stations in France opened in 2001
Railway stations in Seine-et-Marne