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 Metro Line 1 and Tram 1 will go here as well.

The station

The station is named for a neighborhood of Fontenay-sous-Bois. It is served by line A (branch A4) and line E (branch E4).

Traffic

, the estimated annual attendance was 14,295,323 passengers according the RATP Group and 17,693,555 passengers according the SNCF.

This attendance makes this station the second busiest station in the Val-de-Marne department.

RER A

On the A line, Val de Fontenay is the first station on the branch A4, leading to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy and is also the busiest in terms of trains. Val de Fontenay (like Noisy-le-Grand-Mont d'Est) is served by every train running on this branch, unlike others which are skipped at certain times of day (Bry-sur-Marne and Lognes).

The station is served in each direction by:
* 12–18 trains on ''peak travel times''.
* 9 trains per hour on ''off-peak hours''.
* 6 trains per hour on ''week-ends''.
* 4 trains per hour in the ''late evening''.

Additional trains in off-peak times

Starting 4 February 2008, RATP changed the number of trains running on the RER A. In off-peak hours, there are now 12 trains per hour instead of 6. Of those 12 trains going to Marne-la-Vallée, 6 are direct between Val de Fontenay and Noisy-le-Grand (the stations of Neuilly-Plaisance and Bry-sur-Marne are skipped). This allows a passenger to save 2 minutes between Val de Fontenay and Noisy-le-Grand, as the trip drops from 7 minutes to 5 minutes without the two stops.

RER E

Since 30 August 1999, Val de Fontenay has also been served by the RER E. This is the branch E4, going between Haussmann–Saint-Lazare and Tournan. Train service on the E line consists of 6 trains per hour during the week in both directions. Towards Tournan, there are 4 trains per hour to Villiers-sur-Marne and 2 trains per hour to Tournan. Towards Haussmann–Saint-Lazare, trains coming from Villiers-sur-Marne stop at all stations, while trains coming from Tournan stop only at Noisy-le-Sec, Pantin, Rosa Parks and Magenta. In the evening, there are 4 trains per hour, alternating between Villiers-sur-Marne and Tournan and stopping at all stations.

Bus connections

The station is served by several buses:
* RATP Bus network lines: , , , , and ;
* ''Les Autobus du Fort'' Bus network line : 702 ;
* Noctilien network night bus lines: , and .

Gallery

File:Gare RER A de Val-de-Fontenay - 2012-06-29 - IMG 2994.jpg, alt= Station concourse, Station concourse
(with view on access to RER A platforms).
File:Gare RER A de Val-de-Fontenay - 2012-06-29 - IMG 2985.jpg, alt=, Bus interchange station
(View from the main access)
File:Gare RER A de Val-de-Fontenay - 2012-06-29 - IMG 3010.jpg, RER A platform – East end ''(towards Paris)''
File:Gare Val Fontenay RER A Fontenay Bois 4.jpg, RER A platform ''(towards Paris)''
(with view of a service indicator sign)
File:Gare RER E de Val-de-Fontenay - 2012-06-26 - IMG 2740.jpg, RER E platform ''(towards Paris)''
(View to the North)
File:Gare RER A de Val-de-Fontenay - 2012-06-29 - IMG 2986.jpg, Main access to the bus interchange station
Quais Ligne A RER IdF Gare Val Fontenay - Fontenay-sous-Bois (FR94) - 2022-07-23 - 1.jpg, RER A platforms in July 2022
File:GareValDeFontenay Sortie3.jpg, Access ''ZA Péripôle – Bois Galon''
File:GareValDeFontenay Sortie4.jpg, Access ''Quartier des Alouettes''

References

External links

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Réseau Express Régional stations
Railway stations in France opened in 1977
Railway stations in Val-de-Marne