Val d'Europe is a railway station on the

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line in

Val d'Europe Val d'Europe (; lit. ''Valley of Europe'') is the eastmost part of the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, located around to the east of Paris, France. The Walt Disney Company created the town near Disneyland Paris resort. The final area of the district ...

, the eastmost part of the new town of

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. The station's full name is Serris – Montévrain – Val d'Europe, a recognition that the station serves more specifically the

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of Serris and Montévrain. 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. Demographics Inhabitants are calle ...

and the large shopping mall of Val d'Europe.

History

The district of Val d'Europe was planned and developed in conjunction with

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, who wished to create a new town near the

Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disney ...

resort. Thus, on 1 April 1992, RER line A was extended to Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy to serve

. To achieve the objective of better serving the

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 RATP Group was 4,656,709 passengers.

Services

The station has three accesses : * the first one towards Serris and Chessy, the

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and the bus station; * the second one towards Montévrain; * and the third one towards the hospital of

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 *

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: (between Paris (Gare de Lyon) and Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy –

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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) File:RER A - Gare ValdEurope 2.JPG, Train

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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