Transilien Line N is a railway line of the

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

Transilien Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail network serving Île-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of eight lines: H, J, K, L, N, U, P and R, each operated by SNCF, t ...

suburban rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are ...

network operated by the SNCF. The trains on this line travel between

Gare Montparnasse Gare Montparnasse (; Montparnasse station), officially Paris-Montparnasse, one of the six large Paris railway termini, is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. The station opened in 1840, was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to a ...

and the west of

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

region, with termini in

Rambouillet Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933. Rambouillet l ...

Dreux Dreux () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Geography Dreux lies on the small river Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, about 35 km north of Chartres. Dreux station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Gra ...

and

Mantes-la-Jolie Mantes-la-Jolie (, often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. It is located to the west of Paris, from the centre of the capital. Mantes-la-Jolie is a subpre ...

on a total of . The line has a total of 117,000 passengers per weekday. Passenger service started in 2004.

Rolling stock

As of October 2022, the following trains are operated on the line :

SNCF Class Z 57000 The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail tra ...

(Regio 2N),and occasionally SNCF Class Z 8800. Former rolling stock include SNCF Class Z 5300, which only ran on sections electrified with 1500 V direct current, SNCF Class BB 27300 and (

SNCF Class BB 7200 The SNCF Class BB 7200 is a 1.5 kV DC electric locomotive operated by the SNCF in France. It is the DC version of the ' Nez Cassé' family of locomotives built between 1976 and 1985 by Alstom. They are rated for of continuous power. SNCF C ...

modified, since 2012, also only on sections electrified with 1500 V direct current) with voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux coaches, which are currently being withdrawn alongside Z 8800 material.

Rambouillet Line

This line, according to SNCF, will travel from start to the terminus in 1 hour, and operates as per this route, on the

Paris–Brest railway The railway from Paris to Brest is a 622-kilometre long railway line in France that connects Paris and the western port city Brest, via Le Mans and Rennes. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway ...

: *Gare Montparnasse * Vanves–Malakoff station *

Clamart station Clamart is a railway station in Clamart, a southwestern suburb of Paris, France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway. It is served by Transilien trains from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet, Dreux and Mantes-la-Jolie Mantes-la-Joli ...

* Meudon station * Bellevue station * Sèvres-Rive-Gauche station * Chaville-Rive-Gauche station * Viroflay-Rive-Gauche station *

Versailles-Chantiers station Versailles–Chantiers is the principal railway station serving the city of Versailles. It provides national service on the Paris–Brest railway line, as well as regional, and commuter (Paris) rail service. See also * List of stations of th ...

* Saint-Cyr station * Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines–Montigny-le-Bretonneux station * Trappes station * La Verrière station * Coignières station * Les Essarts-le-Roi station * Le Perray station *

Rambouillet station Rambouillet is a railway station serving Rambouillet, a southwestern suburb of Paris, France. It is on the Paris–Brest railway, leading from Paris-Montparnasse to Brest via Chartres, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in ...

This line is electrified using a 1500 V direct current.

Dreux Line

This line according to SNCF will get from start to terminus in 1hr, and operates as per this route, on the

up to Saint-Cyr, then on the : *same route as the Rambouillet line between Paris-Montparnasse and Saint-Cyr * Fontenay-le-Fleury station * Villepreux–Les-Clayes station * Plaisir–Les-Clayes station * Plaisir–Grignon station * Villiers–Neauphle–Pontchartrain station * Montfort-l'Amaury–Méré station * Garancières–La Queue station * Orgerus–Béhoust station * Tacoignières–Richebourg station * Houdan station :Leave

* Marchezais–Broué station *

Dreux station Gare de Dreux is a railway station serving the town Dreux, Eure-et-Loir department, northwestern France. Services The station is served by regional trains to Argentan, Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, wit ...

This line is electrified using a 1500 V direct current between the Montparnasse station and the Plaisir-Grignon station, and a 25000 V alternating current elsewhere.

Mantes-la-Jolie Line

*same route as the Dreux line between Paris-Montparnasse and Plaisir - Grignon, on the

up to Saint-Cyr, then on the up to Plaisir, then on the up to Épône - Méziéres, and finally on the

Paris–Le Havre railway The Paris–Le Havre railway is an important 228-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the northwestern port city Le Havre via Rouen. Among the first railway lines in France, the section from Paris to Rouen opened on 9 May 1843, foll ...

: *

Beynes station Beynes may refer to: * Beynes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of France. * Beynes, Yvelines Beynes () is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. Population See also ...

Mareil-sur-Mauldre station Mareil-sur-Mauldre (, literally ''Mareil on Mauldre'') is a commune in the Yvelines department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * ...

* Maule station * Nézel–Aulnay station * Épône–Mézières station *

Mantes-la-Jolie station Mantes-la-Jolie is a railway station in the town Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines department, northwestern France. It is on the Paris–Le Havre railway at the point where the line to Caen and Cherbourg diverges. Services The station is served by seve ...

This line is electrified using a 1500 V direct current between the Montparnasse station and the Plaisir-Grignon station, and a 25000 V alternating current elsewhere.

Names of service

Like other Transilien lines the name of service consists of four letters, but is not always displayed on trains, but it can be seen on passenger information display systems. Taking ''GEPU'' (which is for a train that runs express between Paris-Montparnasse and Sèvres-Rive-Gauche then stops all stations to Plaisir-Grignon) as an example, the table describes how names of services are structured. There is also codes given to Chartres TER services, which are ''PACE'' towards Paris-Montparnasse, and ''CAPO'' towards Chartres.

References

External links

*
Transilien Paris – Montparnasse
on the Transilien website {{DEFAULTSORT:Transilien Transilien