Versailles Rive Droite station () is a terminal railway station serving the city of

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

, a wealthy suburb located west of Paris, France. The "Rive Droite" () in the station's name refers to the trains' destination of Paris–Saint Lazare station being on the right bank of the

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river. The station is operated by SNCF, the French national railway. It is served by Line L of the

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's commuter rail system, the

Transilien Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail and tram-train network operated by SNCF and serving Île-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of lines Transilien Line H, H, Transilie ...

. The station is one of several in Versailles, but sees fewer trains than the main Versailles Chantiers station, and is not located as close to the

Palace of Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

as Versailles Château Rive Gauche station

History

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received the concession to build a rail line from Paris to

. Designed by state engineers, the line shared a common trunk from

Gare Saint-Lazare The Gare Saint-Lazare (; ), officially Paris Saint Lazare, is one of the seven large mainline List of Paris railway stations, railway station terminals in Paris, France. It was the first railway station built in Paris, opening in 1837. It mostly ...

Asnières-sur-Seine Asnières-sur-Seine () is a Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine, some eight kilometr ...

. The line was opened by the sons of

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on 2 August 1839. The station was designed by the architect Alfred Armand.

Services

The station is served by line L trains of the Transilien Paris – Saint Lazare network. It is the terminus of the eponymous branch of the Transilien L South network. It is one of five stations in

. It is a terminal station with two tracks at platform, as well as six siding tracks and two yard leads, and it serves as a coach yard for line L South.

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* Railway stations in Yvelines Transport in Versailles Railway stations in France opened in 1839 {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub

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