Gare de Versailles-Rive-Droite
Transilien commuter rail station | |||||||||||
Location |
40 rue du Maréchal Foch | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°48′35″N 2°8′5″E / 48.80972°N 2.13472°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RFF / SNCF | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 central | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 at platform + 9 siding | ||||||||||
Connections | bus | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 4 August 1839 | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers | 17000 | ||||||||||
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Versailles - Rive-Droite (French pronunciation: [veʁsaij ʁiv dʁwat]) is a railway station in the Parisian suburb of Versailles in the département of Yvelines. The western terminus of the Paris-Versailles railway line, it is situated in the Notre-Dame section of the town.
History
James Mayer de Rothschild received the concession to build a rail line from Paris to Versailles. Designed by state engineers, the line shared a common trunk from Gare Saint-Lazare to Asnières-sur-Seine. The line was opened by the sons of Louis-Philippe on 2 August 1839.
The station was designed by the architect Alfred Armand.
The Station
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 Versailles. It is a terminal station with two tracks at platform, as well as six siding tracks and two yard leads, and serves as a coach yard for line L South.
See also
- Other train stations in Versailles:
- Versailles - Rive Gauche
- Versailles - Chantiers
- Montreuil
- Porchefontaine