Transilien Line U
Transilien Line U is a railway line of the Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this line depart from La Défense Station in Paris's business district of La Défense. Transilien service from La Défense is part of the SNCF Saint-Lazare rail network. The line has 55,000 passengers per weekday.[1]
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| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | La Défense – La Verrière |
| Termini | La Défense La Verrière |
| Stations | 11 |
| Service | |
| Type | Commuter rail |
| System | Transilien |
| Operator(s) | SNCF |
| Depot(s) | Trappes |
| Rolling stock | Z8800 |
| Daily ridership | 55,000 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1995 |
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| Line length | 31 km (19 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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Chronology
- 22 July 1988: A proposal is submitted to the Syndicat des transports parisiens for a suburb-to-suburb tangentielle line between Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and the business district of La Défense.
- July 1991: The proposal is approved by the Syndicat des transports parisiens, with the line reusing existing infrastructure from the Grande Ceinture line.
- 28 May 1995: The La Défense–Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines line is opened to the public.
- end of 2004: The line is renamed Line U as part of a reworking of the Transilien network.
List of Line U stations
- La Défense
- Puteaux
- Suresnes-Mont-Valérien
- Saint-Cloud
- Sèvres–Ville-d'Avray
- Chaville-Rive-Droite
- Versailles-Chantiers
- Saint-Cyr
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines–Montigny-le-Bretonneux
- Trappes
- La Verrière
References
See also
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