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La Varenne–Chennevières station is a French railway station in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in Val-de-Marne, France.
La Varenne–Chennevières | |||||||||||
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| Location | Avenue du Mesnil Saint-Maur-des-Fossés France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°47′42″N 2°30′46″E / 48.7950°N 2.5128°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP Group | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ligne de Vincennes | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 station tracks + 2 bypass tracks | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes, by request to staff[1] | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87758185 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1969 | ||||||||||
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The station edit
The RER station was designed by Marcel Lods and opened in 1969. It is named after the former commune La Varenne, now part of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, and the close commune Chennevières-sur-Marne.
It is served by RER line A trains running on A2 branch, leading to Boissy-Saint-Léger.
La Varenne–Chennevières is also a depot for trains. It houses premises for RATP officers training.
Service edit
The station is served in both directions by a train every 10 minutes at off-peak time, by 12 trains an hour during peak hours, and by a train every 15 minutes in the evening. It is also a terminus station for some trains at peak hours.
Bus connections edit
The station is served by several buses:[2]
Gallery edit
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Entrance of the station, avenue du Bac (north-west the tracks) -
Sign of the name station on a platform -
Carriage made of two different MS 61 materials
(MS 61 A/B and MS 61 R) -
MS 61 carriage about to leave toward Paris
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Plan du réseau de bus du Val-de-Marne (Secteur n°12)" [Map of the RATP bus network in Val-de-Marne (Sector n° 12).] (PDF). Ratp.fr (Color map showing the names of bus stops and main streets.) (in French). RATP Group. September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
External links edit
Media related to Gare de La Varenne - Chennevières at Wikimedia Commons