Transilien Line N

Transilien Line N is a railway line of the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this line travel between Gare Montparnasse in Paris and the west of Île-de-France region, with termini in Rambouillet, Dreux and Mantes-la-Jolie. The line has a total of 117,000 passengers per weekday.[1]

Line N
Overview
Termini	Paris-Montparnasse Dreux Mantes-la-Jolie Rambouillet
Stations	35
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Transilien
Operator(s)	SNCF
Rolling stock	Z8800, Z57000 BB 7600 + VB 2N BB 27300 + VB 2N
Daily ridership	117,000
History
Opened	10 September 1840 (first sections) 31 December 2004 (recreated as Line N)
Technical
Line length	117 km (73 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Transilien Line N
Paris-Montparnasse Vanves–Malakoff Clamart Meudon Bellevue Sèvres-Rive-Gauche Chaville-Rive-Gauche to Chaville–Vélizy Viroflay-Rive-Gauche to Chaville-Rive-Droite Versailles-Chantiers Saint-Cyr Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Fontenay-le-Fleury Trappes Villepreux–Les Clayes La Verrière Plaisir–Les Clayes Coignières Plaisir–Grignon Les-Essarts–Le-Roi Le Perray Rambouillet Beynes Mareil-sur-Mauldre Villiers–Neauphle–Pontchartrain Maule Montfort-l'Amaury–Méré Néezl–Aulnay Garancières–La Queue Épône–Mérières Orgerus–Béhoust Mantes-la-Jolie Tacoignières–Richebourg Houdan Marchezais–Broué Dreux

Rolling stock

As of March 2013, the following trains are operated on the line : SNCF Class Z 5300 (only on sections electrified with 1500 V direct current), SNCF Class BB 27300 and BB 7600 (SNCF Class BB 7200 modified, since 2012, also only on sections electrified with 1500 V direct current) with voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux coaches.

In the beginning of 2013, some Z 5300 trains are being removed from the line.

Rambouillet Line

Transilien Paris - Montparnasse routes map

This line according to SNCF will get from start to terminus in 1hr03mins, and operates as per this route, on the Paris–Brest railway:

• Gare Montparnasse
• Vanves - Malakoff Station
• Clamart Station
• Meudon Station
• Bellevue Station
• Sèvres-Rive-Gauche Station
• Chaville-Rive-Gauche Station
• Viroflay-Rive-Gauche Station
• Versailles-Chantiers Station
• 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

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 Paris–Brest railway up to Saint-Cyr, then on the ligne de Saint-Cyr à Surdon:

• 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 Île-de-France

• Marchezais - Broué Station
• Dreux Station

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 Paris–Brest railway up to Saint-Cyr, then on the ligne de Saint-Cyr à Surdon up to Plaisir, then on the ligne de Plaisir - Grignon à Épône - Mézières up to Épône - Méziéres, and finally on the Paris–Le Havre railway:
• Beynes Station
• Mareil-sur-Mauldre Station
• Maule Station
• Nézel - Aulnay Station
• Épône - Mézières Station
• Mantes-la-Jolie Station

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.

References

1. SNCF Transilien : Ligne N : plan, horaires, travaux, information, actualités SNCF, 10/2014

See also

• List of Transilien stations

External links

• (in French) Transilien Paris – Montparnasse on the Transilien website