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]

Line U
Overview
Other name(s)La Défense – La Verrière
TerminiLa Défense
La Verrière
Stations11
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemTransilien
Operator(s)SNCF
Depot(s)Trappes
Rolling stockZ8800
Daily ridership55,000
History
Opened1995
Technical
Line length31 km (19 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Transilien Line U
to Rambouillet
 La Verrière
Trappes
St-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Cyr
Versailles-Chantiers
to Gare Montparnasse
towards Massy-Palaiseau or Invalides
to Versailles–Rive Droite
 Chaville Rive Droite
Sèvres Ville-d'Avray
to Porte de Versailles
 Saint-Cloud
Parc de St-Cloud
Val d'Or
Suresnes–Mont-Valérien
Suresnes Longchamp
Puteaux
La Défense
to Pont de Bezons
to Gare Saint-Lazare

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

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

See also


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