Val d'Europe station

Val d'Europe is a railway station on the RER A line in Val d'Europe district of Marne-la-Vallée. The station's full name is Serris – Montévrain – Val d'Europe, a recognition that the station also serves the nearby communes of Serris and Montévrain.

Serris–Montévrain Val d'Europe
RER station
Entrance of the station.
Location	France
Coordinates	48.855385°N 2.773383°E / 48.855385; 2.773383
Owned by	RATP Group
Operated by	RATP Group
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	8773006
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	14 April 2001 (2001-04-14)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	4,094,800
Services
Preceding station   RER   Following station Bussy-Saint-Georges toward Cergy-le-Haut Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy toward Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy

The town of Val d'Europe was planned and developed in conjunction with The Walt Disney Company, who wished to create a town near the Disneyland Paris resort. The station serves the neighborhoods and the large shopping mall in Val d'Europe.

The station was built as an infill station on the already operating RER line and opened on 14 April 2001.

The station has two exits, one towards Serris, the shopping mall, and the bus station; the other towards Montévrain.

History

In 1992, RER line A was extended to Chessy to serve Disneyland Paris. Val d'Europe station, whose full name is Serris – Montévrain – Val d'Europe, was created on this line to serve the Val d'Europe department store and its neighborhoods. It opened on 14 April 2001.[1][2]

Services

RER A

The station is served by a train every 10 minutes to Paris and to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy. From 10 pm, frequency drops to 1 train every 30 minutes. Service starts at 5:16 am to Paris, at 5:53 am to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy and stops at 0:23 am to Paris and at 1:13 to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy.[3]

Bus

Val d'Europe is an important bus station for local bus companies.

• Pep's provides buses to Esbly (line 6), Tournan (line 32), Lagny-sur-Marne (line 42) and their vicinities[4]
• Seine-et-Marne Express provides buses to Ozoir, Lieusaint (line 16), Melun, Lognes – Émerainville aerodrome (line 18), Meaux (lines 18 and 69) and their vicinities.[4]
• Noctilien line N130 provides night buses, following approximately RER line A to Paris.[5]

References

1. Vincent Lepreux (1 February 2001). Written at Paris. "La gare RER va enfin ouvrir" [The RER station will finally open]. Le Parisien (in French). Ed. Seine-et-Marne: LVMH. ISSN 1161-5435. Retrieved 7 August 2018. Cette fois-ci, c'est promis, juré. La gare RER de Serris-Montévrain ouvrira bien « dans les premiers jours d'avril » [This time, it's promised, sworn. The RER station of Serris-Montévrain will open well "in the first days of April"]
2. Written at Paris. "La gare de Serris inaugurée aujourd'hui !" [The Serris station inaugurated today!]. Le Parisien (in French). Ed. Seine-et-Marne: LVMH. 8 June 2001. ISSN 1161-5435. Retrieved 7 August 2018. Une nouvelle station sera inaugurée ce matin (…) [mais] la gare est ouverte au public depuis le 14 avril. [A new station will be inaugurated this morning (...) [but] the station has been open to the public since 14 April.]
3. (PDF) http://parisbytrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/metro-rer_first_last_trains.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Besoin de vous déplacer en Île-de-France ? Retrouvez les bus Transdev proches de chez vous, et les informations pour préparer votre trajet : Horaires, plans, itinéraires, trafic". Archived from the original on 5 December 2015.
5. http://www.ratp.fr/informer/pdf/orienter/f_horaire.php?nompdf=n130&loc=noctilien. Missing or empty |title= (help)