Gare_de_Mantes-la-Jolie

Mantes-la-Jolie station

Mantes-la-Jolie station

Railway station in Mantes-la-Jolie, France

Mantes-la-Jolie is a railway station in the town Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines department, northwestern France. It is on the Paris to Le Havre railway at the point where the line to Caen and Cherbourg diverges. The station is planned to be the future terminus of the line E of the Réseau Express Régional (RER), on an extension from Haussmann – Saint-Lazare station in Paris.[1]

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The station platforms

History

The station opened on 9 May 1843, with the opening, by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Rouen, of the line between La Garenne-Colombes station and Rouen-Rive Gauche station. The line was extended in 1847, to form the Paris to Le Havre railway. The Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg railway opened in stages between 1855 and 1858. Also in 1855, both lines became part of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest.[2]

In preparation for the extension of RER line E, the station has been modernised and expanded, and the revamped station opened on 4 April 2023. The rebuilt facilities are intended to handle 10,000 passengers a day instead of the current 6,000, and include an accessibility upgrade. The work cost €35m.[1]

Services

The station is served by several TGV trains from Le Havre and Cherbourg to Paris and further (Lyon, Marseille). Besides regional Transilien trains, TER Normandie trains to Rouen and Évreux also call here.[3]

Future

The extension of RER line E to Mantes-La-Jolie is planned for December 2026. It is planned that it will be served by 6 trains per hour, which will run through to Rosa Parks station in the centre of Paris.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rebuilt future western terminus of Paris RER Line E unveiled". Railway Gazette International. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160.
  3. [3]
    Plan du réseau, TER Normandie, accessed 14 April 2022.
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