Meaux station

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Meaux
Bâtiment voyageurs de la gare de Meaux.jpg
General information
LocationPlace de la Gare
77100 Meaux
Seine-et-Marne
France
Elevation52 m
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Other information
Station code87116103
History
Opened5 July 1849
Passengers
20189,583,987

Meaux (French: Gare de Meaux) is a railway station serving Meaux, Seine-et-Marne department, northern France. It is on the Paris–Strasbourg railway, and offers connections to Paris-Est, Château-Thierry and La Ferté-Milon.

The rail line connecting Paris to Meaux was established in 1849. The nowadays SNCF train station, still in use, was built in 1890.[1]

Train services[]

Train services go:
Towards Paris Gare de l'Est: 2 to 4 trains per hour
Towards Château-Thierry 1 or 2 trains per hour
Towards La Ferté-Milon 1 or 2 trains per hour

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Est
Transilien TransilienTerminus
Terminus
Transilien Transilien

Bus services[]

Alongside the Meaux train station there is also the main bus station in the city, with more than 30 bus lines serving the whole eastern metropolitan area of the Paris agglomeration.

Future[]

In the future, Meaux will be the terminus for RER E, which now is Chelles. This gives Meaux a direct connection towards downtown Paris, via the Magenta and the Haussmann – Saint-Lazare stations. Services are projected to begin in 2018.

References[]

  1. ^ Ligne de chemin de fer (1849) and Gare de chemin de fer (1890) Archived 31 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Source: Meaux official website.

External links[]

Coordinates: 48°57′29″N 2°52′25″E / 48.95806°N 2.87361°E / 48.95806; 2.87361


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