Versailles-Rive Droite station

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Versailles–Rive Droite
Transilien commuter rail station
Location	40 rue du Maréchal Foch 78000 Versailles
Coordinates	48°48′35″N 2°8′5″E / 48.80972°N 2.13472°E / 48.80972; 2.13472
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Line(s)
Platforms	1 central
Tracks	2 at platform + 9 siding
Connections	bus
Other information
Station code	87382861
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	4 August 1839
Passengers
17000
Services
Preceding station   Transilien   Following station Terminus Transilien Montreuil toward Paris-St.-Lazare

Versailles–Rive Droite (French pronunciation: ​[veʁsaij ʁiv dʁwat]) is a railway station in the Parisian suburb of Versailles (department of Yvelines). It is located in the Île-de-France region of France and is part of the Transilien rail network, on the Paris–Saint-Lazare – Versailles–Rive Droite line. The western terminus of that line, it is situated in the Notre-Dame section of the town.

The name "Rive Droite" refers to the trains' Paris destination (Saint-Lazare) being on the right bank of the Seine.

History[]

James Mayer de Rothschild received the concession to build a rail line from Paris to Versailles. Designed by state engineers, the line shared a common trunk from Gare Saint-Lazare to . The line was opened by the sons of Louis-Philippe on 2 August 1839.

The station was designed by the architect .

Services[]

The station is served by line L trains of the Transilien Paris - Saint Lazare network. It is the terminus of the eponymous branch of the Transilien L South network.

It is one of five stations in Versailles. It is a terminal station with two tracks at platform, as well as six siding tracks and two yard leads, and it serves as a coach yard for line L South.

See also[]

• Other train stations in Versailles:
  • Versailles–Rive Gauche station
  • Versailles–Chantiers station
  • Gare de Montreuil

External links[]

• Versailles-Rive Droite station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)

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