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La Défense (station)

La Défense – Grande Arche
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
RER A - Gare de la Defense.jpg
Location Rue Carpeaux × voie Perronet
Puteaux
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates 48°53′29″N 2°14′24″E / 48.89139°N 2.24000°E / 48.89139; 2.24000Coordinates: 48°53′29″N 2°14′24″E / 48.89139°N 2.24000°E / 48.89139; 2.24000
Owned by RATP
Operated by RATP
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1 April 1992 (1992-04)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Terminus Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 1
RER
RER RER A
Transilien
Transilien Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare
Terminus Transilien Transilien La Défense
toward La Verrière
Location
La Défense – Grande Arche is located in Paris
La Défense – Grande Arche
La Défense – Grande Arche
Location within Paris

La Défense is a station of the Paris Métro, RER, and Transilien suburban rail lines. It is located underneath the Grande Arche building in La Défense, the business district just west of Paris. The station connects the RER Line A to the Metro Line 1 station La Défense – Grande Arche (since 1992), the T2 tramway (since 1994), and an SNCF (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a major shopping centre. There are 25.62 million entries and exits each year.

Highlights on the surface nearby include the monumental Grande Arche, skyscrapers that host the headquarters of important French and foreign companies, and works of urban art such as Le Pouce by César Baldaccini. From the central esplanade the Arc de Triomphe can be seen further down the Axe historique.

Until May 2004, this part of La Défense hosted an information centre of the European Union managed by the European Parliament.

Like the district it serves, the station takes its name from the 19th century statue La Défense de Paris, commemorating the Franco-Prussian War.

There are four platforms in the Transilien station :

In the morning:

In the afternoon:

RER A platforms

Transilien platforms

Paris Tramway Line 2 platform

Line 1, Exit D

MP 89 at La Défense (eastbound platform)

New automatic platform gates on eastbound platform


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