La Défense - Grande Arche (Paris Metro)
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La Défense
   
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| Paris Métro, RER, Transilien & Tram station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 France
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| Coordinates | 48°53′31″N 2°14′19″E / 48.891852°N 2.238539°ECoordinates: 48°53′31″N 2°14′19″E / 48.891852°N 2.238539°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF & RATP Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF & RATP Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (SNCF) / 2 (RATP Group) / 1 (Tramway) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (SNCF) / 4 (RATP Group) / 2 (Tramway) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1959 (SNCF) 19 January 1970 (RATP Group) |
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La Défense is a station of the Transilien (Réseau Saint-Lazare) suburban rail lines, RER, Paris Métro and tram. 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 SNCF (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a . 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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