RER E

RER E
Overview
Stations	22
Ridership	60,000,000 journeys per year
Operation
Opened	1999 (last extension in 2003)
Rolling stock	SNCF Class Z 22500
Technical
Line length	52.3 km (32.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Route map Geographically accurate path of the RER E

RER E
Legend
Mantes-la-Jolie Mantes-Station Épône - Mézières Aubergenville-Élisabethville Les Mureaux Les Clairières de Verneuil Vernouillet - Verneuil Villennes-sur-Seine Poissy  A5  to La Défense Nanterre - La Folie La Défense Seine Neuilly – Porte Maillot  E1  Haussmann – Saint-Lazare Magenta Rosa Parks Pantin Canal de l'Ourcq Noisy-le-Sec Bondy Le Raincy – Villemomble – Montfermeil Gagny Le Chénay – Gagny Chelles – Gournay  E2  Rosny – Bois-Perrier Rosny-sous-Bois Val de Fontenay Nogent – Le Perreux Marne Les Boullereaux – Champigny Villiers-sur-Marne – Le Plessis-Trévise Les Yvris – Noisy-le-Grand Émerainville – Pontault-Combault Roissy-en-Brie Ozoir-la-Ferrière Gretz-Armainvilliers Tournan  E4

The RER E (originally referred to as the EOLE, or Est Ouest Liaison Express) is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving Paris, France. The line runs from the western terminus Haussmann St-Lazare (E1) to the eastern terminuses Chelles-Gournay (E2) and Tournan (E4). It is operated by SNCF.

The line's construction leaves Gare Montparnasse as the only mainline terminus in Paris not directly connected to the RER system, the Montparnasse main line being connected to the RER at Versailles-Chantiers and the LGV Atlantique at Massy Palaiseau .

History

Train arriving at Haussmann – St-Lazare on the RER E.

Station Magenta on the RER E

RER E opened on 12 July 1999 between Haussmann – St-Lazare and Chelles-Gournay. The construction included a 2 km tunnel between Haussmann – St-Lazare and Magenta (which serves Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord).

The line was first extended with a new branch from Noisy le Sec to Villiers-sur-Marne on 30 August 1999. This branch was extended to Tournan on 14 December 2003.

On 13 December 2015, Rosa Parks station opened in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.^[1]

Extension

Map of the extension to Mantes-la-Jolie

RER E is to be extended from Haussmann – St-Lazare to La Défense, from where it will take over the branch of RER A to Nanterre, Sartrouville and Poissy. It would then take over a section of SNCF tracks to reach Mantes-la-Jolie. Partial revenue service is expected to begin in 2018, full service in 2020.^[2]

An eight kilometre tunnel will be dug between Haussmann – St-Lazare and La Défense. An intermediate station at Porte Maillot will offer a transfer to RER C. The extension is expected to reduce the load on central sections of RER B (between Gare du Nord and Châtelet) and RER A (between La Défense and Auber) by 10-15%. Additionally, transfers will be shifted away from current transfer hub Châtelet.^[3]

List of RER E stations

Branch	Station	Zone	Served municipalities	Connections
E1	Haussmann – Saint-Lazare	1	Paris	Transilien Saint-Lazare ; métro 3,12,13,14 ; Grandes lignes SNCF ; bus RATP 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 43, 53, 66, 80, 81, 94, 95
	Magenta	1	Paris	Transilien Nord ; RER B, D ; métro 2,4,5 ; bus RATP 26, 38, 42, 43, 48, 65, 302, 350 ; Grandes lignes SNCF ; Ter SNCF ; Eurostar ; Thalys ; TGV
	Rosa Parks	1	Paris	tram T3b
	Pantin	2	Pantin	bus RATP 170
	Noisy-le-Sec	3	Noisy-le-Sec	tram T1 ; bus RATP 105
E2	Bondy	3	Bondy	bus RATP ; TRA ; Transilien
	Le Raincy – Villemomble – Montfermeil	4	Villemomble, Le Raincy, Montfermeil par TRA	bus RATP 114 ; TRA 601, 602, 603, 605
	Gagny	4	Gagny	bus RATP 121, 221, 303 ; TRA 604, 623
	Le Chénay – Gagny	4	Gagny	bus TRA 642, 701
	Chelles – Gournay	4	Chelles	Transilien Est ; bus RATP 113, 213, 313 ; TRA 613, 642c scolaire ; TVS 54.10 ; 13, 19 ; APOLO A, B, C, E
E4	Rosny – Bois-Perrier	3	Rosny-sous-Bois	bus RATP
	Rosny-sous-Bois	3	Rosny-sous-Bois	bus RATP and Titus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
	Val de Fontenay	3	Fontenay-sous-Bois	RER A ; bus RATP 116, 118, 120 ; Titus 5 ; TRA 702
	Nogent – Le Perreux	3	Nogent-sur-Marne, Le Perreux-sur-Marne	bus RATP 114, 116, 120, 210, 317
	Les Boullereaux – Champigny	3	Champigny-sur-Marne
	Villiers-sur-Marne – Le Plessis-Trévise	4	Villiers-sur-Marne, Le Plessis-Trévise
	Les Yvris – Noisy-le-Grand	4	Noisy-le-Grand
	Émerainville – Pontault-Combault	4	Émerainville, Pontault-Combault
	Roissy-en-Brie	5	Roissy-en-Brie
	Ozoir-la-Ferrière	5	Ozoir-la-Ferrière	bus Cars Biziere
	Gretz – Armainvilliers	5	Gretz-Armainvilliers	bus Darche-Gros 30
	Tournan	5	Tournan-en-Brie	Transilien Est ; bus Darche-Gros 30

Map

Geographically accurate path of the RER E

Operation

Names of services

Like all the other RER lines, each train is named after the route it takes. The first letter designates the destination, the second indicates whether the train will call at every station or not.

• T corresponds to Tournan; V corresponds to Villiers-sur-Marne,
• C corresponds to Chelles — Gournay,
• H corresponds to Haussmann — Saint-Lazare.

Regular names of services of trains departing from Paris are, among others, TAVA (stops at Magenta, Noisy-le-Sec, Val de Fontenay, and all stations from Villiers-sur-Marne to Tournan), VOHA (stops at every station, all the way to Villiers-sur-Marne), COHI (stops at every station all the way to Chelles — Gournay).

See also

• List of stations of the Paris Métro
• List of stations of the Paris RER

References

1. "RER E: Ouverture de la gare Rosa Parks sur la ligne E du RER". STIF. December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
2. "PROLONGEMENT DU RER E À L’OUEST : APPROBATION DE L’AVANT-PROJET" (PDF). STIF. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
3. "RER E: Prolongement d‘Haussmann-Saint-Lazare à Mantes-la-Jolie" (pdf). STIF. February 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

External links

English

• RATP's English-language website
• RATP's interactive map of the RER
• RATP's interactive map of the Paris métro

French

• RATP official website
• Mobidf website, dedicated to the RER (unofficial)
• Metro-Pole website, dedicated to Paris public transports (unofficial)