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Paul Varenguin
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Dec 20 2024 at 6:10 a.m.
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“This train is destined for Nanterre-La Folie”. This is the message that Seine-et-Marnais RER E users can hear when they board their train at Chelles–Gournay or Émerainville–Pontault-Combault (Seine-et-Marne).
Since the Sunday December 15, 2024it is possible to reach the western suburbs of Paris, aboard the RER E, without ever changing trains. A great new feature that allows you to reach the other end of the region more quickly. Testimonials.
A novelty
The date was presented as a small revolution. Even Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France Region council, and president of Île-de-France mobilities (IDFM), the transport organizing authority in Île-de-France, proclaimed it, during her passing through Chelles on November 16. She then spoke of Chelles as “one of the small capitals of Île-de-France”, and predicted that the “city would become a hub ».
120 kilometers per hour
Almost as fast as a car launched on the highway. On its central section, the RER E will be able to reach a speed of 120 km/h, thus becoming “the fastest RER line in Île-de-France”. Moreover, it will be possible to go from Magenta-Gare du Nord to La Défense in just 10 minutes.
It seems to be on good track. Since Sunday December 15, it is possible to board the RER E at Chelles-Gournay station, or Émerainville-Pontault-Combault, and from reach the west of the capitalto Nanterre-La Folie (Hauts-de-Seine) without changing trains.
This was not possible until now. “After the launch into commercial service of the first RER NG trains in November 2023 on the RER E, then the opening of the new section to Nanterre-La Folie in May 2024, a new milestone was reached on Sunday December 15,” we rejoice at Transilien.
Since spring, the thirty-four trains financed by ÎDFM necessary for the increase in traffic power were delivered by Alstommaking it possible to “offer Ile-de-France residents a complete transport offer all day, weekdays and weekends,” we continue. Farewell, therefore, changing trains at Magenta or Haussmann-Saint-Lazare.
“We were waiting for it”
For the first workers to return from the west of Paris, this Monday, December 16, joy seems to be in order. “Indeed, this morning it was pleasant not to change trains,” assures Thierryat the exit of the station.
Those who work at La Défense, in fact, previously took a few minutes longer to get to work. “But that changes everything. When you make a trip like this morning and evening, obviously, we count the minutes “, he admits.
Same story on the side of Nadiawho works in the same sector. “I win too. Already, for a few months, even if we changed trains, it was simpler. But there, It is royalwe were waiting for it! “, she jokes.
Nevertheless, she tempers. “This is the beginning, we will see in a few months how it holds up. Afterwards, it will always be better! », she continues.
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