Gare de Versailles-Rive-Droite

Versailles - Rive Droite
Transilien commuter rail station
Station statistics
Address

40 rue du Maréchal Foch

78000 Versailles
Lines
Connections bus
Platforms 1 central
Tracks 2 at platform + 9 siding
Other information
Opened 4 August 1839
Owned by RFF / SNCF
Fare zone 4
Traffic
Passengers () 17000
Services
Preceding station   Transilien   Following station
Terminus Transilien

Versailles-Rive-Droite (French pronunciation: [veʁsaij ʁiv dʁwat]) is a railway station in the Parisian suburb of Versailles in the département of Yvelines. The western terminus of the Paris-Versailles railway line, it is situated in the Notre-Dame section of the town.

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 Asnières-sur-Seine. The line was opened by the sons of Louis-Philippe on 2 August 1839.

The station was designed by the architect Alfred Armand.

The Station

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 serves as a coach yard for line L South.

See also

This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.