Torcy (Paris RER)

Torcy RER
Owned by RATP
Line(s)
  RER RER A
Platforms 1 side platform
1 island platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 19 December 1980
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 5.006 million
Services
Preceding station   RER   Following station
Lognes
RER RER A
Bussy-Saint-Georges
toward Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy

Torcy (French pronunciation: ​[toʁsi]) is a railway station in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, a suburb east of Paris.

History

Torcy opened on 19 December 1980 as part of an extension of the A4 branch from its previous eastern terminal of Noisy-le-Grand – Mont d'Est. It served as the eastern terminus of the A4 branch for twelve years until 1 April 1992, when the RER A4 was extended to Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy; since then, the A4 branch has yet to be extended.

Ridership

According to RATP, 13,716 passengers used Torcy each day in 2006 for a total of 5,006,340 passengers annually.[1]

Service

Torcy is on the A4 branch of the RER A and receives frequent service. As of 4 February 2008, during peak hours there are between twelve and eighteen trains per hour (intervals of five and three minutes and twenty seconds), during mid-day trains arrive every ten minutes, and early mornings and late nights trains come at fifteen-minute intervals.[2][3]

The station also acts as a terminus for certain trains. Trains that terminate at Torcy will display a headline beginning with O, O being the designation that a train terminates at Torcy rather than Q for Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy.[3]

Bus connections

Along with the RER, the RATP also provides moderate bus at Torcy with both regular bus service and Noctilien service at night.

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Torcy.

References

  1. ↑ (French) Comité de pôle de Noisiel Iris Conseil Retrieved 2008-12-30
  2. ↑ RER A timetable towards Cergy-le-Haut RATP Retrieved 2008-12-24
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 RER A timetable towards Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy RATP Retrieved 2008-12-24

Coordinates: 48°50′22″N 2°39′17″E / 48.83944°N 2.65472°E