Gentilly station

For the power plant, see Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station.

Gentilly
Entrance to the station
General information
Location	73 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier Gentilly France
Coordinates	48°48′58″N 2°20′26″E
Operated by	RATP Group
Line(s)	Ligne de Sceaux
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	RATP Bus:  125  Valouette: V5
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Accessible	Yes, by request to staff
Other information
Station code	87758656
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	7 June 1846 (1846-06-07)
Passengers
2019	2,415,990
Services
Preceding station RER Following station Cité Universitaire towards Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye RER B Laplace towards Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

Gentilly station is a station on the line B of the Réseau Express Régional, a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit line. It is named after the city of Gentilly where the station is located.

History

The Compagnie du Paris-Orléans (PO) commissioned the Gentilly station in 1891, when the Sceaux line was put on normal track gauge (before the Ligne de Sceaux used a special large gauge).It was a simple halt, perhaps an enlarged gatekeeper's house.

The current passenger building was built in 1933 by the company's architect, Louis Brachet. It is located at the end of the tunnel dug from 1935, during work to remove the level crossings of the Sceaux line, by engineers from the Compagnie du PO. Indeed, the removal of the level crossing which cut the boulevard Jourdan at the level of the Cité Universitaire required major works including the creation of a 520-meter underground tunnel passage under the City park and the reconstruction of the Gentilly and Cité Universitaire stations .

Railway situation

Established at an altitude of 72 m, Gentilly station is located on the RER B line, in the eponymous town, in the immediate vicinity of the "Periphérique" and therefore of Paris. It is built just outside the tunnel from Paris, in a trench open, in a slight upward curve with 2 lateral platform. The station is located at "Point Kilometrique"(PK) 8.158 (southern ending of platform)

There are two accesses:

• To the north, the main entrance at Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier
• To the south, the entrance on the railway bridge

Connection

The station is served by:

• RATP Bus:  125 
• Valouette: V5

Gallery

• 
  South Exit
• 
  view to the north and the tunnel entrance

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER

External links

Media related to Gare de Gentilly at Wikimedia Commons