La Varenne–Chennevières station
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La Varenne – Chennevières  | |||||||||||
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 A train leaving the station | |||||||||||
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| Owned by |  RATP | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1969 | ||||||||||
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La Varenne - Chennevières is a French railway station in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in Val-de-Marne département.
The station
The current RER station was designed by Marcel Lods and opened in 1969. It is named after the former commune La Varenne, now part of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, and the close commune Chennevières-sur-Marne.
It is served by RER line A trains running on A2 branch, leading to Boissy-Saint-Léger.
La Varenne - Chennevières is also a depot for trains. It houses premises for RATP officers training.
Service
The station is served in both directions by a train every 10 minutes at off-peek time, by 12 trains an hour during peek hours, and by a train every 15 minutes at evening. It is also a terminus station for some trains at peek hours..
Connections
The station is served by:
- RATP bus lines 111 and 112
- SITUS bus line 8
Pictures gallery
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Carriage made of two different MS 61 material (MS 61 A/B and MS 61 R). -
MS 61 carriage about to leave toward Paris -
Entrance of the station, avenue du Bac, north-west the tracks. -
Sign of the name of the station on a platform.
