Versailles Rive Droite station

Versailles-Rive Droite
Transilien commuter rail station
General information
Location	40 rue du Maréchal Foch 78000 Versailles
Coordinates	48°48′35″N 2°8′5″E
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Line(s)
Platforms	1 central
Tracks	2 at platform + 9 siding
Connections	bus
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	4 August 1839
Passengers
17000
Services
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Versailles-Rive-Droite (French pronunciation: [veʁsaij ʁiv dʁwat]) is a railway station in the Parisian suburb of Versailles (department of Yvelines). It is located in the Île-de-France region of France and is part of the Transilien rail network, on the Paris-Saint-Lazare – Versailles-Rive-Droite line. The western terminus of that line, it is situated in the Notre-Dame section of the town.

The name "Rive-Droite" refers to the trains' Paris destination (Saint-Lazare) being on the right bank of the Seine.

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.

Servives

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 it serves as a coach yard for line L South.

See also

• Other train stations in Versailles:
  • Versailles - Rive Gauche
  • Versailles - Chantiers
  • Montreuil
  • Porchefontaine