Rosa Parks station (French: Gare Rosa Parks) is a railway station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France near the Porte d'Aubervilliers. It is on the RER network, and also has a tram stop. The station opened on 13 December 2015, and bears the name of American civil rights activist Rosa Parks.
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 Station building on Rue Gaston-Tessier | |||||||||||
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| Location | 39 Rue Gaston-Tessier 19th arrondissement of Paris France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°53′47″N 2°22′27″E / 48.89639°N 2.37417°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF (RER) & RATP (Tram) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (RER), 2 (Tram) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (RER), 2 (Tram) | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87654798 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 December 2012 (Tram) 13 December 2015 (RER) | ||||||||||
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History
editThe station, initially named Évangile because of its proximity to Rue de l'Évangile, is located on the site of the former Est-Ceinture and Évangile stations, both part of the Parisian circular line "Petite Ceinture".[2][3]
The remnants of Évangile station were demolished in 2011. A new stop on Tram Line 3b opened at the station site on 15 December 2012 and the RER station opened on 13 December 2015.[4]
The station bears the name of American civil rights activist Rosa Parks.[5] Explaining the name, Annick Lepetit, deputy of Bertrand Delanoë (Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014) in charge of transport, stated: "We wanted at least 50% female names. There has been much debate, especially with RATP, which favours existing place names, but for Rosa Parks there was a consensus: this is necessary for a tram station, it is a strong symbol".[6]
Services
editThe station, located on the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville and Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railways, both departing from Paris-Est, is served by the suburban line RER E. Île-de-France tramway Line 3b opened on 15 December 2012 with a stop located at the station.[citation needed]
Future
editThe extension of RER line E to Mantes-la-Jolie station is planned for December 2026. It is planned that the extension will be served by 6 trains per hour, and that these trains will have a Paris terminus at Rosa Parks. In order to accommodate this, two turnback platforms will be built.[7]
Gallery
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A Z 22500 to Haussmann–Saint-Lazare approaching the station platform -
The old Est-Ceinture station, January 1900 -
The area of the old Évangile station in 2010 -
T3b tram stop operating, 2015
References
edit- ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités. 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Halte Est-Ceinture". Petite Ceinture Info (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Dépôt de locomotives de l'Évangile". Petite Ceinture Info (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "RER E: Ouverture de la gare Rosa Parks sur la ligne E du RER" (Press release). STIF. December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Paris : Les habitants découvrent leur nouvelle gare Rosa-Parks". Le Parisien (in French). 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Kleiber, Marie-Anne (6 December 2015). "Gare, tramway : Rosa Parks s'est fait un nom dans le 19e". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Rebuilt future western terminus of Paris RER Line E unveiled". Railway Gazette International. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
External links
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- Rosa Parks station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
- Rosa Parks station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
- 3884781096 Rosa Parks station on OpenStreetMap
- 2799009880 Rosa Parks tram stop on OpenStreetMap