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Gentilly station

Coordinates: 48°48′58″N 2°20′26″E / 48.81611°N 2.34056°E / 48.81611; 2.34056
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Gentilly
Entrance to the station
General information
Location73 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier
Gentilly
France
Coordinates48°48′58″N 2°20′26″E / 48.81611°N 2.34056°E / 48.81611; 2.34056
Operated byRATP Group
Line(s)Ligne de Sceaux
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
AccessibleYes, by request to staff[1]
Other information
Station code87758656
Fare zone2
History
Opened7 June 1846 (1846-06-07)
Passengers
20192,415,990[2]
Services
Preceding station RER RER Following station
Cité Universitaire RER B Laplace

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

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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

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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

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The station is served by:

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References

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  1. ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019". data.ratp.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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