Cergy – Préfecture (SNCF)
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Cergy – Préfecture is a railway station in Cergy
, France
. The station was opened on 29 March 1988 and receives trains from Gare Saint-Lazare
as well as the RER
.
The station is underground and has two platforms. The entire area above and around the station is built up and the département council has its offices next to the station (hence the station's name). The station is at the heart of a transport interchange
at level -1 with the bus station at ground level. Level 1 is a large concrete slab plaza with shops and living apartments.
Cergy – Préfecture only has two platforms, with the platform situated between both tracks. Walls at platform level were painted with graffiti
with messages of peace to discourage vandals. The general ambiance of the station is rather dark, but secure but CCTV
monitoring the interchange.
Rail services link Cergy
to Cergy – Le Haut
and the Western Paris suburbs. Buses serve the ville nouvelle
and particularly Pontoise
and the rest of Val d'Oise département.
Cergy
Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The station was opened on 29 March 1988 and receives trains from Gare Saint-Lazare
Gare Saint-Lazare
Paris Saint-Lazare is one of the six large terminus train stations of Paris. It is the second busiest in Paris, behind the Gare du Nord, handling 274,000 passengers each day.-History:...
as well as the RER
RER A
The RER A is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the western terminuses Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Cergy Le Haut , and Poissy to the eastern terminuses Boissy-Saint-Léger and Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy .* First inauguration: 12 December 1969*...
.
The station is underground and has two platforms. The entire area above and around the station is built up and the département council has its offices next to the station (hence the station's name). The station is at the heart of a transport interchange
Intermodal passenger transport
Intermodal passenger transport involves more than one mode of transport of passengers. Some modes of transportation have always been intermodal; for example, most major airports have extensive facilities for automobile parking and have good rail or bus connections to the cities nearby. Urban bus...
at level -1 with the bus station at ground level. Level 1 is a large concrete slab plaza with shops and living apartments.
Cergy – Préfecture only has two platforms, with the platform situated between both tracks. Walls at platform level were painted with graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
with messages of peace to discourage vandals. The general ambiance of the station is rather dark, but secure but CCTV
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
monitoring the interchange.
Rail services link Cergy
Cergy
Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....
to Cergy – Le Haut
Cergy – Le Haut (SNCF)
Cergy Le Haut is a railway station in Paris suburbs. The station was built in 1994 by the Agence des gares and receives trains from Gare Saint-Lazare as well as the RER....
and the Western Paris suburbs. Buses serve the ville nouvelle
New town
A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
and particularly Pontoise
Pontoise
Pontoise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.-Administration:...
and the rest of Val d'Oise département.