Pont Cardinet station

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Pont Cardinet station (French: Gare de Pont Cardinet) is a railway station in Paris. It is situated on the Paris–Le Havre railway. It is the first station on the line originating from Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris. The station building is situated above the track level alongside Rue Cardinet. The station is equipped with escalators and Solari destination boards. The main line continues towards Clichy whilst a small line, now closed, branches off towards Pereire-Levallois and links St Lazare to the RER C, this branch was once part of Ligne d'Auteuil and closed in June 1996. Today, there are shuttle buses connecting Pereire-Levallois on RER C. Since December 2020, the station is also connected to the Paris Métro line 14 with the construction of the Pont Cardinet metro station.

Pont Cardinet
General information
Location145 Rue Cardinet
Paris
France
Coordinates48°53′16″N 2°18′51″E / 48.88778°N 2.31417°E / 48.88778; 2.31417
Operated bySNCF
Platforms2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks5 + 8 passing tracks
ConnectionsParis MétroParis Métro Line 14 at Métro station
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleNo[1]
Other information
Station code87381111
Fare zone1
History
Opened2 May 1854 (1854-05-02)
Previous namesGare des Batignolles (1854–1922)
Passengers
20227,490,334[2]
Services
Preceding station Transilien Transilien Following station
Clichy–Levallois Line L Paris–Saint Lazare
Terminus

History edit

Originally named Batignolles station (French: Gare des Batignolles), the station opened on 2 May 1854, along with the Auteuil railway.

Trivia edit

Pont Cardinet is the only SNCF station in the commune of Paris (intra muros) that is not also either a terminus or an RER station.

References edit

  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 2023-12-27.
  2. ^ "Fréquentation en gares" [Attendance at stations]. SNCF (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-11.

External links edit

  Media related to Gare de Pont Cardinet at Wikimedia Commons