Cergy-Saint-Christophe station
Cergy-Saint-Christophe | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Clock passage, viewed from the north, within which the entrance to the station is located. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Rue de l'Abondance 95800 Cergy France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°02′59″N 2°02′04″E / 49.04972°N 2.03444°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | SNCF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Below-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 612 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes, by prior reservation[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87382499 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 29 September 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 7,820,531[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cergy-Saint-Christophe (French: Gare de Cergy-Saint-Christophe) is a French railway station in the city of Cergy, France. The station opened on 29 September 1985 along with Cergy-Préfecture station. It was, until 1994, the terminus for RER's line A3 but is now the penultimate stop.
The station building is a large glass structure placed above the line at street level and comprises a metal and glass cylinder and Europe's largest clock. The architects were Martine and Philippe Deslandes, and the twin clock mechanisms were provided by Huchez.
Buildings have soon followed the station and the area is now Cergy's second shopping centre. From the station forecourt a pedestrian street leads to the plaza of the Axe Majeur from which is a view of the Vallée de l'Oise and of Paris. The axe is aligned with Paris' Champ de Mars.
Location
The station is established at an altitude of 97 meters, at located at kilometric point (PK) 36.665 of the Neuville–Cergy-Préfecture line, between the stations Cergy-le-Haut and Cergy-Préfecture.
Attendance
From 2015 to 2024, according to SNCF estimates, the annual passenger traffic at the station amounted to the figures indicated in the table below:[3]
| Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Passengers | 6,453,027 | 6,806,293 | 7,125,540 | 7,369,355 | 7,960,627 | 5,544,432 | 7,818,214 | 6,961,854 | 7,092,079 | 7,820,531 |
Connections
Train service
The station is served by trains of RER A towards Cergy-le-Haut and Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy, and trains of Transilien Line L towards Cergy-le-Haut and Paris-Saint-Lazare.
Bus connections
Île-de-France
The station is connected by many lines from different networks organized by Île-de-France Mobilités:
Hauts-de-France
The station is also served by many bus lines from Réseau interurbain de l'Oise, a bus network operated by Hauts-de-France Mobilités:
- Réseau interurbain de l'Oise: 604, 609
Gallery
Wall plaque in the station identifying the architects and providers of the clock mechanisms
References
- ↑ "Plan Parc Relais labellisés" [Map with park-and-rides labeled] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités. October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF) (in French). Île-de-France Mobilités. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Fréquentation en gares - SNCF Open Data". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 9 June 2026.
External links
Media related to Gare de Cergy-Saint-Christophe at Wikimedia Commons
- Cergy-Saint-Christophe station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)