Cergy-le-Haut: station history
Served by: RER A, Transilien L.
Did you know?
A station opened in 1994 (works began in 1993), the terminus of branch A3 of RER A and, on weekdays, of the northern branch of Transilien line L. It is a glass building whose flat clock is set on the facade of an office block, facing the place des Trois Gares. The base of the platforms is decorated with blue, white and red stained-glass plaques evoking cities such as New York, Angkor and Moscow. It stands at 102 metres above sea level and is part of a multimodal hub whose bus station was completed in 1995.
Anecdote
A rail loop project to Vauréal was abandoned; only a third station, in the Cergy-le-Haut district (now Hauts-de-Cergy), was kept. The railway continues 650 metres beyond the station towards Courdimanche for train storage, a project challenged for its environmental impact by the association « Les Hérissons de Courdimanche ». A proposal to rename it « gare des Hauts-de-Cergy » was announced but never took effect.
Around Cergy-le-Haut
- L'Axe majeur, 950 m away — The new town's monumental promenade, conceived by Dani Karavan, in the heart of Cergy-Saint-Christophe.