Nogent-Le Perreux: station history
Served by: RER E.
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A Val-de-Marne station opened on 7 July 1856 by the Compagnie de l'Est, when the 17 km between Noisy-le-Sec and this station opened to traffic. The original station building, built in 1857, was a standard type 7 building; it was demolished in 1983 and the present station was opened in RER style. Located at kilometre point 16.260 of the Paris-Est to Mulhouse-Ville line, it is the last station before the junction with the Grande Ceinture line. It bears the names of the communes of Nogent-sur-Marne and Le Perreux-sur-Marne, on whose border it stands.
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The station has two entrances, place du Théâtre and place Belvaux, and RER line E serves it. It can act as a terminus in case of disruption, but the track layout, which requires crossing movements when trains reverse, means it is generally used as a last resort. A passenger service on the Grande Ceinture had opened on the Noisy-le-Sec - Juvisy section, then traffic stopped between Nogent - Le Perreux and Champigny. It is due to become a Grand Paris Express line 15 station around 2030.
Around Nogent-Le Perreux
- Pavillon Baltard, 350 m away — The last surviving pavilion of Paris's Les Halles designed by Victor Baltard, rebuilt in Nogent in 1976 and listed as a historic monument in 1982.