Noisy-Champs: station history
Served by: RER A.
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An RER A station, A4 branch, opened on 19 December 1980 when the line was extended from Noisy-le-Grand - Mont d'Est to Torcy, an extension meant to accompany the development of the Marne-la-Vallée new town. It lies on the border of Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Champs-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne). Its name, "Noisy-Champs - Champy-Nesles", comes from the neighbouring districts of Le Champy, in Noisy-le-Grand, and Le Nesles, in Champs-sur-Marne. It gives access to the Campus Descartes and the Gustave-Eiffel university.
Anecdote
The Duthilleul agency, with AREP, was the architectural project manager; the station covers about 12,300 m², with a station building at each end and glass walls opening a view onto the neighbourhood. During the Grand Paris Express works, a 7,300-tonne concrete frame, 46 m long and 20 m wide, was put in place where the existing platforms stood, and the platforms were then rebuilt inside it. The project plans for the station to become the terminus of lines 15 and 16.
Around Noisy-Champs
- École des Ponts ParisTech, 550 m away — Founded in 1747, one of the oldest engineering schools in France.