Pereire-Levallois: station history
Served by: RER C.
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An RER line C station, put into service under the name "Courcelles - Levallois" on the Auteuil line, between Saint-Lazare and Auteuil. It stands above boulevard Pereire; it went to four tracks in the 1890s, when the Boulainvilliers link was built. When the Courcelles link opened, it became a junction point with the Petite Ceinture, and from 1934, when Petite Ceinture traffic ended, the station returned to its original service, between Pont-Cardinet and Auteuil-Boulogne. Closed for the construction of the VMI line, then integrated into RER line C, it reopened under the name Pereire - Levallois.
Anecdote
During modernisation, the station was covered to preserve residents' peace and quiet, and the covering slab holds tennis courts and a café. A footbridge links it to the Courcelles - Ceinture station. It keeps a non-electrified "sovereigns' track" for occasional movements towards the Courcelles link. It offers a connection with metro line 3 at Pereire station. An extension of RER E to La Défense with a stop here was considered, before the EPAD planned instead a connection at Porte Maillot.
Around Pereire-Levallois
- Église Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes, 950 m away — The parish church of the Ternes district, in the 17th arrondissement.
- Palais des Congrès de Paris, 1150 m away — A large congress and entertainment centre at Porte Maillot, opened in the 1970s.