Gare de Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy

Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy TGV RER
Location Chessy
Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France,
 France
Coordinates 48°52′11″N 2°46′58″E / 48.86972°N 2.78278°E / 48.86972; 2.78278Coordinates: 48°52′11″N 2°46′58″E / 48.86972°N 2.78278°E / 48.86972; 2.78278
Line(s) TGV
RER A
OUIGO
Eurostar
Platforms 3
Tracks 5
History
Opened 1992 (RER A)
1994 (TGV)
Services
Preceding station   TGV   Following station
toward northern and northwestern France
TGV
toward western and southwestern France
TGV
TGV
toward southeastern France
TGV
toward Strasbourg
TGV
toward western France
Preceding station   Ouigo   Following station
TerminusOUIGO
toward 
TerminusOUIGO
Preceding station   RER   Following station
RER RER ATerminus
Preceding station   Eurostar   Following station
EurostarTerminus

Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy is a combined RER (commuter rail) and TGV (high-speed train) station in Chessy, France, about 30 km (19 mi) east of Paris. The station is located inside Disneyland Paris, in front of the entrances to the two theme parks and Disney Village. The station opened as an extension of the RER A in 1992, in conjunction with the opening of the theme park, with Euro Disney S.C.A. contributing €38.1 million of the €126.5 million cost.[1] The TGV part of the station opened two years after the RER station. There are direct TGV services to, among others, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Lyon, Rennes, Lille, Nantes, Limoges, Toulouse, Montpellier, Orléans, Grenoble and Brussels. On 29 June 1996, Eurostar began direct services from London to Disneyland Paris. Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy is also the rail head used for Paris by Ouigo services.

Passengers can travel by TGV from Charles de Gaulle Airport TGV station to this station in less than 10 minutes.

The station has a UK National Rail station code of MCK[2] because it is part of the Eurostar network,[3] despite Eurostar not being part of National Rail.

Train services

From Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy, train services depart to major French cities such as: Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Perpignan, Lille, Strasbourg. International services operate to Brussels in Belgium and London in the United Kingdom.

The following services currently call at Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy:

View to the platform area

Eurostar services

Legend
 Hours
0:00 London St Pancras London Underground National Rail
0:14 Ebbsfleet International National Rail
0:29 Ashford International National Rail
0:31 British portal
Channel Tunnel
UK
France
border
0:51 French portal
0:55 Calais-Fréthun SNCF
1:22 Lille Europe Lille tramway Lille Metro SNCF
France
Belgium
border
2:01 Brussels-South Brussels Metro Deutsche Bahn TGV

2:16 Paris Gare du Nord Paris Métro RER Transilien SNCF

2:40 Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy RER TGV
Seasonal and
extended services
4:41 Lyon-Part-Dieu Deutsche Bahn Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles SNCF
5:49 Avignon TGV Deutsche Bahn Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles SNCF
6:27 Marseille-Saint-Charles Deutsche Bahn Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles SNCF
7:12 Moûtiers SNCF
7:30 Aime-La Plagne (set down only) SNCF
7:51 Bourg-Saint-Maurice SNCF

Times shown are fastest timetabled journey from St Pancras.

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Clavé, S. Anton (2007-04-16). The Global Theme Park Industry (1st ed.). CABI. p. 330. ISBN 9781845932084.
  2. ↑ "National Railway Stations (sorted by three letter code)". www.coris.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Disneyland Paris". Eurostar. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
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