Paris1972-Versailles2003

I like to tackle a subject of many , how to get around Paris and on this time even how to get to Versailles. That is public transports in Paris which of course by nature of having worked in the City needed to use extensively for 9 + years, I have written a general post on the RER (réseau express régional)  or regional express network ; however, let me go a bit further and tell you about the RER C train line of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy it as I

The RER C crosses the Parisian agglomeration, with many branches. It connects easy to your travels out of the City especially to my dear Versailles at the Château Rive Gauche station ,closest to the palace/museum by an almost circular route, passing through the heart of Paris Let me give you something further on it in a general easy terms as possible,  Although opened in stages from 1979 until the year 2000, the line did not officially become RER C until 1980. Previously it was called Transversale Rive Gauche, The C Line is, with 187 km, the second longest line of the network , as well as the most frequented by tourists, who represent 15% of its public , It is ,also, by far the most difficult to operate with its very many branches: the slightest incident on one of they can disrupt traffic on the common trunk. Oh yeah indeed but its a thrill for visitors and locals need to get used to it.

I pick some important dates on it that is related to visitors so bear with me, On February 17, 1988, the Pont-Saint-Michel station is in correspondence with the RER B and line 10 of the metro. On this occasion it changed its name to become Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame.  And one of the best point connection to reach my Versailles, In 1992, the Juvisy – Versailles-Chantiers branch was officially integrated despite its effective interconnection since the 1980s. On August 28, 2000, the line was extended from Montigny – Beauchamp in Pontoise, capital of Val-d’Oise dept 95, On December 3, 2000, the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station was opened to the public, designed to form a hub for correspondence with line 14 of the metro, put into service two years earlier. . This station also serves the new district of Paris Rive Gauche, located between the Seine and the tracks of the Paris-Austerlitz station, where the National Library of France is located, Among other things, RER C Line takes the paths of very diverse lines, both in terms of their history and their characteristics. To the northwest (branch C1), it takes the Vallée de Montmorency – Invalides line from Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel to Ermont – Eaubonne. This link, opened in 1988, brings together various renovated old sections. To the west, it takes the line from Invalides to Versailles-Château-Rive-Gauche, to its terminus, From Viroflay-Rive-Gauche, it also takes the tracks of the Paris-Montparnasse line in Brest to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (branch C7), where the trains coexist with those of the N line trains.

The central part of the RER C line is vulnerable to Seine river floods. Traffic is interrupted on the central part between Austerlitz, Javel and Avenue-Henri-Martin if the reference level of the river exceeds 5.60 meters, while from 6 meters the tracks risk submersion, Some popular station at least by me used in the past are Pontoise, Neuilly-Porte Maillot, Avenue Foch ,Avenue Henri Martin, Avenue du President Kennedy, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Versailles Chantiers, Versailles Château Rive Gauche, Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel, Pont de l’Alma, Invalides, Musée d’Orsay, Saint Michel-Notre Dame, and Massy-Palaiseau, (see post).

The RER C line mission codes consist of four letters to id the trains and its directions, The first letter of the train name (called “mission”) corresponds to the arrival station , The second letter refers to the service of the train, The last two letters complete the preceding so that the four letters form a pronounceable word, but do not provide additional information For example, Versailles Chantiers, CIME, CITY, and Versailles Château Rive Gauche, VICK, VITY .On June 7, 2023, it was announced that the future branch C8 Massy-Palaiseau – Versailles-Chantiers of the RER C, which will be disconnected and transformed into a shuttle when the T12 tramway Express line opens on December 10, 2023, will be called ,the line V.

The official Île de France region site Transilien RER C line : https://www.transilien.com/fr/page-lignes/ligne-c

The Paris transport site RATP on REC C line : https://www.ratp.fr/en/plans-lignes/rer/c

The Blog users’s of Transilien site on Paris area transports on the RER C : https://malignec.transilien.com/

The Île de France Mobilités on trafic here on the RER C : https://me-deplacer.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/infos-trafic/detail/line%3AIDFM%3AC01727

There you go folks, feel better to have a single post on this very popular train ride into my Versailles,and to Paris on the RER C is a nice ride indeed, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the RER C train line of Paris !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!