Curiosities of Marne la Vallée !!!

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Once again, found me an older picture that should be in my blog for the memories of always, This new town is directly associated with Disneyland Paris. I have come here many times by car, but once by train to show off the family. This is Marne La Vallée in Seine et Marne dept 77 of the Île de France region of my belle France, Therefore, let me tell you a bit on curiosities of Marne la Vallée !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The new town of Marne-La Vallée was created in the 1960’s. It includes for about 20 km wide the towns from Bry-sur-Marne to Bailly-Romainvilliers, and divided into four districts or sectors. These are sector I or Porte de Paris with the towns of Noisy-le-Grand, as well as Bry-sur-Marne ,and Villiers-sur-Marne. Sector II or gate of Val Maubuée including the towns of Champs-sur-Marne, Croissy-Beaubourg, Émerainville, Lognes, Noisiel, and Torcy. Sector III or gate of Val de Bussy including the towns of Bussy-Saint-Georges, Bussy-Saint-Martin, Chanteloup-en-Brie, Collégien, Conches-sur-Gondoire, Ferrières-en-Brie, Gouvernes, Guermantes, Jossigny, Lagny-sur-Marne, Montévrain, and Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes . Finally , sector IV with the towns of Bailly-Romainvilliers, Chessy, Coupvray, Magny-le-Hongre, Serris ,and Villeneuve-le-Comte.

Marne La Vallée Chessy is a purpose-built train station created in 1992 , and for the TGV in 1994, sitting right outside the gates of Disneyland Resort Paris. It welcomes Eurostar trains from the UK to Disneyland Resort Paris. Plus you can catch high-speed TGV trains from the station for journeys across France and beyond. Marne La Vallée Chessy train station opened in 1994, two years after Disneyland Resort Paris. It is a smallish station, housing three platforms and five high-speed tracks. Automatic Left Luggage from 07h-22h ; Monday-Sunday & Holidays. Luggage trolleys are also available inside the station. There is a foreign exchange in the station. Disabled facilities: 07h-22h30 Monday-Sunday &  Holidays; at the Welcome Desk;  You should turn up to the reception 30 minutes before your train leaves if you need assistance boarding. Wheelchairs and boarding ramps are also available if required.. On foot: The station is just by the entrance to Disney Village and the resort. The SNCF train station has main access to Place des Passengers-du-Vent, allowing direct access to Disneyland Paris park and Disney Village. Three other access, on the François-Truffaut esplanade, allow access to the North bus station and the parking lot of the TGV station , Access No. 1: Disneyland parks, giving direct access to the amusement park; Access No. 2: Disney Village, corresponding to the access of the SNCF station on the Place des Passengers-du-Vent; Access No. 3: avenue Paul-Séramy, allowing access to the southern bus station and the Disney Village car park. It has a “main line” ticket office as well as automatic ticket offices, an automatic luggage instruction, a photomobile, a relaxation area, a sport space and a work and station area. It also hosts a Starbucks coffee, two brioche dorée and Pret A Manger, as well as a Relay store. The station extends on three levels: the ground floor includes most of the services, while the first floor is dedicated to the international services of Eurostar, allowing the recording of passengers to London (service interrupted since the summer 2023) and hosting French customs services And yes we have visited the Resort by train as well !!!

marne la vallee-chessy gare TGV train disneyland c2015

This new town is cross by the RER A on the line along the expressway A4 including nine stations such as Bry-sur-Marne,Noisy-le-Grand – Mont d’Est,Noisy-Champs,Noisiel, Lognes,Torcy,Bussy-Saint-Georges,Serris-Montévrain – Val d’Europe, and Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy. The RER A from Paris proper you can take it at Nation, Gare de Lyon, Châtelet-Les-Halles, Auber (Great department stores and gare St Lazare) and Charles de Gaulle-Etoile (Arc de Triomphe). Get off the train and enter directly into the Disney Parks: they are only a 2-minute walk from Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy train station.​ The station is accessible by most high-speed lines from the main stations in France. From Paris-Gare de Lyon, Disneyland Paris is approximately 45 minutes away by RER line A trains. The easiest connection is at the RER A station – Nation to Marne-la -Vallée/Chessy.

I have not taken but this train station is served by many bus and coach lines, thanks to two bus stations (north and south). The southern bus (sud) station was done on July 1, 2019 the north (nord) bus station has 19 quays ,and the southern (sud) bus station has 11 quays, As mention in my previous posts on transports to the area and my Some news from France series ,there is ongoing work to allow the RER A extended in the long term beyond Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy, up to the Paris Est-Meaux train line, in order to improve relations between Marne-la-Vallée and the city of Meaux (already bus service and an inexpensive option to come to Disneyland Paris) . The Paris Est – Meaux train line would be replaced by the extension of the RER E, beyond Chelles – Gournay, its current terminus, up to Meaux. However, taking into account the saturation of the RER A line for the moment, the master plan of the Île-de-France region offers the creation of a public transport line on its own site which would link the stations of Marne between them –La-Vallée-Chessy, Esbly and Meaux by bus as of today.

The official SNCF on the Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy: https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/en/stations-services/marne-vallee-chessy

The official SNCF surf connect on the Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy: https://www.sncf-connect.com/gares/marne-la-vallee-chessy

The regional Transilien on RER A to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy route: https://www.transilien.com/fr/page-lignes/ligne-a

The Local Paris Marne La Vallée tourist office: https://www.tourisme-pvm.fr/en

The Seine et Marne dept 77 tourist board on la marne la vallée: https://www.tourisme-seine-et-marne.fr/visiter-decouvrir/territoires-destinations/marne-la-vallee/

There you go folks, a dandy place in my travels in my belle France, and glad to show it in my blog. Marne la Vallée is unique ,hardly known and since you know who came in, it has exploded with beautiful neighborhood and fancy subdivisions in lovely towns.  Always sentimental Seine et Marne, and worth a ride alone. Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Marne la Vallée as I.

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

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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