Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station
Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy or Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy TGV, also appearing on platform displays as Disneyland Paris, is a combined RER (commuter rail), TGV (regional high-speed rail), Ouigo (alternative low-cost high-speed rail) and international rail station in Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, France, about 30 km (19 mi) east of Paris. The station is inside Disneyland Paris, close to the entrances to the theme parks and at the entrance to Disney Village. The station opened as an extension of RER A in 1992, in conjunction with the opening of the theme park, with The Walt Disney Company contributing €38.1 million of the €126.5 million cost.[1] The TGV part of the station opened two years after the RER station.
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| Location | Place des Passagers du Vent 77700 Chessy France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48.87040°N 2.782799°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP Group & SNCF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP Group & SNCF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eurostar, TGV, Thalys, Ouigo  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (RATP Group) 4 (SNCF) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (RATP Group) 5 (SNCF) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | SNCF, Eurostar, Thalys, RATP Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 8775499 (RATP Group) / 8711184 (SNCF) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.gares-sncf.com/fr/gare/frmlv/marne-vallee-chessy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1992 (RATP Group) 29 May 1994 (SNCF) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Situation
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] although Eurostar is not part of National Rail. As Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy is a Eurostar station, it houses Eurostar check-in areas and border control booths operated by the French Border Police and Customs in a dedicated area on the 2nd floor of the station. Previously, the UK Border Agency operated juxtaposed controls and carried out pre-embarkation immigration checks at the station. However, the UK has discontinued this arrangement. Accordingly, passengers go through UK immigration and customs checks at their arrival station in the UK.[4][5][6]
Train services
From Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, train services depart to major French cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Perpignan, Lille and Strasbourg. International services operate to Brussels in Belgium, London in the United Kingdom and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The following services currently start, end, or stop at Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy:
Domestic services:
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles, Cannes and Nice
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Expuéry, Nîmes, Montpellier-Saint-Roch and Toulouse
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Tours-Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Angoulême and Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans and Rennes
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans, Angers and Nantes
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Arras, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes and Montpellier-Saint-Roch
- High-speed services (TGV) from Lille Europe to Arras, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles
- High-speed services (TGV) from Strasbourg to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans and Rennes
- High-speed services (TGV) from Strasbourg to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans, Angers and Nantes
- High-speed services (TGV) from Strasbourg to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Tours-Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
Low-cost domestic services:
- High-speed services (Ouigo) from Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy to Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles
- High-speed services (Ouigo) from Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy to Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes and Montpellier-Saint-Roch
International services:
- High-speed services (TGV) from Brussels-South to Lille Europe, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles
- High-speed services (TGV) from Brussels-South to Lille Europe, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes, Montpellier-Saint-Roch and Perpignan
- High-speed services (Eurostar) from Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy to Ashford International, Ebbsfleet International and London St. Pancras
- High-speed services (Thalys) from Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy to Brussels-South, Rotterdam Centraal and Amsterdam Centraal
Commuter services:
See also
- List of stations of the Paris RER
- Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
References
- Clavé, S. Anton (16 April 2007). The Global Theme Park Industry (1st ed.). CABI. p. 330. ISBN 9781845932084.
- "National Railway Stations (sorted by three letter code)". www.coris.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- "Disneyland Paris". Eurostar. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- "Will our passports be checked at Marne-la-Vallée station (Disneyland® Paris)?". Eurostar. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Freedom of Information Response (Border control for Eurostar from Marne la Vallée Chessy)" (PDF). UK Border Force. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
Border Force does not operate a juxtaposed control arrangement at Marne-la-Vallee Chessy station. Full UK immigration checks are conducted on arrival in the UK.
- "House of Commons Hansard for 17 July 2012, Column 658W (Immigration Controls: St Pancras Station)". House of Commons.
External links
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- Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)