Rosa-Parks station

Rosa-Parks (French: Gare Rosa-Parks) is a railway station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France near the Porte d'Aubervilliers. It opened on 13 December 2015.[1] It bears the name of American civil rights activist Rosa Parks.[2][3]

Rosa-Parks
RER station
Station building on Rue Gaston-Tessier
Location39 Rue Gaston-Tessier
75019 Paris
France
Coordinates48.89654°N 2.37345°E / 48.89654; 2.37345
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)
  
Platforms1
Tracks2
Other information
Station code8765479
Fare zone1
History
Opened13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
Services
Preceding station   RER   Following station
Magenta
Pantin
toward Chelles-Gournay or Tournan

History

The station, initially named Évangile because of its proximity to Rue de l'Évangile, is located on the site of the former Est-Ceinture[4][5] and Évangile stations,[6][7] both part of the Parisian circular line "Petite Ceinture".

After the demolition of Évangile station (2011), the following year a new tram stop opened on the Line 3b, and in 2015 the RER station opened.

Explaining the station's name, Annick Lepetit, deputy of Bertrand Delanoë (Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014) in charge of transport, stated: "We wanted at least 50% female names. There has been much debate, especially with RATP, which favors existing place names, but for Rosa Parks there was a consensus: this is necessary for a tram station, it is a strong symbol".[8]

Services

The station, located on the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville and Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railways, both departing from Paris-Est, is served by the suburban line RER E. Île-de-France tramway Line 3b opened on 15 December 2012 with a stop located near the station.

  • A Z 22500 to Haussmann – Saint-Lazare approaching the station platform
  • The old Est-Ceinture station, January 1900
  • The area of the old Évangelie station in 2010
  • T3b tram stop operating, 2015

See also

References
  1. "RER E: Ouverture de la gare Rosa Parks sur la ligne E du RER". STIF. December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. "Rosa Parks Transport Hub" (SNCF Réseau website)
  3. "Paris: Locals discover their new Rosa Parks station" (Le Parisien).
  4. (in French) Est-Ceinture station (Petite Ceinture website)
  5. see also: fr:Gare d'Est-Ceinture
  6. (in French) Évangile locomotive shed (Petite Ceinture website)
  7. See also: fr:Ligne de Petite Ceinture#Gares.
  8. (in French) Marie-Anne Kleiber: "Gare, tramway : Rosa Parks s'est fait un nom dans le 19e", lejdd.fr.
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