La Défense (Paris Métro, RER and Transilien)

Infobox Paris metro
Name=La Défense - Grande Arche
Day=April 1
Year=1992
Access=Rue Carpeaux × voie Perronet
Municipality=Puteaux
Zone=2-3
Next=
X=17
Y=19

La Défense is a station of the Paris Métro, RER, and Transilien suburban rail lines. It is located underneath the Grande Arche building in La Défense, the business district just west of Paris. The station connects the RER Line A to the Metro Line 1 station La Défense - Grande Arche (since 1992), the T2 tramway (since 1994), and an SNCF (Transilien) train station. It is also attached to a major shopping centre.

Highlights on the surface nearby include the monumental "Grande Arche", skyscrapers that host the headquarters of important French and foreign companies, and works of urban art such as "Le Pouce" by César Baldaccini. From the central esplanade the Arc de Triomphe can be seen further down the Axe historique.

Until May 2004, this part of La Défense hosted an information centre of the European Union managed by the European Parliament.

Lines serving this station

* RER Line A (Paris Zone 1-2 tickets not valid)
* Line 1 (terminus, Paris Zone 1-2 tickets valid)
* Paris St Lazare Group III :
** SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare - St Nom la Breteche - Forêt de Marly
** SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare - Versailles Rive Droite
* SNCF La Défense - La Verrière
* Tram Line 2 (terminus)

There are four platforms in the Transilien station :

In the morning :
* Platforms 1 and 3 are used for PSL Group III lines to Paris
* Platform 2 is used for PSL Group III lines to Versailles Rive Droite / St Nom la Breteche - Forêt de Marly
* Platform 4 is used for La Défense - La Verrière line

In the afternoon :
* Platform 1 is used for PSL Group III lines to Paris
* Platforms 2 and 4 are used for PSL Group III lines to Versailles Rive Droite / St Nom la Breteche - Forêt de Marly
* Platform 3 is used for La Défense - La Verrière line

ee also

* List of stations of the Paris Métro
* List of stations of the Paris RER