RER C

Infobox Paris Network
Line=RER C
ColourName=#e8ce10
TextColour=Black
YearOpened=1979
LastExtension=2006
RollingStock=Z 5600, Z 8800,
Z 20500, Z 20900
StationsServed=84
LengthKm=185.6
LengthMiles=115.3
AverageInterstation=2,184
AnnualPassengers=140,000,000
The RER C is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris, France.

The line runs from Pontoise (C1), Versailles – Rive Gauche (C5) and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (C7) to Massy-Palaiseau (C2), Dourdan-la-Forêt (C4), Saint-Martin d'Étampes (C6) and Versailles – Chantiers (C8)
* First inauguration : 1979
* Length : 185.6 km (115.3 miles)
* Number of stops : 84

Line C was created in 1979 by connecting the Gare d'Orsay railway terminus (now Musée d'Orsay) with the "Invalides" terminus of the Rive Gauche line to Versailles, along the banks of the Seine. In 1988 the Argenteuil branch opened, using most of the infrastructure of the old SNCF Auteuil line and connecting to the line's main trunk at Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel via a curved bridge (the only one in Paris) over the Seine river.

Chronology

* September 26, 1979 : Inauguration of RER C, Versailles-Rive Gauche – Invalides – Quai-d'Orsay, branching to Massy – Palaiseau, and Juvisy - Dourdan / St-Martin d'Étampes, after the construction of a new convert|1|km|mi|sing=on tunnel connecting the Gare d'Orsay to the Gare des Invalides.
* May 1980 : Service extended St-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Versailles – Chantiers - Gare des Invalides.
* September 25, 1988 : Opening of VMI ("Vallée de Montmorency - Invalides") branch to northwest, to Montigny-Beauchamp and Argenteuil. Connection across Paris uses "ligne d'Auteuil" (incorporated into the "ligne de petite ceinture" from 1867, closed to passengers from July 22 1934), and new tunnel connection Batignolles - St-Ouen, km to mi|3.
* September 29, 1991 : New station, Porte de Clichy, opened. Located between Pereire-Levallois and St-Ouen.
* 1992 : The line is extended from Juvisy to Versailles.
* August 28, 2000 : The line is extended from Montigny-Beauchamp to Pontoise, km to mi|9.
* August 28, 2000 : New station, Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, opened in order to create a new connexion with Métro Line 14. Located between Paris-Austerlitz and Boulevard Masséna (which was closed and replaced by the new station).
* March 24, 2002 : New station, St-Ouen-l'Aumône-Liesse, opened. Located between Pierrelaye and St-Ouen-l'Aumône.
* August 27, 2006 : C3 branch (from Ermont-Eaubonne to Argenteuil) transferred to Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail network.
* December 16, 2006 : Boulevard Victor is renamed Boulevard Victor - Pont du Garigliano for the arrival of the tramway line T3.

List of RER C stations

* C1
** Pontoise
** Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
** Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône – Liesse
** Pierrelaye
** Montigny – Beauchamp
** Franconville – Le Plessis-Bouchard
** Cernay
** Ermont – Eaubonne
** Saint-Gratien
** Épinay-sur-Seine
** Gennevilliers
** Les Grésillons
** Saint-Ouen
** Porte de Clichy
** Pereire - Levallois
** Neuilly - Porte Maillot
** Avenue Foch
** Avenue Henri Martin
** Boulainvilliers
** Avenue du Pdt Kennedy
* C5, C7
** C5
*** Versailles – Rive Gauche
*** Porchefontaine
** C7
*** Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
*** Saint-Cyr
*** Versailles – Chantiers
** Viroflay – Rive Gauche
** Chaville – Vélizy
** Meudon – Val Fleury
** Issy
** Issy – Val de Seine
** Boulevard Victor - Pont du Garigliano
** Javel
* Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel
* Pont de l'Alma
* Invalides
* Musée d'Orsay
* St-Michel - Notre-Dame
* Gare d'Austerlitz
* Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
* Ivry-sur-Seine
* Vitry-sur-Seine
* Les Ardoines
* Choisy-le-Roi
* C2
** Les Saules
** Orly – Ville
** Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly
** Rungis – La Fraternelle
** Chemin d'Antony
** Massy – Verrières
** Massy – Palaiseau
* C4, C6, C8
** Villeneuve-le-Roi
** Ablon
** Athis-Mons
** Juvisy
** Savigny-sur-Orge
** C4, C6
*** Épinay-sur-Orge
*** Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
*** Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
*** Brétigny-sur-Orge
*** C4
**** La Norville - Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
**** Arpajon
**** Égly
**** Breuillet - Bruyères-le-Châtel
**** Breuillet - Village
**** Saint-Chéron
**** Sermaise
**** Dourdan
**** Dourdan-la-Forêt
*** C6
**** Marolles-en-Hurepoix
**** Bouray
**** Lardy
**** Chamarande
**** Étréchy
**** Étampes
**** Saint-Martin d'Étampes
** C8
*** Petit Vaux
*** Gravigny – Balizy
*** Chilly-Mazarin
*** Longjumeau
*** Massy – Palaiseau
*** Igny
*** Bièvres
*** Vauboyen
*** Jouy-en-Josas
*** Petit Jouy - Les Loges
*** Versailles – Chantiers

ee also

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

External links

* [http://ratp.fr/ RATP official website] "(in French)"
* [http://www.ratp.info/informer/anglais/index.php# RATP English speaking website]
* [http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/carterer.php Interactive Map of the RER (from RATP's website)]
* [http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/carteparis.php Interactive Map of the Paris métro (from RATP's website)]
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/mobidf/ Mobidf website, dedicated to the RER (unofficial)] "(in French)"
* [http://www.metro-pole.net/ Metro-Pole website, dedicated to Paris public transports (unofficial)] "(in French)"