Torcy Station

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Torcy
RER.svg
RER station
BV Torcy cote acces sud par Cramos.JPG
Location 1, place de la gare
77200 Torcy
Flag of France.svg  France
Coordinates 48°50′22″N2°39′17″E / 48.8394444444444°N 2.65472222222222°E / 48.8394444444444; 2.65472222222222 Coordinates: 48°50′22″N2°39′17″E / 48.8394444444444°N 2.65472222222222°E / 48.8394444444444; 2.65472222222222
Owned by RATP Group
Operated by RATP Group
Line(s)
   RER.svg Paris RER A icon.svg
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Other information
Fare zone 5
History
Opened 19 December 1980 (1980-12-19)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 3,852,727
Services
Preceding station  RER  Following station
toward  Cergy-le-Haut
RER.svg Paris RER A icon.svg

Torcy (French pronunciation:  [toʁsi] ) is a railway station in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, a suburb east of Paris.

Seine-et-Marne Department of France

Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.

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History

Torcy opened on 19 December 1980 as part of an extension of the A4 branch from its previous eastern terminal of Noisy-le-Grand - Mont d'Est. It served as the eastern terminus of the A4 branch for twelve years until 1 April 1992, when the RER A4 was extended to Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy; since then, the A4 branch has yet to be extended.

Ridership

According to RATP, 13,716 passengers used Torcy each day in 2006 for a total of 5,006,340 passengers annually. [1]

Service

Torcy is on the A4 branch of the RER A and receives frequent service. As of 4 February 2008, during peak hours there are between twelve and eighteen trains per hour (intervals of five and three minutes and twenty seconds), during mid-day trains arrive every ten minutes, and early mornings and late nights trains come at fifteen-minute intervals. [2] [3]

RER A railroad line in France

RER line A is one of the five lines in the RER system serving Paris, France.

The station also acts as a terminus for certain trains. Trains that terminate at Torcy will display a headline beginning with O, O being the designation that a train terminates at Torcy rather than Q for Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy. [3]

Bus connections

Along with the RER, the RATP also provides moderate bus at Torcy with both regular bus service and Noctilien service at night.

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