
The RER A is a railway line crossing the Paris conurbation from east to west, passing through Paris. This line has several branches and connects the terminus Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy and Poissy to the west, to the terminus Boissy-Saint-Léger and Marne-la-Vallée to the east.
The RER A line (or regional express network A), operated largely by the RATP, was opened gradually from 1969. Its total length is 109 km. Part of the RER A line is underground, especially when crossing Paris. The implementation of the underground part of the line gave rise to gigantic works in the 1970s!
The RER A is the busiest line in the network with more than 300 million passengers per year, or nearly one million passengers per day. In particular, it serves the Châtelet les Halles station, located in the heart of Paris 25 meters underground, on the site of the former Halles. This RER station is considered the largest underground station in Europe. It is in this station that the RER A and RER B cross Paris from north to south, as well as the RER D line. The Châtelet-les Halles station also allows correspondence with lines 1, 4, 7, 11, 14 from the metro. Since the end of the 1970s, the old Halles, demolished in 1971, have given way to a huge shopping center, the Forum des Halles.
Frequency of RER A trains
In the heart of the capital, expect a train every 2 to 4 minutes in each direction of traffic between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. and a train every 6 to 8 minutes outside these times.
Some journey times
Duration of the Nation Charles de Gaulle-Etoile journey: 12 minutes
Duration of trip Châtelet-les Halles Saint-Germain-en- Laye: 30 minutes
Duration of the route Châtelet-les Halles Cergy-Préfecture: 40 minutes
Duration of the route Châtelet- Les Halles Marne-la-Vallée Chessy (Disneyland Park): 41 minutes
Duration of the trip Châtelet-les Halles Nanterre University: 15 minutes

List of stations on line A from terminus to terminus with connections to other lines on the network :
Cergy-Le Haut
Poissy
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Achères Grand Cormier
Cergy-Saint-Christophe
Le Vésinet-Le-Pecq
Cergy-Préfecture
Le Vésinet-Centre
Chatou-Croissy
Rueil-Malmaison
Nanterre-Ville
Neuville-Université
Nanterre-Université
Conflans-Fin d'Oise
Achères-Ville
Maisons-Laffitte
Sartrouville
Houilles Carrières-sur-Seine
Nanterre-Préfecture
La Défense Grande Arche

Charles de Gaulle Etoile



Auber
Châtelet - Les Halles


Gare de Lyon



Nation




Vincennes
Fontenay-sous-Bois
Val de Fontenay
Nogent-sur-Marne
Neuilly-Plaisance
Joinville-le-Pont
Bry-sur-Marne
Saint-Maur-Créteil
Noisy-le-Grand Mont d'Est
Le Parc de Saint-Maur
Champigny
Noisy-Champs
La Varenne Chennevières
Noisiel
Sucy-Bonneuil
Lognes
Torcy
Boissy-Saint-Léger
Bussy-Saint-Georges
Val d'Europe
Marne-La-Vallée Chessy (Parc Disneyland)