Émerainville–Pontault-Combault station

Émerainville Pontault-Combault
Station entrance in Pontault-Combault
General information
Location	Émerainville France
Coordinates	48°48′22″N 2°37′05″E / 48.806194°N 2.618125°E / 48.806194; 2.618125
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Connections	RATP Bus:  206   212   421  Seine-et-Marne Express: 18 Sit'bus: A, B, C, D SITUS: 2 Noctilien: N142
Construction
Accessible	Yes, by prior reservation[1]
Other information
Station code	87116046
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	9 February 1857; 167 years ago (1857-02-09)
Passengers
2014	4,464,761
Services
Preceding station RER Following station Les Yvris–Noisy-le-Grand towards Nanterre–La Folie RER E Roissy-en-Brie towards Tournan

Émerainville–Pontault-Combault is a French railway station on the Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway, located in Émerainville, Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France region. It bears the name of Pontault-Combault as its territory reaches the south and the west of the building. It serves a district of Marne-la-Vallée.

The station was put into service on 9 February 1857, by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, when the section from Nogent–Le Perreux to Nangis opens. It is a SNCF station served by RER E trains.

Émerainville–Pontault-Combault station, whose elevation is 109 meters (358 ft), is located at kilometric point 27.224 of the Paris–Mulhouse railway, between Les Yvris–Noisy-le-Grand and Roissy-en-Brie stations.

The Est company put in operation Émerainville station at the opening of the section from Nogent–Le Perreux to Nangis to commercial service. That section opens with only one track; the second is put into service on 23 April 1857.^[2]

In 2000,^[3] a contract between the State and the Île-de-France region organised the expansion of RER E from Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise to Tournan. On 14 February 2002, the STIF board of directors approves of the pilot. On 14 December 2003, the line is cut from its historical network to Paris-Est and linked with RER E leading to Haussmann–Saint Lazare. That integration modify journeys and timetables; it improves the station services. Platforms are raised from 0.55 metres (1.80 ft) to 0.92 metres (3.02 ft) to facilitate access to the carriages. Facilities improve accessibility to people with limited mobility. Screens on the platforms show real time information.

From 1883^[4] to 1959, the station was the start of a private standard gauge railway serving Menier Chocolate factory in Noisiel. It measured 10 km, including a 1.6 km section inside the factory. It included a branch serving La Ferme du Buisson cultural center. It was fully in the Menier family domain and included five railroad crossings.

Menier branch was then refurbished with a marshalling yard in Émerainville and an extension to the west, with a unique track, along A4 autoroute and rounding Lognes–Émerainville aerodrome, then heading to Pariest industrial park in Lognes. That is a 7.5 km track serving Seita and SEVM companies, carrying 118000 tons of freight a year. The line is disused in 2005 as the two companies move and the line manager refuse to pay for the maintenance.^[5]

As a Transilien network station, commercial services are available everyday, as well as facilities and assistance to people with limited mobility. The station is equipped with vending machines for Transilien and main lines tickets, and with real time traffic information system. Several facilities are present, such as a press booth and a vending machine proposing drinks and sweets.^[6]

The station is served in both directions by one train every 30 minutes off-peak and in the evening. It is served by two to four trains an hour during peak times.

Several car parks are set nearby.

The station is also served by bus companies:

• SITUS line 2
• Seine-et-Marne Express line 18
• RATP Group lines 206, 212 and 421
• Sit'bus lines A, B, C and D
• Noctilien night line N142

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  Train arriving in Émerainville station toward Tournan
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  Train leaving Émerainville toward Haussmann–Saint-Lazare
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  Sign in the station
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  A train on the junction of slow and direct tracks

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway
• RER E

• Plancke, René-Charles (1991). Histoire du chemin de fer de Seine-et-Marne : tome I de la vapeur au TGV. Le Mée-sur-Seine: Amatteis. ISBN 978-2868491053.

• Émerainville–Pontault-Combault station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)