Magenta station

Magenta Gare du Nord
Platforms in November 2006
General information
Location	Paris France
Coordinates	48°52′48″N 2°21′30″E / 48.88009497942813°N 2.3582571744918823°E / 48.88009497942813; 2.3582571744918823
Owned by	SNCF
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Bus routes	26   30   31   38   39   42   43   46   48   54   56   65   302   350   OpenTour  N01 N02 N14 N43 N44 N140
Connections	(at Gare du Nord)        (at Gare du Nord)     (at Gare de l'Est)   (at La Chapelle)    (at Gare de l'Est)
Construction
Accessible	Yes, by prior reservation[1]
Other information
Station code	87281873
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	14 July 1999 (1999-07-14)
Passengers
2022	33 045 860[2]
Services
Preceding station RER Following station Haussmann–Saint-Lazare towards Nanterre–La Folie RER E Rosa Parks towards Chelles–Gournay or Tournan
Connections to other stations Preceding station RER Following station La Plaine Stade de France towards Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye RER B transfer at Gare du Nord Châtelet towards Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Stade de France–Saint-Denis towards Creil RER D transfer at Gare du Nord Châtelet towards Corbeil-Essonnes Stade de France–Saint-Denis towards Goussainville Châtelet towards Melun Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Barbès–Rochechouart towards Porte Dauphine Line 2 transfer at La Chapelle Stalingrad towards Nation Château d'Eau towards Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Line 4 transfer at Gare de l'Est Gare du Nord towards Porte de Clignancourt Gare de l'Est towards Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Line 4 transfer at Gare du Nord Barbès–Rochechouart towards Porte de Clignancourt Jacques Bonsergent towards Place d'Italie Line 5 transfer at Gare de l'Est Gare du Nord towards Bobigny–Pablo Picasso Gare de l'Est towards Place d'Italie Line 5 transfer at Gare du Nord Stalingrad towards Bobigny–Pablo Picasso Poissonnière towards Villejuif–Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Line 7 transfer at Gare de l'Est Château-Landon towards La Courneuve–8 mai 1945
Location

Magenta station is a station of the Île-de-France Réseau Express Régional (RER), in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built on the site of the Gare du Nord, the original name of Magenta station was Nord-Est with the possibility of a connection to both Paris-Nord and Paris-Est.

The station is located on the underground section of the RER line E, immediately east of Gare du Nord. It follows the Haussmann–Saint-Lazare station (in the 9th arrondissement) and precedes the Rosa Parks station (in the 19th arrondissement).

The station, which should have been called the Gare Nord-Est Station, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on 12 July 1999, before the opening to the public of RER line E on 14 July 1999.^[3] Its name comes from its proximity to the Boulevard de Magenta. In 2022, the SNCF estimated the annual use of the station at 33 million passengers.^[4]

Magenta station is directly connected to the Gare du Nord, with two of the three exits leading to this station. The third exit is located at 5-7 Rue de l'Aqueduc, facing Rue d'Alsace, which is the main pedestrian route between the Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord.

It is planned to extend the Château-Landon transfer corridor to connect the Gare du Nord, the Magenta station and the Gare de l'Est by 2028. In the meantime, it is only possible to reach the Gare de l'Est from Magenta via the Rue d'Alsace.

There are four tracks that flank two island platforms. They are numbered as tracks 51, 52, 53, and 54. Track 51 is used for trains to Chelles-Gournay station. Track 53 serves Tournan station. Tracks 52 and 54 are always used for service to Haussmann–Saint-Lazare station.

The station was built at a depth of 30 m, under the foundations of the existing old building. Large, spacious, with high and airey ceilings, a complete change from the usual train and metro stations. Its upper access corridors are a mix of polished raw concrete and exotic wood. The building has nine levels and a ground floor. The ninth level is used by SNCF.

The vast volumes of the station as well as the ventilation of the tunnel required the creation of ventilation shafts within the block of buildings built on the surface: for example, at 174 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, is a fake building, the façade with trompe-l'oeil windows hiding a ventilation duct of the underground station. In the same street, 162 bis, at the corner of Rue La Fayette, conceals a large ventilation duct emerging behind the building built on the street. The station, built close to groundwater, has suffered leaks since its opening.

• Gare du Nord (RER B and D, lines 4 and 5, suburban trains, national and international trains: TGV, Eurostar)
• Gare de l'Est (underground lines 4, 5 and 7, suburban trains, national and international trains: TGV)
• Château-Landon (Paris Métro Line 7)
• La Chapelle (Paris Métro Line 2)

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Magenta.

• Magenta station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)