Cergy – Saint-Christophe (SNCF)
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Cergy – Saint-Christophe is a train station
located in the city of Cergy
, France
. The station built by Philippe Deslandes opened on 29 May 1988 along with Cergy – Préfecture
station. It was, until 1994, the terminus for RER
's line A3 but is now the penultimate stop.
The station building is a large glass structure placed above the line at street level and comprises metal and glass cylinder and Europe's largest clock.
Buildings have soon followed the station and the area is now Cergy
's second shopping centre. From the station forecourt a pedestrian street leads to the plaza of the Axe Majeur from which is a view of the Vallée de l'Oise and of Paris. The axe is aligned with Paris' Champ de Mars
.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in the city of Cergy
Cergy
Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The station built by Philippe Deslandes opened on 29 May 1988 along with Cergy – Préfecture
Cergy – Préfecture (SNCF)
Cergy – Préfecture is a railway station in Cergy, France. The station was opened on 29 March 1988 and receives trains from Gare Saint-Lazare as well as the RER....
station. It was, until 1994, the terminus for RER
RER
The RER is a rapid transit system in France serving Paris and its suburbs. The RER is an integration of a modern city-centre underground rail and a pre-existing set of commuter rail lines. It has several connections with the Paris Métro within the city of Paris. Within the city, the RER...
's line A3 but is now the penultimate stop.
The station building is a large glass structure placed above the line at street level and comprises metal and glass cylinder and Europe's largest clock.
Buildings have soon followed the station and the area is now Cergy
Cergy
Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....
's second shopping centre. From the station forecourt a pedestrian street leads to the plaza of the Axe Majeur from which is a view of the Vallée de l'Oise and of Paris. The axe is aligned with Paris' Champ de Mars
Champ de Mars
The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius in Rome, a tribute to the Roman god of war...
.