Saint Germain-en-Laye Grande-Ceinture is railway station in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the centre.Inhabitants are called Saint-Germanois...

, 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...

. Its creation was decided on 11 March 1875 and opened in 1877. The station was built as a passenger stop on the Grande Ceinture but the line soon lost its passenger traffic only to become a goods station

Goods station

A goods station is, in the widest sense, a railway station which is exclusively or predominantly where goods of any description are loaded or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.A station where goods are not specifically received or...

. The station recently reopened on November 29, 2004 and is the terminus of a small line to Noisy-le-Roi

Noisy-le-Roi

Noisy-le-Roi is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-References:*...

. From this station, one can go to the Gare St-Lazare by taking the Grande Ceinture Ouest

Grande ceinture Ouest

The Grande ceinture Ouest line is a 10km long section of the Grande Ceinture de Paris, located in Yvelines and reopened to the public on 12 December 2004, after being closed to passengers for 68 years. Managed by the SNCF, it links Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Noisy-le-Roi, via Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche...

 to St.Nom-la-Bretèche, where one changes platforms to get a train to Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

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