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Pontoise station

Railway station in Pontoise, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pontoise is the train station serving the city of Pontoise and the surrounding suburbs. The station is a large building situated on Place Charles de Gaulle itself at the bottom end of Rue Thiers. Rue Thiers was built for the station and links Pontoise's Medieval centre to the railway.

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Pontoise
RER Transilien
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Platforms
General information
LocationPlace du General-de-Gaulle, 95300 Pontoise
France
Elevation28 m (92 ft)
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)RER C RER C
Transilien Line H (Paris-Nord) Line H
Transilien Line J (Paris-Saint-Lazare) Line J
Other information
Station code87276139
Fare zone5
Passengers
20188,269,000
Services
Preceding station Transilien Transilien Following station
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
towards Paris-Nord
Line H Terminus
Terminus Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
towards Creil
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône-Quartier de l'Église Line J Osny
towards Gisors
Preceding station RER RER Following station
Terminus RER C Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Location
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Rue Thiers links Gare de Pontoise to Pontoise Cathedral

The station was opened to link Paris to Dieppe, it is parallel to the line with a long footbridge stretching over the lines to the Canrobert bus station. Trains no longer serve Dieppe (now rerouted via Rouen) but is well served by regional trains (Transilien) to Paris St-Lazare and Paris Nord. Pontoise Station is also served by RER C which uses a new bridge built of the River Oise to increase capacity.