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RER C - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (359 words) |
 | Line C was created in 1979 by connecting the Gare d'Orsay railway terminus (now Musée d'Orsay) with the Invalides terminus of the Rive Gauche line to Versailles, along the banks of the Seine. |
| In 1988 the Argenteuil branch opened, using most of the infrastructure of the old SNCF Auteuil line and connecting to the line's main trunk at Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel via a curved bridge (the only one in Paris) over the Seine river. |
| September 25th, 1988 : Opening of VMI ("Vallée de Montmorency - Invalides") branch to northwest, to Montigny-Beauchamp and Argenteuil. |
| RER - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (2345 words) |
| As its chief inspiration, the RATP was granted authority to run the new link and the SNCF thus ceded operation of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye line (to the west of Paris) and the Vincennes line (to the east). |
| The SNCF gained the right to operate its own routes outright, which were to become lines C, D and E. Extensive sections of suburban track were added to the network but only four new stations were built. |
| The overall predominance of suburban SNCF track on the RER network explains why RER trains drive on the left, like SNCF trains (except in Alsace-Moselle), and contrary to the Métro where trains drive on the right. |
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