RER A Summer work

RER A by the numbers

  • 308 million passengers a year, up 20% in 10 years

  • 50,000 passengers an hour on the central trunk (in both directions, during rush hour) 

  • 2-minute intervals between trains during rush hour

  • 4-minute intervals between trains during off-peak service

  • 46 stations: 35 RATP and 11 SNCF stations

  • 108 km of track, including 26 km underground and 76 km on RATP property

  • Commercial speed: 49.6 km per hour

  • Maximum speed: 100 km per hour in Paris

  • 120 km per hour between Torcy and Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy

  • The number of days with more than 1 million passengers is in constant progression: from 7 days in 2003 to 190 days in 2012

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