La Plaine Stade de France station

La Plaine Stade de France, officially La Plaine Stade de France - Saint-Denis - Aubervilliers, is a station on the line B of the Réseau Express Régional, a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit line. It is named after several nearby landmarks, the La Plaine district where the station is located, the nearby Stade de France stadium, the Saint-Denis commune where the station is located, and the nearby Aubervilliers commune. The station is in a suburb of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department of France.[2]

La Plaine Stade de France Saint-Denis Aubervilliers
RER B train at the station
Location	Place des Droits de l'Homme 93200 Saint-Denis France
Coordinates	48.917500°N 2.361830°E
Owned by	SNCF
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	87164798
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	25 January 1998
Passengers
2019	15,759,876[1]
Services
Preceding station   RER   Following station La Courneuve – Aubervilliers toward Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye Gare du Nord toward Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

The Stade de France is also served by the RER D line from another nearby station, Stade de France – Saint-Denis.

History

The station opened on 25 January 1998, in time for the 1998 World Cup, replacing a 1913 station known as La Plaine-Voyaguers. The station is the work of the architect Jean-Marie Duthilleul. The structure of the station is suspended with cables. The architectural style of the station echoes that of the namsake Stade de France stadium.

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER

References

1. "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
2. La Plaine Stade de France station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)

External links

• La Plaine Stade de France station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)