Rosa Parks (French: Gare Rosa Parks) is a railway station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France near the Porte d'Aubervilliers. It is on the RER network, and also has a tram stop. The station opened on 13 December 2015, and bears the name of American civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

Rosa Parks
RER & Tram station
Station building on Rue Gaston-Tessier
General information
Location	39 Rue Gaston-Tessier 75019 Paris France
Coordinates	48.89654°N 2.37345°E / 48.89654; 2.37345
Owned by	SNCF (RER), RATP (tram)
Operated by	SNCF (RER), RATP (tram)
Line(s)
Platforms	1 (RER), 2 (tram)
Tracks	2 (RER), 2 (tram)
Connections
Other information
Station code	8765479
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) (tram) 13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) (RER)
Services
Preceding station RER Following station Magenta towards Haussmann–Saint-Lazare RER E Pantin towards Chelles–Gournay or Tournan

History

The station, initially named Évangile because of its proximity to Rue de l'Évangile, is located on the site of the former Est-Ceinture and Évangile stations, both part of the Parisian circular line "Petite Ceinture".[1][2]

The remnants of Évangile station were demolished in 2011. A new stop on Tram Line 3b opened at the station site on 15 December 2012 and the RER station opened on 13 December 2015.[3]

The station bears the name of American civil rights activist Rosa Parks.[4] Explaining the name, Annick Lepetit, deputy of Bertrand Delanoë (Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014) in charge of transport, stated: "We wanted at least 50% female names. There has been much debate, especially with RATP, which favors existing place names, but for Rosa Parks there was a consensus: this is necessary for a tram station, it is a strong symbol".[5]

Services

The station, located on the Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville and Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railways, both departing from Paris-Est, is served by the suburban line RER E. Île-de-France tramway Line 3b opened on 15 December 2012 with a stop located at the station.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

• 
  A Z 22500 to Haussmann – Saint-Lazare approaching the station platform
• 
  The old Est-Ceinture station, January 1900
• 
  The area of the old Évangile station in 2010
• 
  T3b tram stop operating, 2015

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare Rosa-Parks.

• Rosa Parks station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
• Rosa Parks station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
• 3884781096 Rosa Parks station on OpenStreetMap
• 2799009880 Rosa Parks tram stop on OpenStreetMap