Versailles has five stations, it will soon have a sixth.
The future station of line 18 of the Grand Paris Express will be located near Chantiers station, making it the best served district.
This line, which will connect Versailles to Orly airport via Massy (Essonne) in 30 minutes, should be operational in 2030. Around 35,000 travelers should use it daily.
“It will be an important station, with the dual challenge of welcoming residents, but also of ensuring connections with the RER C, the N, U and V lines of the Transilien network, the TGV from Versailles Chantiers station, the second in Île-de-France outside Paris itself,” assures Rafaël Concas, territorial relations project manager at the Grand Paris company.
Work to accommodate this new infrastructure began on rue de la Porte-de-Buc, almost opposite the Franciscaines clinic.
“We have been on the site for a year.
For the moment, this is preparatory work, specifies Mélanie Armand, project manager for the Versailles construction sites.
We are in the process of building a temporary access to the Chantiers station from rue de Porte de Buc, which will replace the existing one, located on the construction site.
From March, we will install a living base, with the arrival of bungalows,” explains the project manager.
The Huit center and SNCF buildings moved
For this, the Huit center was demolished and should be rebuilt across the street, on land acquired by the city.
Likewise, the two SNCF buildings should be destroyed to be rebuilt a few meters further on, at the corner of rue des Chantiers.
This summer will be marked by the start of civil engineering work.
They consist of building the walls delimiting the parameter of the underground structure and digging the interior volumes of the station.
At the same time, the tunnel boring machine should begin digging from Guyancourt towards Versailles.
It should have swallowed its 6.7 km underground in 2026 to lead to the Chantiers stadium, which will lose its purpose.
“The stadium will be inaccessible.
School children will be welcomed at the Montbauron stadium,” explains Mélanie Armand.
Ultimately, other sports infrastructures should emerge nearby to replace it.