Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy or Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy TGV, also appearing on platform displays as Disneyland Paris, is a combined RER, TGV, Ouigo and international rail station in Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, France, about east of Paris. The station is inside Disneyland Paris, close to the entrances to the theme parks and at the entrance to Disney Village. The station opened as an extension of RER A in 1992, in conjunction with the opening of the theme park, with The Walt Disney Company contributing €38.1 million of the €126.5 million cost. The TGV part of the station opened two years after the RER station.
Situation
There are direct TGV services to, among others, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Lyon, Rennes, Lille, Nantes, Limoges, Toulouse, Montpellier, Orléans, Grenoble and Brussels. On 29 June 1996, Eurostar began direct services from London to Disneyland Paris. Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy is also the rail head used for Paris by Ouigo services. Passengers can travel by TGV from Charles de Gaulle Airport TGV station to this station in less than 10 minutes. The station has a UK National Rail station code of MCK because it is part of the Eurostar network, although Eurostar is not part of National Rail. As Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy is a Eurostar station, it houses Eurostar check-in areas and border control booths operated by the French Border Police and Customs in a dedicated area on the 2nd floor of the station. Previously, the UK Border Agency operated juxtaposed controls and carried out pre-embarkation immigration checks at the station. However, the UK has discontinued this arrangement. Accordingly, passengers go through UK immigration and customs checks at their arrival station in the UK.
Train services
From Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, train services depart to major French cities such as Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Perpignan, Lille and Strasbourg. International services operate to Brussels in Belgium, London in the United Kingdom and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The following services currently start, end, or stop at Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy: Domestic services:
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles, Cannes and Nice
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Expuéry, Nîmes, Montpellier-Saint-Roch and Toulouse
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Tours-Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Angoulême and Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans and Rennes
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans, Angers and Nantes
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Arras, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes and Montpellier-Saint-Roch
High-speed services from Lille Europe to Arras, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles
High-speed services from Strasbourg to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans and Rennes
High-speed services from Strasbourg to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Le Mans, Angers and Nantes
High-speed services from Strasbourg to Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Tours-Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
Low-cost domestic services:
High-speed services from Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy to Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles
High-speed services from Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy to Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes and Montpellier-Saint-Roch
International services:
High-speed services from Brussels-South to Lille Europe, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon TGV and Marseille-Saint-Charles
High-speed services from Brussels-South to Lille Europe, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes, Montpellier-Saint-Roch and Perpignan
