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20-598: The town is crossed by and named after the river Yvette . The total area is 11.60 km (4.48 sq mi) and 4.07 km (1.57 sq mi) is green spaces and woods. The commune of Gif-sur-Yvette is composed of three main parts: The commune includes a number of woods such as the Hacquinière wood and the D'Aigrefoin wood. The neighbouring communes are Villiers-le-Bâcle , Saint-Aubin , Saclay , Orsay , Bures-sur-Yvette , Gometz-le-Châtel , Gometz-la-Ville and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse . Human presence on

40-701: A national property in 1789 amid the French Revolution . It was officially registered in 1963. Inhabitants of Gif-sur-Yvette are known as Giffois (masculine) and Giffoises (feminine) in French. Gif-sur-Yvette is situated in the "Science Valley" of the Yvette River . Numerous research organisations exist in the area, such as the French National Centre for Scientific Research ( Centre national de la recherche scientifique , CNRS),

60-527: A river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . RER B [REDACTED] All stations are accessible RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris , France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The 80-kilometre (50 mi) RER B line crosses

80-774: Is home to the former Centre national d'étude et de formation of the National Police . The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) operates, since 1950, a "permanent central college" in Gif-sur-Yvette, the Benoît Frachon Centre, situated along the Yvette River. Gif-sur-Yvette is served by two stations on Paris RER line B : Gif-sur-Yvette and Courcelle-sur-Yvette . Like all the train stations on this line, one train goes towards/past Paris ( Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry-Claye ) and

100-615: Is in Les Essarts-le-Roi , north of Rambouillet , in the Yvelines department. Various communes of the Essonne département are named after it: Bures-sur-Yvette , Gif-sur-Yvette and Villebon-sur-Yvette . The Yvette crosses the following départements and towns: Left bank: Right bank: This Île-de-France geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

120-597: Is proposed in Phase 3 (horizon 2021-2027) of the revised SDRIF, adopted by deliberation of the Regional Council of Île-de-France on September 25, 2008. It would also involve the creation of a new terminus station located in the neighboring commune of Rouvres , some 3.5 km (2.2 mi) north of the current Dammartin Juilly Saint-Mard station near Saint-Mard , which is old and unsuitable for such

140-485: Is slated to open by 2025 along with the planned developments in the area. Already proposed in the 1994 Schéma directeur de la région Île-de-France (Île-de-France regional development plan, SDRIF), but without any concrete plans ten years later, the project to extend RER B northeast from Mitry–Claye station to the Dammartin-en-Goële area, serving intermediate stations at Compans and Thieux-Nantouillet ,

160-598: The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ( Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives , CEA), Supélec ( École supérieure d'électricité ), the LGEP ( Laboratoire de génie électrique de Paris , associated with Supélec), SOLEIL Synchrotron (Source Optimisée de Lumière d'Energie Intermediaire du LURE) and the Institute of Plant Biotechnology. Further, Gif-sur-Yvette

180-592: The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) installed an office and research facility on the property. In 1867, the town was linked to Paris by train with the Ligne de Sceaux in the valley, which would later become the southern branch of the current-day RER B line. Following the First World War , the Gif commune experienced an important demographic change, with an increasing population. The town took

200-535: The Grand Paris public works program, the creation of a new infill station called "Aérofret" between Parc des Expositions station to the south and Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 station to the north was proposed. The new station would be located adjacent to and serve the Aéroville mall as well as planned development on the western side of the freight areas on the western side of Charles de Gaulle Airport . It

220-408: The Ligne de Sceaux to the south (which formerly terminated at Luxembourg station ). Saint-Denis - Aubervilliers Sénat Colonel Rol-Tanguy Maison des Examens Pont Royal École polytechnique The RER B Line has two service patterns: In any case, the stations from Cité Universitaire to Paris Gare du Nord are served by every single train. In 2021,

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240-538: The off-peak service is made up of 3 missions per 1 / 4H: To the south: To the north: Rush hour is between 07:00 and 09:45 in the morning and between 16:00 and 20:00 in the afternoon. In 2021 the rush hour service is made up of 4 missions per 1 / 4H: In the northern section after Paris Gare du Nord, all trains are local trains. To the south: To the north: In the northern section after Paris Gare du Nord, all trains are local trains. Some infrequent missions can be seen such as missions J to Denfert Rochereau in

260-723: The Moulon Plateau originates in Neolithic times. Agriculture was developed, notably during the Roman era. Between the 12th and the 18th century, an important Benedictine abbey was housed in Gif. In the 19th century, amid the Industrial Revolution , Gif remained largely agricultural, with operating mills in particular. In the 1770s, the Château de Button by architect Pierre Desmaisons was completed in Gif. In 1946,

280-652: The RER B the second busiest single rail line in Europe (after RER A ). The line faces capacity challenges as a result of sharing a tunnel with RER D trains between Châtelet–Les Halles and Gare du Nord. The RER B opened in stages starting in December 1977 by connecting two existing suburban commuter rail lines with a new tunnel under Paris: the Chemin de Fer du Nord to the north (which formerly terminated at Gare du Nord ) and

300-673: The evening. RER B mission codes are made up of four letters followed by two numbers. The first letter always indicates the destination. RER B is operated by 117 sets of the MI 79 series and 31 sets of the MI 84 series. These are to be replaced from 2025 by the MI 20 series. Past fleet include the MS 61 , which operated on the line from 29 June 1967 to 28 February 1983, and the Class Z 23000 , which operated from 16 November 1937 to 27 February 1987. As part of

320-623: The name of Gif-sur-Yvette in 1930. Just after the Second World War , Gif-sur-Yvette acquired an international scientific reputation, with the CNRS and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) moving there. The CEA discovered radioactive contamination in a private home in Gif-sur-Yvette in 1974; the home had been built upon a site where needles containing radon gas were once manufactured, starting in 1915. The needles were used to sterilise infected tissue—an idea developed by Marie Curie . The town

340-500: The other goes towards the other end of the line : Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse . The trains arrive generally at 15-minute intervals. Yvette (river) The Yvette ( French pronunciation: [ivɛt] ) is a small river in southern Île-de-France ( France ), left tributary of the Orge , which is a tributary of the Seine . It is 39.3 km (24.4 mi) long. Its source

360-401: The region from north to south, with all trains serving a group of stations in central Paris, before branching out towards the ends of the line. The line opened in stages starting in December 1977 by connecting two existing suburban commuter rail lines with a new tunnel under Paris: the Chemin de Fer du Nord to the north (which formerly terminated at Gare du Nord ) and the Ligne de Sceaux to

380-535: The south (which formerly terminated at Luxembourg station ). The RER B, along with the rest of the RER network, has had a significant social impact on Paris and the surrounding region by speeding up trips across central Paris, by making far fewer stops than the Paris Métro and by bringing far-flung suburbs within easy reach of the city centre. The line has far exceeded all traffic expectations, with passengers taking 165 million journeys per year in 2004. That makes

400-537: Was extended in 1975, with the creation of the Chevry neighbourhood, from areas ceded by the Gometz-la-Ville and Gometz-le-Châtel communes. The Église Saint-Rémi (Saint Rémi church), a structure of Romanesque and Gothic architecture , was built in the 12th century. It was registered as a historic monument in 1938. Some ruins remain of a Benedictine abbey which was built in the 12th century and became

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