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Neuville-Université station

railway station in Neuville-sur-Oise, France

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ2464404 ↗
Source-derived summary

Neuville-Université is a train station in Neuville-sur-Oise, in Val d'Oise department, in France.

History

In 1988, RER line A was extended from Nanterre Préfecture to Cergy-St-Christophe. Neuville–Université station was created on this line in 1994.

Service

Train

The station is served by RER line A, with a train every 10 minutes toward Cergy-le-Haut and toward Marne-la-Vallée.

It is also served during peak hours by Transilien Line L, with a train every 10 minutes toward Cergy-le-Haut and toward Paris St Lazare.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Neuville-Université station” as railway station in Neuville-sur-Oise, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Neuville-Université, station and railway.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Neuville-Université, station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Neuville-Université station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Neuville-sur-Oise, France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2464404. Authority coordinates are 49.014, 2.078. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 1994.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Neuville-Université station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Neuville-Université station primary sources, Neuville-Université station archive and Neuville-Université research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Neuville-Université station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Neuville-Université station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.