Urban sprawl and peri-urbanization processes have been important challenges for cities all around the world, generating car dependency. Public policies have taken up this issue with the aim of managing peri-urban mobilities by considering the opportunity of rail services through a sustainable approach. Indeed, the enhancement of the railway system has been at the heart of concerns of land use public stakeholders since the early 2000s. This paper suggests a specific approach to assess how this aim of railway enhancement is really a topic taken into account by all the stakeholders, whether they are inhabitants, elected representatives or representatives of economic societies. It relies on analyzing the representations they have for peri-urban areas. Based on different methodological approaches, it highlights a certain convergence of interests to live near peri-urban railway stations, which could contribute to strengthen "urbanity" in a sustainable way.