Arcueil-Cachan: station history
Served by: RER B.
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A station in the Val-de-Marne belonging to the RATP and served by RER line B. It is one of the oldest stations of the Sceaux line: the line manager had his offices there until the 1980s, and it served as a model for several stations on the section leading to Orsay. Its historic station building is visible from rue de la Gare. It carries the names of Arcueil and Cachan although its station building stands in the territory of Cachan; Arcueil has the Laplace station, in its own territory, on the same line.
Anecdote
A former goods station, to the north, in the territory of Arcueil, is now used as sidings for RATP works equipment. Four entrances allow entry to and exit from the station, including entrance no. 2, "Marché Carnot". A future underground station on Grand Paris Express line 15 is to be built beneath the tracks and the marché Carnot, with platforms 24 metres deep, designed by the agency ar.thème associés. RATP bus lines 162, 187 and 193 and Valouette v3 and v4 serve the station.
Around Arcueil-Cachan
- Aqueduc Médicis, 300 m away — A 17th-century structure built on the remains of a Roman aqueduct, to supply the Palais du Luxembourg with water.