Arpajon: station history
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
A station in the Essonne belonging to the SNCF and served by branch C4 of RER C, at kilometre point 36.837 of the Brétigny to La Membrolle-sur-Choisille line, at 69 metres above sea level. Track 2 is reached directly from the station building, while track 1 is reached by an underpass from track 2. It has a real-time information system on train times and Transilien ticket machines. Several bus lines and an on-demand service serve it, as does the night line N123.
Anecdote
The station was the terminus of two secondary railway lines. The Arpajonnais linked the Paris markets (Les Halles) to Arpajon, opened in 1893-1894 and closed in 1937; the Arpajon to Corbeil line, open from 1911 to 1949, was operated by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de grande banlieue. These lines carried early vegetables and market-garden produce to the capital, and also carried passengers.
Around Arpajon
- Halles couvertes d'Arpajon, 300 m away — A 16th-century timber-framed market, one of the oldest working covered markets in France.