Aulnay-sous-Bois: station history
Served by: RER B, Transilien K.
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A station in the Seine-Saint-Denis created on 7 August 1875 with the Bondy to Aulnay-sous-Bois line by the Compagnie du Nord, first called Aulnay-lès-Bondy and renamed Aulnay-sous-Bois in 1903. Previously residents went to Sevran-Livry station for trains on the Paris–Soissons line; from 1872 they had a halt at the place called La Croix-Blanche. The first station followed the architecture of the Nord company's small stations: a central pavilion, whose upper floor housed the stationmaster, flanked by two small wings.
Anecdote
The "little bell-tower" station was built in 1911-1912, when the line went to four tracks, with the level crossings removed and an underpass and a bridge built; its small tower was removed in 1975. A junction station at kilometre point 14.414, it is the origin of the line to Roissy, opened in 1976, and became a branch of RER B in 1977. It is the last station before line B splits into branches B3 and B5, and the terminus of tram line T4 since 2006. Because the tram platforms are not the same height as those used by RATP trains, passengers go from one platform to the other behind the buffer stops.
Around Aulnay-sous-Bois
- Église Saint-Sulpice, 700 m away — Church of the Vieux-Pays, Aulnay's old village, dedicated to Saint Sulpice.
- Ferme du Vieux-Pays, 1050 m away — The last farm the town ever had, a rare reminder of its farming past.
- Parc départemental du Sausset, 3200 m away — A large Seine-Saint-Denis departmental park, between Aulnay-sous-Bois and Villepinte, with wide green spaces.