Bécon-les-Bruyères: station history
Served by: Transilien L.
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A Transilien line L station in Courbevoie, at an altitude of 42 metres, Y-shaped: it is the junction between the lines from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite and to Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It was proposed by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, with a project mentioned around 1885, and inaugurated by Alexandre Ribot (date absent from the source). It serves the Bécon district, in Courbevoie, and the Bruyères district, in Asnières-sur-Seine and Bois-Colombes. The site is a former sand pit worked around 1861, whose memory survives in rue de la Sablière.
Anecdote
The station building, modernised in 1969, runs parallel to the three tracks of the Saint-Germain line, and an underpass links the platforms. The site of the former Hispano-Suiza factory became the ZAC des Bruyères. In 1927, the station and its district inspired a novel by Emmanuel Bove. The district suffered bombings: a cited reference mentions 15 September 1943, and it took three days to clear the ruins. A connection with the future line 15 of the Grand Paris Express is announced for around the 2030s.
Around Bécon-les-Bruyères
- Parc de Bécon, 50 m away — A park on the banks of the Seine, a classified site since 13 May 1941, with views over Paris and the Eiffel Tower.
- Musée Roybet Fould, 200 m away — A 'Musée de France' in the 1878 Sweden-Norway pavilion, devoted to Ferdinand Roybet and Consuelo Fould; free admission.
- Pavillon des Indes, 120 m away — A pavilion from the 1878 World's Fair, protected as a historic monument and now an artists' residence.