Beynes: station history
Served by: Transilien N.
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A Transilien line N station in Beynes (Yvelines), on the Plaisir - Grignon to Épône - Mézières line, between Plaisir - Grignon and Mareil-sur-Mauldre. It opened on 30 August 1900, with the line, and has two side platforms, 250 and 200 metres long, linked by an underpass. In 2017 it was used as a location for the film « Les Tuche 3 », where it stands in for the station of Bouzolles, the fictional town of the trilogy.
Anecdote
In the 14th century, Robert VII d'Estouteville had a fortified castle built in Beynes, which took part in defending Paris against the English; in 1536, King Henry II gave the lordship to Diane de Poitiers. The castle, abandoned in the 18th century, was bought by the commune in 1967 and excavated between 1995 and 1999. Since 2002, the Touches de jazz festival has been held in its moat.
Around Beynes
- Château de Beynes, 2100 m away — A ruined fortress in the heart of the town, surrounded by its moats, a historic monument since 1959.
- Église Saint-Martin de Beynes, 2100 m away — A mid-12th-century church consecrated in 1183, keeping a 14th-century Virgin and Child listed in 1907.