Bois-Colombes: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
Did you know?
A Transilien line J station, on the Asnières to Argenteuil line, opened in 1857 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest under the name « Bois de Colombes ». It serves a housing development that appeared in 1851 on the territory of Colombes, which became the independent commune of Bois-Colombes in 1896, with more than ten thousand inhabitants. The present building, designed by the architect Urbain Cassan, dates from 1935: it is built as a platform above the tracks, when the cutting was dug and the tracks quadrupled.
Anecdote
Close by, the Champ-de-Mars embarcadère, a work by Juste Lisch, was reassembled in 1899 as the gare des Carbonnets; it served as an electric station from 1924 to 1936 and is on the supplementary inventory of historic monuments. In 1953, six hundred and fifty trains a day passed through the station. In 2019, the clock tower was renovated and the commune's name changed from blue to red. The future line 15 is due to stop there.
Around Bois-Colombes
- Gare de Bois-Colombes, 270 m away — A historic station on the Paris–Saint-Germain line, by Urbain Cassan, which gave birth to the town.