Boulainvilliers: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A station on branch C1 of RER C, in the 16th arrondissement, on rue de Boulainvilliers, with a direct connection to La Muette station on metro line 9. It is part of the Boulainvilliers link, put into service before the 1900 Universal Exhibition, which allowed trains between Gare Saint-Lazare and the Champ-de-Mars. In the summer 1914 timetable it had only two trains per hour in each direction. Renovated from 1986 and covered with a slab, the station was integrated into RER C, which opened in 1988.
Anecdote
Between April and November 1900, ten million passengers are said to have taken the train at the Champ-de-Mars. After the war, the link no longer carried passengers, only rolling-stock exchanges with the Champ-de-Mars depot, and from 1964 it served as a temporary siding for the first RER A trains, the MS 61. A garden laid out on the slab holds a statue of René Goscinny, who lived nearby, on rue de Boulainvilliers.
Around Boulainvilliers
- Maison de Balzac, 550 m away — The only surviving Paris home of Balzac, where he lived from 1840 to 1847.
- Musée du Vin, 850 m away — Housed in the old vaulted quarries of the Minimes convent of Passy.
- Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, 550 m away — The headquarters of Radio France, a vast circular building opened in 1963.