Bourron-Marlotte-Grez: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
A Transilien line R station in Seine-et-Marne, between Montigny-sur-Loing and Nemours - Saint-Pierre, at an altitude of 71 metres. It was put into service in 1860 by the PLM company, as « gare de Bourron », with the Moret to Montargis section. It became a junction station with the Bourron-Marlotte - Grez to Malesherbes line, of which it is the starting point. The name Bourron-Marlotte was adopted when the commune changed its name. The old station building, which grew from five to seven bays, still exists but is no longer used.
Anecdote
An underpass replaced in 2018 the crossing of the tracks by a pedestrian crossing. The Bourron sand-pit company, founded in 1911, had set up a narrow-gauge railway to carry its sand to the station, and the Tacot des Lacs, a tourist railway, uses part of the old track. During the First World War, the station, because of its junction position, received additional tracks and was organised to receive tanks coming from Cercottes, in the Loiret.
Around Bourron-Marlotte-Grez
- Château de Bourron, 3050 m away — A 16th-century château built on the site of a medieval one, linked to François de Sallard and Diane Clausse, whose dowry paid for the works. King Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland was in exile here in 1725. It has belonged to the Montesquiou family since 1878.