Brunoy: station history
Served by: RER D.
Did you know?
A RER line D station in the Essonne, on the Paris-Lyon to Marseille-Saint-Charles line, at kilometre point 21.102 and an altitude of 58 metres, between Yerres and Boussy-Saint-Antoine. Its station building was designed for the PLM company by the architect François-Alexis Cendrier, who designed many other stations for the company. The ticket office is open every day and machines sell tickets.
Anecdote
In Brunoy, an obelisk built in 1779 marks the entrance to the town on the RN 6, the gateway to the Sénart forest. Commissioned by the comte de Provence, it is attributed to Soufflot, assisted by Richard Mique and Michel-Barthélemy Hazon. The original plan called for a pyramid, which Louis XVI scaled down to an obelisk for lack of funds. The spot was a hunting rendezvous of the king, then, in the Belle Époque, it was surrounded by open-air dance halls popular with Parisians. It has been a listed historic monument since 1934.