Bry-Villiers-Champigny: station history
Served by: RER E.
Did you know?
A station on line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express, in the territory of Villiers-sur-Marne, south of Bry-sur-Marne and the A4 motorway. It was first known by the project name Bry-Villiers-Champigny; a public consultation was meant to choose its name from three proposals: Marne Europe, Bry – Champigny – Villiers and Villiers – Marne Europe. Its design was entrusted in 2013 to the agency Richez Associés; it takes the form of a « giant picture rail », evoking the history of the still and moving image present in Bry-sur-Marne. The platforms are 21 metres deep.
Anecdote
The video artist Ange Leccia created there, with Thomas Richez, an installation of sunset projections on a giant LED-tile screen 40 metres long and 5.5 wide, while a fresco by Ben Katchor decorates the platforms. The tunnel boring machine Malala, which set off from the Ru de Nesles shaft in Noisy-le-Grand, reached the station in November 2020 after a 4.9 km journey. A connection is planned with a new RER E and line P station, and the nearby Champigny-sur-Marne maintenance site will host 60% of line 15's trains.
Around Bry-Villiers-Champigny
- Musée Adrien-Mentienne, 550 m away — A 'Musée de France' in Bry-sur-Marne whose collections evoke the Battle of Champigny.