Champigny: origin of the name and station history
Served by: RER A.
Why this name?
A RER A station on branch A2 towards Boissy-Saint-Léger, in the Champignol district of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, near Champigny-sur-Marne. The present RER station opened in 1969. It lies on the Paris-Bastille to Marles-en-Brie line and the Grande Ceinture. Its name comes from the nearby boulevard de Champigny (D30) and the access to the town of Champigny-sur-Marne. It has three named entrances: place de la Gare, rue La Fayette and avenue Pierre Semard, plus a fourth unnamed.
Anecdote
Since a date absent from the source, the ten trains an hour towards the suburbs terminate at Boissy-Saint-Léger; previously, half of them went to La Varenne - Chennevières. Off-peak on weekdays, a train runs every eight to twelve minutes to Cergy-le-Haut, and at weekends to Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Several RATP bus lines serve it, as well as the night line N35 of the Noctilien.
Around Champigny
- Musée de la Résistance nationale, 800 m away — One of the richest French archives on the Resistance and deportation during World War II.