Chars: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
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A Transilien line J station in the Val-d'Oise, on the Saint-Denis to Dieppe line, at kilometre point 47.606 and an altitude of 66 metres. It was a junction station, with the former Chars to Magny-en-Vexin line. It is the last station before the Hauts-de-France, where Île-de-France fares do not apply. It is served by one train every two hours off-peak and about every 30 minutes at peak times, and is open to freight for heavy trains.
Anecdote
In the village, the church of Saint-Sulpice has a Romanesque plan with four levels of elevation, a rare feature: according to Bernard Duhamel, it exists in only five other French churches. The first known parish priest, Guillaume, was installed in 1173. The choir illustrates the transition between Romanesque and early Gothic, and a keystone of the nave shows the Paschal Lamb surrounded by four kings, probably the first four Capetians. The church, built on marshy ground, suffers the vibrations of the trains on the Pontoise-Dieppe line.