Chartrettes: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
A stop on Transilien line R, in Seine-et-Marne, on the Corbeil-Essonnes to Montereau line, at kilometre point 62.735 and an altitude of 58 metres. Served by stopping trains between Melun and Montereau, it has a station building that is now closed, with no commercial service. Passengers cross from one platform to the other directly over the tracks, via a boarded pedestrian crossing; when a train approaches, flashing red signals forbid crossing. Bus lines 3444 and 3445 serve it.
Anecdote
At Chartrettes, the road bridge crossing the Seine towards Bois-le-Roi was rebuilt in the early 20th century, according to an article in L'Abeille de Fontainebleau dated 1912. According to another article in the same paper, from 1904, a barge carrying cut stone had struck one of its piers. The Pet au Diable bridge is the neighbouring crossing downstream.
Around Chartrettes
- Parc de Livry, 2000 m away — A 19-hectare park shared with Livry-sur-Seine, on the banks of the Seine.