Chatou-Croissy: station history
Served by: RER A.
Did you know?
A RER A station on branch A1 towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye, between Rueil-Malmaison and Le Vésinet-Centre, at kilometre point 14.95 and an altitude of 36 metres. It was one of the first two intermediate stations on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Pecq line, at first built of wood; a stone station replaced it in 1867. When the RER was created in 1972, the old facilities were demolished to make way for the present station, which has three entrances: rue Paul Flament, rue Labélonye and place Maurice Berteaux. Since 1972 it has been operated by the RATP.
Anecdote
When the line opened, the people of Chatou could admire the two wooden bridges crossing the Seine before they could take the train, and Queen Marie-Amélie attended the official inauguration. In 1848, Parisian insurgents burned the railway bridge and ravaged the station before being driven back by the mobile guard and horsemen of the 3rd dragoon regiment. An exhibition of eight panels on the history of the line, installed in 2008 on the platform towards Paris, was renewed in 2023.
Around Chatou-Croissy
- Maison Fournaise, 600 m away — A former riverside inn where Renoir painted 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' in 1881, now a restaurant-museum.